'Knee-jerk' legal reform opposed by Law SocietyThe Law Society has supported the contention by the Minister for Justice that the legal system is not in crisis because of witness…Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Train drivers to vote on one-day strikes proposalTrain drivers will begin voting today over a series of planned one-day strikes which could bring commuter and inter-city services…Mon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
Gardai to enforce new breath test powers todayNew laws giving gardaí more powers to breath test drivers come into effect this morning.Mon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
800,000 to get welfare bonusesMore than 800,000 people will receive social welfare Christmas bonuses worth €115.6 million this week.Mon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
Irish soldier killed in Liberia to get full military burialAn Irish soldier killed in a road accident in Liberia last week will receive a full military burial tomorrow morningMon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
Hume taking part in Middle East peace initiativeFormer SDLP leader Mr John Hume is one of three Nobel Peace Prize Laureates taking part in a new Middle East peace initiative…Mon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
Tortuous count leads to two DUP gainsDown North: Candidates in the North Down constituency endured a slow and tortuous count, with the first candidate only elected…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
Jubilant Ms Robinson claims constituency for the DUPStrangford: "This is a DUP constituency now, and let no one be in any doubt," declared a jubilant Ms Iris Robinson last night…Fri Nov 28 2003 - 00:00
Coombe Caesarean birth rate rises to 18.9%The Coombe Women's Hospital recorded a small but continued rise in its rate of Caesarean sections last year, with the surgical…Thu Nov 27 2003 - 00:00
No area to be left without Garda presence-MinisterThe Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, yesterday moved to assure the public that no area would be left bereft of a Garda presence…Wed Nov 26 2003 - 00:00
Smith refuses to say if he will take part in Hanly protestThe Minister for Defence, Mr Smith, has refused to say if he will take part in Saturday's march in Nenagh against the downgrading…Wed Nov 26 2003 - 00:00
State among lowest in Europe on life expectancyIreland has one of the worst rates of healthy life expectancy in developed countries and older Irish women have a greater incidence…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Work begins on Spire lights todayA team of electrical engineers from Britain will begin work this morning to repair the lighting structure on the Spire monument…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Construction workers' pensions protestOver one hundred construction workers protested outside the Department of Justice yesterday over the failure of some building…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
INO angry at official's treatment in EnnisOpposition to the Hanly Report on medical staffing grew yesterday, with the Irish Nurses' Organisation (INO) expressing anger…Fri Nov 14 2003 - 00:00
Survey finds significant variations in pricesA survey of prices in the Republic has found major variations in the prices charged for items such as CDs, alcohol, petrol and…Fri Nov 14 2003 - 00:00
Garda tells of trying to revive CarthyThe garda who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to John Carthy after he had been fatally wounded at Abbeylara told the Barr tribunal…Wed Nov 12 2003 - 00:00
Sentencing closes horrific chapter for local peopleThe sentencing of Gregory Fox for the murder of his wife and two children was seen yesterday as the end of a horrific chapter…Tue Nov 11 2003 - 00:00
Tourism numbers show increaseThere was an increase of 5 per cent in the number of worldwide tourists visiting Ireland in the first half of this year, Tourism…Tue Nov 11 2003 - 00:00
Homeless and drug agencies left in darkAgencies working with homeless people have called on the Department of Health to clarify how the smoking ban will affect hostels…Sat Nov 08 2003 - 00:00
INO warns of detrimental effect of a flu outbreak on hospitalsA flu outbreak would stretch hospital services "beyond breaking point", the Irish Nurses' Organisation (INO) warned yesterday…Sat Nov 08 2003 - 00:00
Legality of smoking ban could still be challengedThe Irish Hospitality Industry Alliance has insisted the amended smoking ban will not stand up to a legal challenge because of…Sat Nov 08 2003 - 00:00
Taxi-drivers invited to apply for hardship payments schemeTaxi licence-holders who suffered hardship after deregulation have now been invited to apply for funding under the Government…Fri Nov 07 2003 - 00:00
Most flu victims young adults and childrenThe largest number of positive flu cases this season have been detected in children and young adults, according to the latest…Fri Nov 07 2003 - 00:00
