Makers must recycle old machinesNew EU environmental regulations which will force producers of electrical goods to recover their products once they are out of…Thu Feb 20 2003 - 00:00
Martin criticised over anti-suicide campaignThe Union of Students in Ireland has criticised the Minister for Health, Mr Martin, for failing to support the union's suicide…Tue Feb 18 2003 - 00:00
Gardai seek two men after shooting incidentThe identities of the two men who evaded arrest after ramming a patrol car and firing shots at gardaí in Dublin at the weekend…Tue Feb 18 2003 - 00:00
Revenue to be ordered to pay interest to widowsThe Oireachtas Finance Committee is to order the Revenue Commissioners to pay interest on tax it has wrongly collected.Thu Feb 13 2003 - 00:00
Passport office to move to BalbrigganHoliday-makers seeking passports at short notice could find themselves left at home under plans announced by the Minister for…Wed Feb 12 2003 - 00:00
FAS spends over €10,000 on two return fares to USTwo FÁS officials cost their organisation more than €10,000 in flights on a single trip to Florida last December to discuss proposals…Tue Feb 04 2003 - 00:00
'No permission asked' for post-boxes tenderThe director of Telecommunications Regulation Ms Etain Doyle said An Post did not consult her before seeking manufacturers for…Thu Jan 30 2003 - 00:00
An Post to outline plan for rural deliveriesSenior An Post officials are to appear before an Oireachtas committee today to explain the company's financial position and its…Wed Jan 29 2003 - 00:00
BBC programme maintains Comiskey was sacked by PopeThe Catholic Church has claimed the makers of the BBC documentary Suing the Pope misinterpreted canon law in their assertion …Tue Jan 28 2003 - 00:00
All-you-can-drink promotion draws worried reactionsMedical organisations, addiction support agencies and youth groups have accused a south Dublin pub of being "irresponsible", "…Tue Jan 28 2003 - 00:00
Keating denies €220,000 is linked to crimeA former lord mayor of Dublin, PD deputy leader, Fine Gael TD and minister of State, Mr Michael Keating has said his €220,000…Wed Jan 22 2003 - 00:00
Minister 'cannot dissolve council'The Labour group on Dublin City Council has threatened to take legal action against the Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen…Thu Jan 16 2003 - 00:00
Abolition crisis over bin charge looms at councilAll 52 members of Dublin City Council are set to be removed from midnight tomorrow due to their failure to resolve a budgetary…Wed Jan 15 2003 - 00:00
No stamp of approval for new post-boxesAn Post cannot compel customers to accept deliveries to a post-box at the side of the road in place of a doorstep service, the…Wed Jan 15 2003 - 00:00
Bar on recruitment rules out more driving testersThe Department of Transport has admitted it may be prevented from employing new driving testers to clear the huge backlog of …Thu Jan 09 2003 - 00:00
Longer wait for tests as restrictions put provisional drivers off the roadsWaiting times for the driving test have increased dramatically following the announcement in December of a crackdown on provisional…Wed Jan 08 2003 - 00:00
Problems in economy and North will be big challenge - TaoiseachThe Government had weathered the stormy first six months of its second term in office, but there were further problems in store…Mon Jan 06 2003 - 00:00
Agencies struggle as need for help increasesAgencies dealing with abused children, victims of rape, the homeless and those suffering from depression are struggling to cope…Sat Dec 28 2002 - 00:00
500 taxi drivers decide to sue over reformsUp to 500 taxi-drivers are expected to have lodged compensation claims against the Government by the new year, over its decision…Tue Dec 24 2002 - 00:00
City council may face disbandmentDublin City Council could be disbanded in the new year because of its failure to agree on a budget which includes a 29 per cent…Tue Dec 24 2002 - 00:00
Equality tribunal is criticised in reportDiscrimination cases involving licensed premises should be taken out of the hands of the equality tribunal and dealt with by …Thu Dec 19 2002 - 00:00
Minister agrees to change section of Bill affecting traditional artsThe Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Mr O'Donoghue, has agreed to change the controversial Section 21 of the Arts Bill on…Wed Dec 18 2002 - 00:00
75% of begging children are Travellers-reportMore than three-quarters of children begging on the streets of Dublin are members of the Travelling community, according to the…Tue Dec 17 2002 - 00:00
Replica Famine sailing ship on visit to DublinTwo years overdue and more than four times over budget, the Jeanie Johnston replica Famine ship finally arrived in Dublin yesterday…Thu Dec 12 2002 - 00:00
Dublin council refuses to raise bin chargesDublin city councillors have accused the city manager of "bullying" and "taking a hardline stance" in pushing through a budget…Wed Dec 11 2002 - 00:00
