The gourmet dimension to festival weekForget your green rock buns and shamrock shakesFri Mar 14 2003 - 00:00
RTE asked to submit back-up songThe runner-up in RTÉ's You're A Star, Simon Casey, may still be in with a chance to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song …Thu Mar 13 2003 - 00:00
Military archives to go publicThe State's entire military archives, including original witness statements, voice recordings and photographs from 1913 to the…Wed Mar 12 2003 - 00:00
Allegation of plagiarism in song contestThe governing body of the Eurovision Song Contest has confirmed it is investigating allegations of plagiarism made against the…Wed Mar 12 2003 - 00:00
Brennan says penalty points will be appliedThe Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, said he has been assured by the Garda Commissioner and the Minister for Justice that …Tue Mar 11 2003 - 00:00
One million may vote to find a starAs many as one million votes are expected to be cast in the final of RTÉ's You're a Star talent contest this weekend.Sat Mar 08 2003 - 00:00
Child abduction a growing concern - MEPThe number of child abduction cases in Ireland fell by almost 30 per cent last yearSat Mar 08 2003 - 00:00
Chaplains criticise 'degrading' state of jailThe National Catholic Prison Chaplains have challenged the Ministers for Justice and Health to visit Mountjoy Prison to witness…Fri Mar 07 2003 - 00:00
Flatley to counter-sue rape accuserLord of the Dance star Michael Flatley has filed a counter-suit in the Los Angeles courts against the woman who says he raped…Fri Mar 07 2003 - 00:00
Taxi-drivers accuse RTE of undermining their protestDublin taxi-drivers have accused the national broadcaster, RTÉ, of misrepresenting drivers and attempting to undermine their …Wed Mar 05 2003 - 00:00
No logo means no style, say students"I don't mind if I haven't got logos on me, but you're not going to walk around in runners that aren't a proper brand, because…Wed Mar 05 2003 - 00:00
Call for review of taxi plate issues as O'Leary uses his to beat trafficThe Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan has said he "cannot accept" that a person would buy a taxi licence exclusively for his…Tue Mar 04 2003 - 00:00
Speeding drivers escaping pointsPersistent delays in implementing new technology and reliance on a tedious manual system operated by the gardaí has resulted …Tue Mar 04 2003 - 00:00
Health boards accused over payments to nursing homesThe chief executive of the Irish Nursing Homes' Organisation has accused the State's health boards of clogging up acute hospital…Sat Mar 01 2003 - 00:00
Equality Authority seeks changes in parental and paternity leavePaid parental and paternity leave must be introduced if parents, particularly fathers, are to gain equality in the workplace, …Sat Mar 01 2003 - 00:00
State cars must obey rules-McDaidThe Minister for State for Transport, Dr Jim McDaid, has rejected the suggestion made by the Garda Commissioner that gardaí driving…Fri Feb 28 2003 - 00:00
Anyone taking test for another will be prosecuted, warns officialDriving test applicants attempting to gain a licence fraudulently by impersonation will be prosecuted, said a senior Department…Fri Feb 28 2003 - 00:00
'Brought great honour to Irish legal profession'The President, Mrs McAleese, has joined friends and colleagues in paying tribute to the former chief justice and minister for…Wed Feb 26 2003 - 00:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