Schools urged to be inclusive of pupils with disabilitiesSchools have been encouraged to make better efforts to accommodate and include pupils with disabilities in all activities.Fri Nov 07 2003 - 00:00
'Inequality' in child palsy cases criticised by unionThe Department of Health has created a two-tier system for children with cerebral palsy, the Medical Defence Union (MDU)claimed…Fri Nov 07 2003 - 00:00
No record made of Carthy shootingNone of the Emergency Response Unit officers at the siege in Abbeylara made a note of the events after Mr John Carthy had been…Thu Nov 06 2003 - 00:00
Planning terms at bog slide site questionedDerrybrien residents have called for an investigation into the terms of the planning permission given to Hibernian Wind Power…Tue Nov 04 2003 - 00:00
Racism complaints outnumber sex discrimination cases for first timeRacism has overtaken gender discrimination for the first time in cases taken under the Employment Equality Act, it emerged yesterday…Tue Nov 04 2003 - 00:00
Gun a 'souvenir' says wife of doctor involved in airport security alertA family souvenir of sentimental value unwittingly resulted in an international incident yesterday, the family of the man at …Tue Nov 04 2003 - 00:00
Bank still waits for #320m in hoarded puntsIrish people have been slower than others to let go of the old currencyTue Nov 04 2003 - 00:00
Derrybrien lives in fear of unknown from mountainIt sounds like the plot of a Hallowe'en thrillerSat Nov 01 2003 - 00:00
Landslide may affect drinking water and kill up to 100,000 fishIt could take up to 10 years for an important angling river to recover from the bogslide at Derrybrien, south Galway, the Shannon…Sat Nov 01 2003 - 00:00
Fireworks frightening the elderlyVolunteers working on the Senior Helpline say they have been inundated with calls from older people terrified by constant fireworks…Fri Oct 31 2003 - 00:00
Galway landslide picks up speed in downpourThe rain beat down incessantly on Derrybrien, south Galway, yesterday, speeding up a moving mass of mud and debris that began…Fri Oct 31 2003 - 00:00
Removal of tax break would kill film industry, says producerThe film industry has reacted with dismay to the recommendation in the draft ESRI report that public funding for the industry…Thu Oct 30 2003 - 00:00
Magazine salutes Special Olympics organiserMs Mary Davis, chief executive of the Special Olympics World Summer Games, has won this year's Irish Tatler Woman of the Year…Thu Oct 30 2003 - 00:00
Many State offices not wheelchair accessibleOne in two Department offices and Garda stations were not wheelchair accessible, according to the Office of Public Works.Thu Oct 30 2003 - 00:00
Over 8,000 run the marathon as the Kenyans dominateIt wouldn't be the Dublin City Marathon without men in dresses, green wigs and an athlete dressed in a papier mâché Guinness …Tue Oct 28 2003 - 00:00
Visiting runners negotiate the ups and downs of the capital's streetsMore than 5,000 runners travelled from over 50 nations to compete in the Dublin City Marathon.Tue Oct 28 2003 - 00:00
Records fall as sun shines on Dublin marathon'Yeah, yeah, I am going to buy a farm when I go home,' Kenyan winner of €15,000 prize-money declaresTue Oct 28 2003 - 00:00
Culture and catwalk cross over as African women strut their stuffIt was a cold October night in Dublin last night but entering the Liberty Hall Theatre was like stepping into the warm Kenyan…Mon Oct 27 2003 - 00:00
East coast hit by unseasonal storms of thunder, lightning and sleetSeveral seasons were experienced in one day yesterday with persistent lightning storms, snow and flooding in the east and cool…Thu Oct 23 2003 - 01:00
NRA questions efficiency of toll bridges on WestlinkThe National Roads Authority (NRA) has questioned the performance of the Westlink toll bridge on the M50 and has met the National…Wed Oct 22 2003 - 01:00
Warning that excess waste will 'bury the country'The State is facing a waste crisis that is threatening to bury the country, according to the Minister for the Environment, Mr…Thu Oct 16 2003 - 01:00
Breast-feeding bin tax protester released from jailMs Lisa Carroll became the first anti-bin tax campaigner to be released from prison when she left the Dóchas Centre at the Mountjoy…Thu Oct 16 2003 - 01:00
Escalation of bin protest threatenedAnti-bin tax protesters have threatened to stop all bin collections in Dublin this morning in a blockade of the capital's seven…Tue Oct 14 2003 - 01:00
Shot pu blican is serious but stableThe publican, Mr Charlie Chawke, was described as "seriously ill but stable" as he recovered from more surgery in St Vincent'…Mon Oct 13 2003 - 01:00
Suggested age limit of 45 for adoptive parents criticisedA recommendation of an upper age limit of 45 years for adoptive parents has been described as "ageist and discriminatory" by …Mon Oct 13 2003 - 01:00
OPW considering sale of some Garda stationsThe Office of Public Works has confirmed it is considering the sale of a number of Garda stations as part of a restructuring …Mon Oct 13 2003 - 01:00