Picket over close of open centrePrison officers at Shanganagh Castle, an open detention centre for young offenders, are staging a picket this morning in protest…Tue Dec 10 2002 - 00:00
Doctors are urged to refer cases to BritainThe Minister for Health and Children, Mr Martin, has made a renewed plea to doctors to refer patients on long-term waiting lists…Tue Dec 10 2002 - 00:00
Natural wonders: from the waters and the wildIt took Mike Brown several four-hour round trips from west Cork to the wilds of the Tipperary-Waterford border to make sure he…Sat Nov 02 2002 - 00:00
No longer at sea due to text serviceMore than 1,500 travellers whose ferry sailings were cancelled because of last weekend's storms received the bad news via a text…Thu Oct 31 2002 - 00:00
Floods return as October set to become wettest on recordFeeling a bit damp? Following torrential rains across the State, this October is heading towards being the wettest on record…Wed Oct 30 2002 - 00:00
Rain will cloud holiday weekendMotorists hoping for a swift getaway from Dublin this evening will find the usual bank holiday weekend traffic jams compounded…Fri Oct 25 2002 - 01:00
Build-up of leaves adding to flash flood problemsThat seasonal phenomenon - falling autumnal leaves - is thought to be responsible for much of the flash flooding experienced …Tue Oct 22 2002 - 01:00
Gales and rain are set to continueThe heavy rains and gale-force winds that have swept most of the State since the weekend, leading to flooding in some parts, …Tue Oct 22 2002 - 01:00
Most stabbings carried out by gangsStabbing attacks by gangs armed with small weapons account for the majority of knife wounds seen by hospitals, an accident and…Tue Oct 15 2002 - 01:00
Teenage gangs suspected of murder near Dublin cinemaGardaí in Coolock, Dublin, investigating the murder of a teenager were last night concentrating their inquiries on two groups…Tue Oct 15 2002 - 01:00
Sudden downpour brings heavy floodingCitizens of south Dublin's leafy suburbs were left stranded in their homes yesterday following a brief but dramatic episode of…Mon Oct 14 2002 - 01:00
IFSC company chiefs appeal for Yes vote 'to protect jobs'The Irish heads of 11 multinational companies based in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Dublin have united…Mon Oct 14 2002 - 01:00
Ministers says hoteliers taking ostrich-like stanceThe Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Mr John O'Donoghue, has accused Irish hoteliers' representatives of failing to face…Thu Oct 03 2002 - 01:00
Patients on lists can be treated in UKMore than 8,000 patients on public hospital waiting lists are now eligible for treatment in the UK under the National Treatment…Wed Oct 02 2002 - 01:00
Protesters blockade Carrickmines contractorsProtesters opposing the building of the M50 motorway through the archaeological site of Carrickmines Castle in south Dublin were…Tue Oct 01 2002 - 01:00
Europe's oldest theatre festival raises curtainA host of stars of stage, screen, politics and the entertainment industry in general gathered in Liberty Hall last night for …Mon Sept 30 2002 - 01:00
The thrill of speed and sprayIrish wind-surfing champion Óisín van Gelderen became hooked on the sport when he was 16Tue Sept 24 2002 - 01:00
Dunphy says he will not miss Giles as friendThere is no sign of a reconciliation in the "pundit partnership" of Mr Eamon Dunphy and Mr John Giles who feature on RTÉ television…Wed Sept 04 2002 - 01:00
First day proves child's play for new scholarsIt was only an hour long, but for the new junior infants at St Columba's school in Glasnevin, it was probably the biggest hour…Tue Sept 03 2002 - 01:00
Fleadh cheoil is music to the ears of businessfolk in ListowelThree towns are in the running to host the 2003 All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil, which will generate visitor revenue running into millions…Tue Aug 27 2002 - 01:00
Business acumen pays dividendsNATIONAL AWARDS: Waterford brothers Paul and Michael Flynn took the top prize at this year's Golden Vale Young Entrepreneurs…Tue Aug 27 2002 - 01:00
Coastal research centre planned at University of UlsterThe Northern Ireland Department of Education and Learning is to spend £1Tue Aug 27 2002 - 01:00
DIT resolves its optometry issuesTHIRD LEVEL: The Opticians Board of Ireland has lifted its ban on the DIT school of optometry taking in first year students …Tue Aug 27 2002 - 01:00
Postmasters to continue dispute 'indefinitely'The Irish Postmasters Union (IPU) yesterday said they intend to continue industrial action indefinitely in their dispute with…Tue Aug 20 2002 - 01:00
DIT resolves its optometry issuesTHIRD LEVEL: The Opticians Board of Ireland has lifted its ban on the DIT school of optometry taking in first year students …Tue Aug 13 2002 - 01:00
