Neutrality demands measures the State is unwilling to pay for, officers declareNeutrality is a luxury this State is not prepared to pay for, the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers has said…Fri Nov 27 1998 - 00:00
New plan raises hopes for positive outcome to Galway hospital disputeAs talks aimed at resolving the University College Hospital Galway dispute continued last night, union officials expressed hopes…Thu Nov 26 1998 - 00:00
Irish waters unprotected, submission saysDrug-smugglers have more than 20 times a greater chance of reaching the lucrative European market via the Irish maritime corridor…Wed Nov 25 1998 - 00:00
Language guerrillas prove costly for auctioneers"Lucht Guerrilla na Gaeilge," they call them, and in the last few months they have been responsible for a new and insidious campaign…Mon Nov 23 1998 - 00:00
Study to be carried out on location of proposed airstripControversial plans to build an airstrip on Roundstone Bog in Connemara have taken a new twist, with a decision by the Minister…Mon Nov 23 1998 - 00:00
Appeal to all sides in Galway hospital row to resume talksThe Western Health Board has appealed to all sides in the Galway hospital dispute to reopen negotiations.Sat Nov 21 1998 - 00:00
Sunken vessel from which two Donegal fishermen died destroyedThe Department of the Marine has described as "entirely regrettable" the destruction of the fishing craft from which two Donegal…Sat Nov 21 1998 - 00:00
LRC talks fail to resolve dispute at Galway hospitalThe Minister for Health, Mr Cowen, is expected to face further criticism in the Dail today following the breakdown of Labour …Thu Nov 19 1998 - 00:00
UCC joins in Sail Chernobyl ventureA paragliding dive from the college's highest building, a "land-sail" around the campus and a juggling performance on stilts; …Wed Nov 18 1998 - 00:00
Minister approves 31 new vessels for whitefish fleetThe Minister for the Marine, Dr Woods, has heralded a "new beginning" for the Irish whitefish fleet with the approval of 31 new…Tue Nov 17 1998 - 00:00
LRC for talks with health board and unions on Galway hospital disputeThe Labour Relations Commission is to open talks in Galway tomorrow on the dispute over threatened hospital ward and theatre …Tue Nov 17 1998 - 00:00
Alcohol and tobacco top substance abuse list in western regionThe popular concept of "gateway drugs" has been questioned in a new report on substance misuse which has been released by the…Tue Nov 17 1998 - 00:00
State support for 30 new fishing vessels on the wayGovernment support for at least 30 new fishing vessels is to be announced by the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources…Mon Nov 16 1998 - 00:00
Supporter of wind power site in Galway switches to oppositionThey tossed trees, felled poles, smashed roofs - and the successive tempests that swept over the country in the past week certainly…Mon Nov 16 1998 - 00:00
Minister has `no problem' with increasing Naval Service staffThe Minister for Defence, Mr Smith, said he has "no problem" with a recommended increase in Naval Service staff, following the…Mon Nov 16 1998 - 00:00
Minister stands by report into sinking of Donegal trawlerThe Minister for the Marine, Dr Woods, has defended the Carrickatine report and has emphasised that it was based on all available…Fri Nov 13 1998 - 00:00
SIPTU threatens to resist proposed hospital cutbacksManagement at University College Hospital in Galway (UCHG) was warned that it faces serious confrontation over proposed staff…Thu Nov 12 1998 - 00:00
Extra funds for rescue servicesSearch and rescue at sea and coastal protection are the main beneficiaries in the EstimatesThu Nov 12 1998 - 00:00
`Carrickatine' report unable to establish cause of disappearanceThe Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, Dr Woods, is expected to introduce legislation on fishing vessel safety on…Tue Nov 10 1998 - 00:00
Inaction on fishing safety criticisedThe chief executive of the Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation, Mr Joey Murrin, has criticised continued inaction on fishing vessel…Tue Nov 10 1998 - 00:00
A route to the west that's going off the railsWhen there are 3,700 children in care and when parents of youngsters with special needs have horrific battles to gain access …Mon Nov 09 1998 - 00:00
Scientists insist fish-farms safeScientists are "fed up apologising" and want to be heardMon Nov 09 1998 - 00:00
Searches for five missing fishermen scaled downIrish and British rescue services have scaled down three separate searches for five fishermen missing at seaWed Nov 04 1998 - 00:00
Fishing tragedy to be investigatedThe Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources has initiated an investigation into the loss of two Donegal fishermen at sea…Tue Nov 03 1998 - 00:00
Minister highlights potential of fishingDonegal does not depend on Fruit of the LoomMon Nov 02 1998 - 00:00
