Irish troops may join mission in CongoDR CONGO: A senior official with the Department of Defence is to travel to Paris today to discuss possible Irish involvement…Tue Jun 10 2003 - 01:00
Dobson 'regrets' training health board executivesRTÉ news anchor Mr Bryan Dobson has said he "regretted" his involvement in coaching health board chief executives on how they…Tue Jun 10 2003 - 01:00
Thieves steal cash raised for Iraqi aid projectsMore than €8,000 in cash, en route to Iraq to fund a humanitarian project and provide relief to families rebuilding their lives…Mon Jun 09 2003 - 01:00
14 closure orders issued against food premisesA total of 14 closure orders have been issued so far this year against restaurants and other food premises for being "a grave…Thu Jun 05 2003 - 01:00
Music bursary will enable winner pull strings in BrazilA pioneering student of the eight-string Brahms guitar, who this week won the first RDS Music Bursary, plans to use the €10,000…Thu Jun 05 2003 - 01:00
Bitten boy's mother appeals for Garda dogThe mother of a schoolboy who was bitten on the face by a police dog last week has appealed to the Garda not to destroy the animal…Wed Jun 04 2003 - 01:00
Post slower than claimed by An Post, study findsOnly three out of four items of ordinary mail are delivered by An Post the day after posting, according to a new survey.Sat May 31 2003 - 01:00
Let users carry overdose cure, GP proposesMore than 50 drug-related deaths could be avoided each year if users were supplied with a controversial overdose cure, it has…Sat May 31 2003 - 01:00
Horse welfare scheme to endThe operators of the State's only racehorse rehabilitation programme have blamed insufficient support from the racing industry…Fri May 30 2003 - 01:00
23,000 drivers have received penalty pointsMotorists convicted of driving without insurance will from this Sunday incur five penalty points on their licences, as well as…Fri May 30 2003 - 01:00
Tributes to writer with a social conscienceTributes have been paid to the author James Plunkett, who died in Dublin yesterday at the age of 83.Thu May 29 2003 - 01:00
Statutory redundancy to be exempt from taxStatutory redundancy payments made under new legislation enacted this week will be exempt from taxation, the Department of Enterprise…Wed May 28 2003 - 01:00
Doctors agree to talks on disputeFresh talks aimed at ending the seven-week-old public health doctors' strike are to take place on Friday.Wed May 28 2003 - 01:00
Japan seeks advice on HIV litigation processDespite a stronger record in convicting wrongdoers, Japan is looking to Ireland as a role model for dealing with cases of HIV…Mon May 26 2003 - 01:00
56,000 students to gain from new measuresNEW PACKAGE: Up to 56,000 students from low-to-moderate income backgrounds are to benefit from the package of access measures…Mon May 26 2003 - 01:00
RTE seeks members of the public for new advisory bodyRTÉ is seeking 10 members of the public to join a new advisory body that will recommend changes in programme content to the State…Sat May 24 2003 - 01:00
Mickey Joe to do battle with the RussiansIt is being billed as the boy-next-door versus the bad girls of popSat May 24 2003 - 01:00
'Dublin Daily' to take on 'Herald' with later editionDublin Daily , the new city newspaper, is to go head-to-head against the Evening Herald from next month when it starts publishing…Sat May 24 2003 - 01:00
Ireland urged to take principled stand on PapuaIRELAND/PAPUA: Anti-terrorism laws introduced last year after the Bali bombing are being used by Indonesia to clamp down on …Thu May 22 2003 - 01:00
Trucks' ban 'will add to pollution'The proposed ban on lorries too big to travel through the new Dublin Port Tunnel will fuel inflation and lead to increased pollution…Wed May 21 2003 - 01:00
Cigarette plant to close with loss of 121 jobsWorkers at the Gallaher cigarette manufacturing plant in Tallaght, south Dublin, have reacted angrily to a decision by the company…Wed May 21 2003 - 01:00
Huge rise in seizures of illegal cigarettes at airportDublin Airport saw an eight-fold increase in seizures of contraband cigarettes between 1999 and 2002, according to an RTÉ Prime…Wed May 21 2003 - 01:00
Private developer may get site school wantsDublin City Council plans to sell to a private developer a vacant site earmarked for a new national school unless the Department…Tue May 20 2003 - 01:00
Media 'prompted new stance on haemophiliacs'Negative media coverage of the Government's treatment of haemophiliacs caused a "sea-change" in its approach to compensating …Tue May 20 2003 - 01:00
Garda agrees Carty's GP did not hold back informationOne of the first gardaí to arrive at the scene of the Abbeylara siege told the tribunal he was warned about Mr John Carty's antagonism…Fri May 09 2003 - 01:00
