Friel receives prestigious Ulysses MedalHonoured: Bloomsday awards for philanthropist and playwrightWed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
RTÉ unions agree to take pay cutsRTÉ UNION members have agreed to take voluntary pay cuts to help deal with a financial crisis at the station.Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Artane Band set to take to the stage at OxegenTHE ARTANE Band is to open the Oxegen music festival next monthWed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Fans warned on drug, alcohol abuseGardaí have warned that plain clothes detectives will be in the crowd on Saturday for the Oasis concert at Slane Castle.Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Doctors hail community-based arthritis treatment a successA NEW pilot scheme to treat rheumatoid arthritis sufferers outside the hospital has been hailed as a success by doctors working…Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Kinks star plays fundraiser for child's school in CorkTHE FORMER Kinks singer-songwriter Ray Davies is to play a concert on Friday night to raise funds for a small national school…Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
RTÉ unions agree pay cutsRTÉ union members have agreed to take voluntary pay cuts to help deal with a financial crisis at the station.Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Women make up 70% of public liability injury claimsWOMEN ACCOUNT for 70 per cent of all public liability injuries, according to new figures produced by the statutory body that …Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Standards for dying in acute hospitals drawn upDYING PATIENTS should be informed about futile treatment which would cause them unnecessary pain in their final days, it has …Mon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
Grown-up boyband's greatest day yetTAKE THAT call it The Circus Tour , but, if anything, calling it a circus is an understatement.Mon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
RTE drops programmes to cut costsRTÉ IS to drop several programmes from its autumn schedule as part of its cost-cutting proposals to bridge a €68 million funding…Sat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Goan defends RTÉ's financial state and pay of presentersTHERE WILL be an “amount of hysteria” when the salaries of RTÉ’s top presenters are published in the organisation’s annual report…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
RTÉ says bonus payments to management 'not hidden perk'RTÉ DIRECTOR-general Cathal Goan has defended the payment of bonuses to management in recent years at the station and denied …Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Anti-touting measures for Cyrus ticketsSTRICT ANTI-touting measures will be introduced for the sale of tickets to see teenage superstar Miley Cyrus’s two concerts at…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Goan denies bankruptcy reportsRTÉ director-general Cathal Goan has denied suggestions that the broadcaster could go bankrupt.Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Could it be magic at Croker?Mná na h-Éireann who famously rocked the system, according to Mary Robinson, will be rocking Croke Park in their tens of thousands…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Woman stabbed in Spain 'a person of great goodness'HUNDREDS OF mourners turned out yesterday for the funeral of Avril Flanagan, who was stabbed in Spain a fortnight ago.Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
No babies or pressure to look good makes radio right for MiriamSHE HAS been wanting to do it for years but, she says, having babies kept getting in the way.Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Call to criminalise act of paying prostitutes for sexINDEPENDENT SENATOR Rónán Mullen has called for the prosecution of men who pay for sex to deter human trafficking.Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
New drugs set to aid arthritis sufferersA PATIENT developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) today should be able to live a relatively normal existence because of new drug…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
'Rat-infested' primary school to be refurbishedA PRIMARY school in Co Galway, described by its own principal as the most rundown in the whole country, has been given €180,000…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Cornagee records highest turnoutTwo electoral areas in Leitrim which recorded the highest turnout in the country in the 2004 local elections are likely to do…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Normal service set to resume with unsettled weatherFOR A glorious week the weather lifted the spirits of a recession- battered country, but it was too good to last.Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Remembrance service for student poisoned in IndonesiaA REMEMBRANCE service will be held later this year for an Irishwoman who died after drinking contaminated alcohol while on holidays…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Fleetwood Mac to play DublinFleetwood Mac will play the O2 in Dublin in October as part of their greatest hits tour, it has been announced.Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Loach accuses Ahern of hijacking premiereFILM DIRECTOR Ken Loach has accused former taoiseach Bertie Ahern of trying to hijack the premiere of a film starring Eric Cantona…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Four in custody over Bray killingFOUR PEOPLE are now in custody over the shooting dead last week of French national Charles Sinanapayen in Bray, Co Wicklow.Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Fans get kick to see Cantona in the fleshMORE THAN a decade since he last kicked a ball in the Premiership or a Crystal Palace fan in anger, Eric Cantona’s lustre remains…Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Ireland's first black mayor Adebari seeks re-electionPORTLAOISE: FOR A whole hectic year he was probably the most famous Irish mayor since Tomás Mac Curtain, the mayor of Cork who…Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00
Notorious gang figure found guilty of murderA NOTORIOUS former Limerick gangland member has been found guilty of the murder of one of his associates.Fri May 29 2009 - 01:00
Riedo murderer pleads guilty to rapeTHE MAN who murdered Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo has now pleaded guilty to the rape of a foreign student.Fri May 29 2009 - 01:00
New wind turbine park opens in DublinA NEW public park which will generate its own electricity from wind turbines has been opened in north Dublin.Thu May 28 2009 - 01:00
Limerick man found guilty of murderA notorious former Limerick gangland member has been found guilty of the murder of one of his associates.Thu May 28 2009 - 01:00
UCD students get a Royal placementTHE ROYAL Hospital Donnybrook (RHD) has become a teaching hospital affiliated to UCD’s medical schoolTue May 26 2009 - 01:00
Major parties tread carefully in pothole countyCOUNCIL PROFILE: CAVAN: CAVAN PEOPLE signalled their unwillingness to be taken for granted when they voted four so-called “pothole…Tue May 26 2009 - 01:00
Sinn Féin and Fine Gael in tight race for top spotCOUNTY COUNCIL PROFILE: MONAGHAN: MONAGHAN WAS unique among counties in returning Sinn Féin as the biggest party at the local…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Student held over public order offenceAN 18-YEAR-OLD student was arrested and questioned by gardaí following a row outside a nightclub in Temple Bar on Sunday night…Wed May 20 2009 - 01:00
Mayor's role must be 'cost-effective'DUBLIN SOUTH: FIANNA FÁIL byelection candidate Shay Brennan has said the introduction of a directly-elected mayor for Dublin…Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
Taxi driver ordered to pay blind woman €2,000A TAXI driver has been ordered to pay a blind woman €2,000 in compensation because he refused to carry her guide dog.Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
Siptu president urges voters to support LabourSIPTU VIEW: SIPTU PRESIDENT Jack O’Connor has urged voters at the local and European elections not to support either Fianna …Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Generous Irish welfare a 'myth' - CoriPOVERTY ELIMINATION: IT IS a “myth” to suggest that Ireland has one of the most generous welfare states in Europe, the Conference…Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Murdered Swiss girl's parents seek donationsTHE PARENTS of murdered Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo have appealed to Irish people to help a foundation set up in her name.Sat May 16 2009 - 01:00
Successful launch of European satellitesTHE EUROPEAN Space Agency’s (ESA) two new satellites, Herschel and Planck , are on their way to their final orbit following a…Sat May 16 2009 - 01:00
Riedo foundation launch in DublinThe parents of murdered Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo have appealed to Irish people to help the foundation set up in her name.Fri May 15 2009 - 01:00
Countdown has NUI over the moonAT 2.12PM today Irish time, two satellites will lift off from French Guyana in South America on top of an Ariane 5 rocket with…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Incineration levy and rise in landfill tax on the wayA NEW incineration levy along with a significant hike in the present landfill levy could be introduced by the end of the year…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
ESA space launch a sucessThe launch of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) two satellites Herschel and Planck went ahead this afternoon without a hitch…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
€13m fund recycling businessesA €13 million fund has been set up to encourage businesses to become involved in turning recycled waste into products that can…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Cutbacks puts advertising industry 'in peril'THE GOVERNMENT’S actions in cutting its advertising budget in half is doing “untold damage” to the advertising industry, it has…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
