Council to seek new legal advice on preserving Bewley'sDublin City Council is to seek new legal advice on its powers to protect Bewley's cafes following the news that the Minister …Tue Apr 05 2005 - 01:00
Body may be linked to prior killingGardaí are investigating the possibility that the discovery of headless, dismembered human remains in the Royal Canal, Dublin…Mon Apr 04 2005 - 01:00
Roche rejects request to help save Bewley's cafesMinister for the Environment Dick Roche has rejected an appeal from Dublin City Council to lend his weight to the campaign to…Mon Apr 04 2005 - 01:00
Car's electric window fatally choked boy (3)A three-year-old boy died after his neck became trapped in an electric window of a car which did not have an automatic-reverse…Fri Apr 01 2005 - 01:00
O'Leary derides dearer parking at Dublin airportDaily parking charges at Dublin airport have been increased by 50 per cent in an effort to stop travellers using the short-term…Fri Apr 01 2005 - 01:00
'Irish Times' journalist takes on EverestMountaineer and journalist Grania Willis set off from Dublin yesterday on her attempt to become the first Irish woman to climb…Thu Mar 31 2005 - 01:00
Proposed salmon quotas alarm GreensLevels of commercial salmon fishing proposed by the Minister of State for the Marine could "push salmon into extinction" on some…Thu Mar 31 2005 - 01:00
Inquest shown TV footage of man's stabbingA jury at the Dublin City Coroner's Court has returned a verdict of unlawful killing of a Chinese student after being shown CCTV…Thu Mar 24 2005 - 00:00
Measures would harm local policing, says groupAnti-social behaviour orders would undermine community policing and "criminalise" young people, two groups have told the Oireachtas…Thu Mar 24 2005 - 00:00
Councillors want more alcohol-licensing powersDublin city councillors are calling on the Minister for Justice to fast-track intoxicating liquor legislation to give local authorities…Wed Mar 23 2005 - 00:00
Aquatic centre repairs to beginRepairs to the roof of the National Aquatic Centre are to begin tomorrow, more than 10 weeks after the storm that caused over…Mon Mar 21 2005 - 00:00
Mischief but no mayhem in O'Connell StreetGiving your parade the theme "Mischief, Mayhem and Madness" could be asking for trouble, but the Dublin St Patrick's Day parade…Fri Mar 18 2005 - 00:00
Sun shone the right way on Dublin paradeMore than half a million spectators turned out on what was one of the warmest, sunniest days this year to attend the country'…Fri Mar 18 2005 - 00:00
Conaghan fails to stop sale of drink before 6pmOff-licences: The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Michael Conaghan, has failed in his final attempt to stop off-licences opening before…Thu Mar 17 2005 - 00:00
Counterfeit condoms sold to stores in midlandsFaulty counterfeit condoms sold under the Durex brand name have been discovered in two non-pharmacy outlets, the Irish Medicines…Thu Mar 17 2005 - 00:00
Irish firm imported condoms unaware they were unsafeAn Irish company, Sundrelle Ltd, has admitted it imported condoms from Britain which have been discovered to be counterfeit and…Wed Mar 16 2005 - 00:00
Parents say scrap EUR90 Junior Cert feeThe €90 fee to sit the Junior Cert exam is "grossly unfair" and should be abolished, the National Parents' Council has told an…Fri Mar 11 2005 - 00:00
Young fans queue for hours to meet best-selling authorAbout 400 excited girls queued for up to four hours outside a Dublin bookshop yesterday to have a novel about marital break-up…Tue Mar 08 2005 - 00:00
Cori calls for penalties for buying second homesThe Government should introduce financial penalties for buying second homes to reduce the housing lists, Cori, the Conference…Mon Mar 07 2005 - 00:00
New Bill could see developers sued for not completing estatesDevelopers could be sued for failing to complete housing estates or leaving them in an "unsatisfactory" condition under a new…Mon Mar 07 2005 - 00:00
Parade alcohol plea faces rejectionOff-licences are to reject a request by Lord Mayor of Dublin Michael Conaghan to remain closed until 6pm on St Patrick's Day.Mon Mar 07 2005 - 00:00
Nigerian citizens object to passport chargesMore than 80 Nigerian citizens protested outside their country's embassy in Dublin yesterday against charges of €400 to obtain…Sat Mar 05 2005 - 00:00
Aquatic centre storm repairs not yet begunRepairs to the roof of the National Aquatic Centre have yet to begin, more than two months after the storm that caused more than…Sat Mar 05 2005 - 00:00
Rights group opposes more Garda powersOireachtas committee: The Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has recommended against granting wide-ranging powers to gardaí…Thu Mar 03 2005 - 00:00
Cold weather due to return after brief respiteThe freezing temperatures and snow showers which affected the country over the last two days will give way to warmer weather …Thu Mar 03 2005 - 00:00
Ireland found to be not 'exotic' enoughBritish tourists see Ireland as a "less than exotic" holiday destination and find few compelling reasons to return, the latest…Wed Mar 02 2005 - 00:00