No tears as `heartbreak' Rahoon flattened and residents are handsomely re-housedOh Rahoon, who made you to break the hearts of young girls with pregnant dreams of an end terrace, Crisp white clothes lines …Mon Nov 02 1998 - 00:00
Hundreds of staff protest against closure of wardsSeveral hundred staff at University College Hospital, Galway, staged a lunchtime demonstration yesterday in opposition to the…Sat Oct 31 1998 - 00:00
Doctor sought by FBI goes to gardai in KerryDr William Porter (53) presented himself to the gardai in Killarney, Co Kerry, shortly after noon yesterday following an abortive…Sat Oct 31 1998 - 00:00
Cuts claim rejected as hospital closes 60 bedsThe Minister for Health, Mr Cowen, has rejected consultants' claims that hospital services are "crumbling", following the Western…Fri Oct 30 1998 - 00:00
Clash of the ash turns to carbon fibreIt feels like ash, it looks like ash, but the clash may be somewhat differentWed Oct 28 1998 - 00:00
Smith accused of `outrageous' delay in Defence Forces reportThe Fine Gael defence spokeswoman has accused the Minister for Defence, Mr Smith, of stalling on the review of the Naval Service…Wed Oct 28 1998 - 00:00
Proposed maritime college welcomed as visionaryThe Government's proposed maritime college in Cork has been described as "visionary" by the two main organisations representing…Tue Oct 27 1998 - 00:00
Woods welcomes information on Irish Sea dumpingThe Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, Dr Woods, has welcomed the statement by a Galway-based ex-merchant seaman …Tue Oct 27 1998 - 00:00
Opposition is seen as part of heritage body's role"It is impossible to separate the social and economic wellbeing of local communities from their heritageMon Oct 26 1998 - 00:00
Siblings hear of success in SingaporeIt was out in a hot and humid Singapore that Simon Coveney's siblings heard the news of his election successMon Oct 26 1998 - 00:00
Sensationalising of suicides by media deplored by psychiatristAs winter approaches and the evenings close in, there is a certain inevitability about life and death in the Galway docks and…Mon Oct 05 1998 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryNo waterproof tents. No mixed-sex sleeping. No Mass on a Saturday nightMon Oct 05 1998 - 01:00
IBEC calls for national strategy on seafood exportsThe Irish Business and Employers Confederation has questioned the role of State agencies involved in fish marketing and has called…Fri Oct 02 1998 - 01:00
Former IDA director to lead fishing policy reviewThe former IDA managing director, Mr Padraic White, has been appointed by the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, …Tue Sept 29 1998 - 01:00
Shipyard sinking of Irish trawlerA multi-million-pound Irish mackerel trawler on order for an Aran islander, Mr Des Faherty, sank in an accident at a Norwegian…Mon Sept 28 1998 - 01:00
Saddlers claim it is wrong to rein in Ballinasloe showNapoleon, Tara's high kings and the second Earl of Clancarty would turn in their gravesMon Sept 28 1998 - 01:00
Public harbours have poor record on waste - reportOnly six Irish coastal harbours are equipped to handle oil and solid waste under new port waste management plans, a pilot survey…Thu Sept 24 1998 - 01:00
Fishermen accuse officials of PR exercise in frank exchangeEuropean Commission officials were accused of engaging in a public relations exercise on the Common Fisheries Policy review when…Wed Sept 23 1998 - 01:00
Review of EU fishing policy begins with meeting in CorkA European inspectorate for marine resources is one of several proposals on the table at European Commission meetings in Ireland…Mon Sept 21 1998 - 01:00
Green lobby criticises `stitch-up' as plan for Roundstone Bog takes off againSome forecast it will be another "Mullaghmore"; some say it already isMon Sept 21 1998 - 01:00
Donegal fishermen fear jobs losses from EU mackerel lawDonegal faces the threat of further job losses in the fishing industry if new EU regulations limiting the movements of the mackerel…Wed Sept 16 1998 - 01:00
Fishermen criticise State's naval surveillanceTwo years after the fleets of Spain and Portugal were given access to Irish waters, the Irish South and West Fishermen's Organisation…Mon Sept 14 1998 - 01:00
An Taisce opposes plans for Mayo woodland siteWhen the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, murmured his few words about "magic Mayo" in Ashford Castle several weeks ago…Mon Sept 14 1998 - 01:00
Woods stresses partnership on salmonNominations for a new national commission on Atlantic salmon management are to be sought from next week, the Minister for the…Sat Sept 12 1998 - 01:00
De Valera asks for heritage planA national heritage plan has been commissioned by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, the Gaeltacht and the Islands, Ms de Valera…Fri Sept 11 1998 - 01:00