Officer was not consulted on armed unit's useThe officer in charge of Garda operations at Abbeylara, where Mr John Carty was shot dead three years ago, was not consulted …Fri May 09 2003 - 01:00
Fire officers call for urgent implementation of reportFire officers have called for the urgent creation of a State authority to oversee fire and emergency services, as recommended…Thu May 08 2003 - 01:00
Children's hospital to lose 25 bedsSignificant cutbacks, including the closure of a 25-bed surgical unit, have been announced by the State's main children's hospital…Thu May 08 2003 - 01:00
Favoured names stay stable despite the soapsPoliticians might love babies, as their kissing at election time shows, but the feeling is not reciprocated.Thu May 08 2003 - 01:00
Clonmel decision about athletes delayedClonmel Borough Council last night postponed an expected debate on whether to review its decision to advise against the Hong …Wed May 07 2003 - 01:00
School closes due to measlesA low uptake of the controversial MMR vaccine has been blamed for a measles outbreak in Co Wicklow which has forced the closure…Sat May 03 2003 - 01:00
Special holiday cover agreed for striking doctorsSARS outbreak: Special cover will be provided for striking public health doctors this Bank Holiday weekend to avoid any mismanagement…Sat May 03 2003 - 01:00
Sharp rise in number of assaults on psychiatric nurses notedA "total lack" of standard safety and security procedures in psychiatric units has been blamed for contributing to a recent rise…Thu May 01 2003 - 01:00
Spot checks due on firms' data protection practicesThe Data Protection Commissioner plans to carry out spot checks on public and private companies from next year to ensure they…Thu May 01 2003 - 01:00
Health board silent on childcare staffing claimDublin's Northern Area Health Board yesterday declined to comment on a claim made in the High Court that it was operating a moratorium…Wed Apr 30 2003 - 01:00
Strike leaflet for bus passengersDublin Bus drivers are to circulate leaflets to passengers this morning explaining their justification for expected industrial…Mon Apr 28 2003 - 01:00
Concern over paintgun danger as boy hit in face taken to hospitalConcern has been raised over the safety of a toy gun which fires paintballs at high speeds after a child was brought to hospital…Mon Apr 28 2003 - 01:00
Lowdown on opening ceremonyA brief guide to the attractions and high-profile guests scheduled for the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics.Wed Apr 23 2003 - 01:00
Glittering cast lined up for opening of OlympicsFormer South African president Nelson Mandela, music acts U2 and The Corrs, and the largest Riverdance group ever assembled, …Wed Apr 23 2003 - 01:00
Winners all right, at 10/1, for bookies in FairyhouseDespite the wind and rain, thousands flocked to Fairyhouse racecourse in Co Meath yesterday for the Powers Gold Label Irish Grand…Tue Apr 22 2003 - 01:00
Three held over euro 13m drugs haulGardaí were continuing to question three men in north Co Dublin last night following a €13 million drugs haul at the weekend…Mon Apr 21 2003 - 01:00
McDaid gets tougher with rogue hauliersThe Minister of State for Transport, Dr Jim McDaid, has announced plans to clamp down on illegal haulage operations after calls…Mon Apr 21 2003 - 01:00
Greens oppose fees for third-level studiesThird-level education should be funded either through "a modest increase in income tax" or by scrapping certain tax breaks rather…Mon Apr 21 2003 - 01:00
Garda crackdown on speeding driversMotorists are being reminded to slow down or face expulsion from the road as a major Garda clampdown on speeding and other illegal…Sat Apr 19 2003 - 01:00
Irish pub in Kabul has no worries about serving its customers on Good FridayWho would have thought Afghanistan would out-liberalise Ireland? A year after the collapse of the Taliban regime, the conservative…Fri Apr 18 2003 - 01:00
Pope reopens dispute over communionA long-simmering row between the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland over the sharing of communion has resurfaced following…Fri Apr 18 2003 - 01:00
Fewer people than ever taking any exerciseExercise: People are exercising less than they did four years ago, with just 51 per cent of respondents engaging in some form…Thu Apr 17 2003 - 01:00
Martin plans to encourage the use of exerciseThe Minister for Health has announced plans for a new national programme to encourage people to exercise more in order to combat…Thu Apr 17 2003 - 01:00
Dublin to host meeting of world editorsMore than 1,000 newspaper publishers, chief executives, managers and editors from over 90 countries will gather in Dublin this…Thu Apr 17 2003 - 01:00
Lansdowne tops stadium feasibility studyLansdowne Road has emerged as the clear favourite for development as a new national stadium following the submission to Government…Wed Apr 16 2003 - 01:00