City ruling on refuse dismisseedA direction from Dublin city councillors that all refuse will be collected, regardless of whether householders have paid waste…Wed Mar 02 2005 - 00:00
Dublin councillors vote for reversal of waste policyDublin city management has been asked by councillors to reverse its policy on not collecting refuse from householders who do …Tue Mar 01 2005 - 00:00
Verdicts of unlawful death on bomb victimsThe jury at the inquest into the 1972 and 1973 Dublin bombings has returned a verdict of "unlawful killing" in the deaths of …Sat Feb 26 2005 - 00:00
Former garda not surprised suspect went freeA former Garda commissioner, has told the inquests into the 1972 and 1973 Dublin bombings that it was "not necessarily" surprising…Fri Feb 25 2005 - 00:00
Inquest into car bomb hears of car rentalA Belfast businessman told the Dublin City Coroner's Court yesterday how a man rented a car from him that was later used in the…Thu Feb 24 2005 - 00:00
Illegal colourant used in McDonald's salad dressingA salad dressing used by fast food chain McDonald's was contaminated with the illegal carcinogenic food colourant, Sudan Red …Tue Feb 22 2005 - 00:00
Snow showers sweep in from SiberiaShowers of sleet, hail and snow coming from north-west Europe and Siberia will affect most of the east coast of the country throughout…Tue Feb 22 2005 - 00:00
FSAI to update list of illegal dye foodstuffsThe Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is to publish a new list of foods contaminated with an illegal carcinogenic colourant…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
Cancer-causing dye found in food products, authority warnsAn illegal carcinogenic food colourant, banned since 2003, has been discovered in some 40 food products, the Food Safety Authority…Sat Feb 19 2005 - 00:00
Consultants blamed for delay in cutting doctors' hoursThe failure of hospital consultants to co-operate with the Department of Health is delaying the introduction of reduced working…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Auditions for 'Big Brother' reality TV show attract 1,000 hopefulsHundreds of Ireland's best, brightest and self-proclaimed fame seekers queued outside the RDS in Dublin yesterday for the chance…Thu Feb 17 2005 - 00:00
St Patrick's Day Dublin parade to reverse directionMore than 75 years of St Patrick's Day Parade participants marching proudly through Dublin with the warm Irish sun on their backs…Thu Feb 17 2005 - 00:00
Poolbeg waste facility voted downDublin City Councillors have again voted to ban the development of an incinerator at Poolbeg in Dublin, in defiance of the national…Tue Feb 15 2005 - 00:00
Five-day Chinese festival begins in DublinMore than 127,000 visitors are this week expected to pass beneath the red and gold paper lanterns of the National Museum at Collin…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Charges lead to fewer bin collections in DublinAlmost half of households in Dublin city have stopped putting their rubbish bins out for collection on a weekly basis since the…Wed Feb 09 2005 - 00:00
McDowell doubts need for inquiry on murdersThe Minister for Justice has said he would "keep an open mind" on holding a public inquiry into the 1997 Grangegorman murders…Tue Feb 08 2005 - 00:00
Give city council role in policing, says studyA new report on crime and law enforcement in Dublin recommends an increased role for the city council in policing matters, and…Mon Feb 07 2005 - 00:00
Mother and child victims of fire are criticalA mother and her two-year-old son were last night fighting for their lives in Dublin hospitals following a fire at a flat complex…Mon Feb 07 2005 - 00:00
Parents seek to stop sale of school sportsgroundA group of parents at a north Dublin school is calling on Dublin City Council to stop the sale of the school's sportsground for…Mon Feb 07 2005 - 00:00
Archaeologist declines hearing invitationA second of the State's foremost archaeology experts has declined an invitation to appear before the Oireachtas Committee into…Thu Feb 03 2005 - 00:00
Protesters say Navan-Dublin rail link only solution to traffic jamsTransport committee: A Navan-Dublin rail link is the only viable solution to traffic congestion between Meath and Dublin, protesters…Wed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
Religious allowed to sell landsDublin city councillors last night reversed a decision that prevented religious orders selling their lands to property developers…Tue Feb 01 2005 - 00:00
Nazi comments may be 'ill-chosen', says brotherA brother of the President, Ms McAleese, has said her comparison of the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany with the way Catholics…Sat Jan 29 2005 - 00:00
Donegal couple murdered by UDA 'not intended victims', say relativesRelatives of Mr Oliver Boyce and Ms Bríd Porter, understood to have been murdered by members of the UDA in 1973, have told the…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
