Fresh appeal in sex assault caseGardai investigating the sexual assault of a woman motorist by a hitch-hiker in the midlands last Friday have renewed their appeal…Wed Aug 18 1999 - 01:00
Waiting times for driving tests are growing longerWaiting times at driving test centres throughout the State have risen by 40 per cent on average in the past 18 months, with motorists…Wed Aug 18 1999 - 01:00
Department aims to control honey bee parasiteThe Department of Agriculture and Food has intensified its efforts aimed at minimising the impact on the honey industry of the…Tue Aug 17 1999 - 01:00
O Tighearnaigh resigns from ISPCCThe Chief executive of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Mr Cian O Tighearnaigh, has announced his…Mon Aug 16 1999 - 01:00
Indonesian troops fire on villagersAn Irishman who came under fire this week when Indonesian soldiers attacked villagers in the troubled territory of East Timor…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Call for regulations to control the level of sound in cinemasThe National Association for Deaf People (NAD) has called for the strict regulation of sound levels in cinemas after new films…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Sea tragedy that should never have happenedAt exactly 12.55 p.m. on Monday, August 13th, 1979, a warning was issued by the British Meteorological Office of a force 8 gale…Fri Aug 13 1999 - 01:00
Millions in awe at heavenly harmonyThousands of Irish eclipse-watchers joined sky-gazers around the world yesterday in viewing the last great solar spectacular …Thu Aug 12 1999 - 01:00
FLAC says move to Kerry may add to waiting times to see solicitorsRecord waiting times for appointments with Legal Aid Board solicitors are likely to increase even further as a result of the …Wed Aug 11 1999 - 01:00
Dun Laoghaire parish upset by curate's transferParishioners in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, who have been campaigning against the transfer of a much-loved local curate to another…Tue Aug 10 1999 - 01:00
Met Eireann dampens hope of hot August nightsIf July was one of the driest months in years, August is rapidly making up for it.Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
Irish musicians escape from Korean floodsWith promises never to complain about the Irish weather again, four traditional musicians arrived home yesterday after surviving…Fri Aug 06 1999 - 01:00
Private inquiry recommended on 1974 bombingsThe Victims' Commission has called for a private inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings which would "sift out fact from…Fri Aug 06 1999 - 01:00
Sun and moon are the stars as eclipse fever takes holdEclipse fever will take hold of the State in more ways than one next week - that's if Astronomy Ireland has its way.Fri Aug 06 1999 - 01:00
Growth of the economy may be a key factor in falling crimeAs though it needed another reason to celebrate, the Government this week saw crime rates fall by almost 8 per cent in the first…Wed Aug 04 1999 - 01:00
Stillorgan bus corridor designed to `punish motorists'The Stillorgan quality bus corridor (QBC) due to be introduced later this month is designed to "punish Dublin motorists and frustrate…Tue Aug 03 1999 - 01:00
Clamping in Dublin to be extended to cover night hoursOne year on from introducing clamping in the capital, Dublin Corporation is planning to expand the operation to cover late-night…Mon Aug 02 1999 - 01:00
Kicking the drug habit in styleA moment to savour: Karl Boughton, a 22-year-old recovering heroin addict and alcoholic from Ballyfermot, sat in a London ballroom…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Drug clinic numbers to be halvedThe Eastern Health Board has agreed to halve the number of places at a drug treatment centre in the Millbrook Lawns area of Tallaght…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Italian student badly injured in bottle attackAn Italian student was in intensive care at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, last night after being attacked with a bottle in Fairview…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Bailey does not recall suggesting £100,000 pay-outThe tribunal was told by Mr Michael Bailey yesterday he could not recall suggesting to Mr Joseph Murphy jnr that £100,000 should…Wed Jul 28 1999 - 01:00
£200m Dublin sewage plant gets green lightDublin Corporation has been given the green light to begin constructing a £200 million wastewater treatment plant to tackle the…Mon Jul 26 1999 - 01:00
Minister pressed to grant more compensation to crime victimsThe Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr O'Donoghue, is to come under pressure in the coming weeks to increase the…Mon Jul 26 1999 - 01:00
Postal increase for newspapers postponedAn Post has agreed to defer the introduction of new postal rates for newspapers and periodicals while consultation continues …Thu Jul 22 1999 - 01:00
Ahern says action was inappropriateThe Taoiseach admitted yesterday that, with the benefit of hindsight, his practice of pre-signing blank cheques on a Fianna Fail…Wed Jul 21 1999 - 01:00
McCann won all an actor could hope forDonal McCann always dismissed the idea of having a careerMon Jul 19 1999 - 01:00
Donations `used to buy flying hours' for HaugheySome £40,000 worth of political donations from the Irish Permanent Building Society appear to have been used to pre-purchase …Sat Jul 17 1999 - 01:00
Ahern signed blank cheques for party useThe Taoiseach has told the tribunal that he used to sign blank cheques drawn on a Fianna Fail bank account and leave them to …Thu Jul 15 1999 - 01:00
Detailed records of FF party leader's account have apparently disappearedDetailed records of the Fianna Fail leader's allowance account which had been kept in the former Taoiseach's office have apparently…Thu Jul 15 1999 - 01:00
£35,000 from leader's account appears to have been used for personal bills, tribunal toldTwo withdrawals totalling £35,000 from the Fianna Fail leader's allowance account in 1986 seemed to have gone into an account…Thu Jul 15 1999 - 01:00
Woman `adopted' political prisonerAn 86-year-old Quaker came face to face for the first time in Dublin yesterday with her "adopted grandson", an East Timorese …Wed Jul 14 1999 - 01:00
Former Haughey partner `surprised' by bank accountMr Harry Boland, a former business partner of Mr Charles Haughey, told the tribunal he never authorised the opening of a Guinness…Wed Jul 14 1999 - 01:00
Witnesses told to co-operateMr Justice Moriarty yesterday warned certain witnesses and their lawyers that he would take "appropriate steps" against them …Wed Jul 14 1999 - 01:00
Widow paid debt opened for benefit of HaugheyThe widow of Mr P.V. Doyle was asked to pay £150,230 to clear a debt incurred by her husband for the benefit of Mr Charles Haughey…Sat Jul 10 1999 - 01:00
Saudi payment to ex-Taoiseach not questionedA former minister for health, Dr John O'Connell, told the tribunal he did not feel it was his business to question a £50,000 …Sat Jul 10 1999 - 01:00
Tribunal refused access to offshore accountMr Charles Haughey has refused to allow the tribunal to investigate a £400,000 loan taken out in 1982 at a bank in the Cayman…Fri Jul 09 1999 - 01:00
Doyle loans, interest worth over £300,000Mr Charles Haughey benefited from more than £300,000 in capital borrowed and interest paid by the late Mr P.VFri Jul 09 1999 - 01:00
Greens oppose appointmentThe Green Party has said it has serious misgivings about the appointment of the Attorney General, Mr David Byrne, to the post…Thu Jul 08 1999 - 01:00
Appointment to AG fulfilment of McDowell questMr Michael McDowell (48) has been called many things down the years: a Rottweiler, playground bully, once even "the biggest political…Thu Jul 08 1999 - 01:00
`I'd be back selling heroin on the streets if the clinic was closed. No doubt about it'"Close the clinic? Sure there'd be riots in this town," says Sarah (26), reacting to the suggestion of the Dun Laoghaire Business…Mon Jul 05 1999 - 01:00
Banker denies lax attitude to exchange rulesA senior AIB official denied yesterday that the bank had a "lax attitude" to exchange control regulations, despite the fact that…Thu Jul 01 1999 - 01:00
Adviser says he took TD to bankAn insurance broker and investment adviser told the Moriarty tribunal that he accompanied Mr Michael Lowry on a visit to AIB …Wed Jun 30 1999 - 01:00
AFrI says UK Hawk aircraft should not attend air-showHuman rights campaigners have strongly criticised the Salthill Air-show organisers for inviting nine British Aerospace Hawk aircraft…Wed Jun 30 1999 - 01:00
Tense workers say the only reaction which matters is the management'sThe mood remained tense among workers at Tara Mines last nightTue Jun 29 1999 - 01:00
Veterinary school to be moved to Belfield campusThe Republic's only veterinary school, currently located in Ballsbridge, Dublin, is to have a new home at UCD's Belfield campus…Sat Jun 26 1999 - 01:00
Bulloch Harbour, a picture of neglectOnce one of Dublin's best loved and most picturesque sea ports, Bulloch Harbour is today a picture of neglect.Fri Jun 25 1999 - 01:00
Adverse publicity put paid to house purchaseMr Michael Lowry felt obliged to sell a newly-purchased house in Blackrock, Co Dublin, in 1996 primarily because of a "gross …Thu Jun 24 1999 - 01:00
£200,000 banked by ex-ministerA total of 20 lodgements, amounting to almost £200,000, to Mr Michael Lowry's various bank accounts in Dublin and Thurles were…Thu Jun 24 1999 - 01:00
