Finance officials suggested closure of embassiesTHE DEPARTMENT of Finance suggested to the McCarthy expenditure review group that “clusters” of embassies could be closed, and…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Mental health spending queriedMAJOR GAPS in the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) financial accounting system mean the organisation cannot explain how its mental…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Better deal possible if Lisbon rejected, says SFSINN FÉIN: A BETTER deal is possible if Irish voters reject the Lisbon Treaty next month, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, suggested…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Referendum is 'about our soul as a nation'PRO-LISBON RALLY: VOTERS IN next month’s Lisbon Treaty referendum should reject the philosophy of “Irish Ayatollahs”, “Little…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Time limits on foreign students proposedMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has proposed capping at five years the amount of time someone from outside the European Economic…Wed Sept 02 2009 - 01:00
156 foreign nationals deported so far this year, data showsTHE AUTHORITIES have deported 156 foreign nationals to their countries of origin so far this year – almost as many as were expelled…Wed Aug 05 2009 - 01:00
Gardaí investigate explosion in DublinGARDAÍ ARE investigating a small explosion that took place outside a house in Rathfarnham, south Dublin, at the weekend.Tue Aug 04 2009 - 01:00
Refugee council hails end of hostel useTHE IRISH Refugee Council has welcomed as an “enlightened step” the Government’s commitment to end the use of hostels to accommodate…Tue Aug 04 2009 - 01:00
€39m a year spent on failed asylum applicants, says FGTHE STATE is spending some €39 million a year to house unsuccessful asylum applicants because of delays in the Government’s decision…Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
Ryanair apology for long delays at airportsPASSENGERS TRAVELLING with Ryanair faced long delays at Dublin and London Stansted airports on Saturday due to lengthy queues…Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
Sutherland seeks better integration of immigrantsTHE RECESSION has made investment in the integration of immigrants more essential than ever, former attorney general Peter Sutherland…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Pharmacists to pull out of schemesHundreds of pharmacies across the country are due to withdraw from the State drug schemes tomorrow in a dispute over the fees…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
'Jobs and Irish control of policy' key issuesJOB CREATION, the retention of control over important policy decisions and an Irish presence on the European Commission will …Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
HSE sends emergency phrase books to every acute hospitalEMERGENCY PHRASE books have been sent to every acute hospital in the State to help frontline staff communicate with patients …Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
'Junk science' as front-page fact criticisedTHE FABRICATION of public falsehoods is a form of censorship that can be at its sharpest in what sometimes passes for science…Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
Pro-Lisbon group opens campaignJob creation, the retention of control over important policy decisions and an Irish presence on the European Commission will …Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
Goal head tells of 'around the clock' efforts to free captive womenEFFORTS WERE continuing in Sudan yesterday to secure the release of two women who were kidnapped three weeks ago while working…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Call for review of Affordable Housing PartnershipTHE RATIONALE for the Affordable Housing Partnership should be reviewed in light of the changed conditions in the housing market…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Vinters' price freeze in breach of settlementTHE HIGH Court has found the two main vintners’ groups to be in contempt of court by announcing a drinks price freeze.Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Dramatic increase in number of drug and assault casesTHE NUMBER of murder and rape cases appearing before the courts increased last year, while drug, assault and sexual offence cases…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Debt-related cases surge as recession bitesTHE NUMBER of business and debt-related cases coming before the courts doubled last year, with the recession leading to a surge…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Talks to free aid workers continueEfforts are continuing in Sudan to secure the release of two women who were kidnapped three weeks ago while working for the Irish…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Insolvency cases before courts doubleThe number of business and debt-related cases coming before the Irish courts doubled last year, with applications to appoint …Thu Jul 23 2009 - 01:00
Guidelines on reporting of suicide breachedMEDIA COVERAGE of the Monageer inquiry report earlier this year showed “significant breaches” of reporting guidelines on suicide…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
Race of the two-man Tory currachs brings Earagail festival to a finishChoppy seas, hand-built boats and the echoing shouts of 'Coinnigh libh' - welcome to the Tory Island currach raceMon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
American dream, Brazilian realityGOVERNADOR VALADARES doesn’t look like a city in the throes of a great social upheavalSat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
Missions should be reduced from 76 to 55EMBASSIES: IRELAND’S NETWORK of embassies and consulates should be reduced from 76 to 55 and almost 40 ambassador posts should…Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
UN target should be pushed back to 2015OVERSEAS AID: THE GOVERNMENT should abandon its aim of meeting the UN target of allocating 0Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Fighter jets escort Dublin flight to Rome airportAN AIRCRAFT carrying almost 150 holidaymakers from Greece to Dublin was escorted into Rome airport by fighter jets last Friday…Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00
Family and friends attend funeral of young doctor killed in Air France disasterJANE DEASY was a generous and devoted sister, a loving daughter, a dear friend and a great surgeon in the making, mourners at…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Warning of child abduction to sharia law statesFORMER MEP Mary Banotti has called on the Government to monitor the number of reported child abduction cases involving sharia…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Kidnapped worker was about to pay visit homeSHARON COMMINS was due to return to Dublin for a holiday in the coming weeks after an 18-month stint as a project manager for…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
World first as Kilkenny virgin lizard reproducesA KILKENNY reptile zoo has reported the world’s first birth to a virgin lizard previously thought incapable of reproduction without…Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
Child abduction cases hit recordA record 141 transnational child abduction cases were dealt with by the authorities here last year, according to new figures …Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00
Immigrants face education 'barriers'PROHIBITIVE FEES and a lack of English-language classes are major barriers to higher education for people granted residence in…Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
Woman (27) dies after fire engulfs house in CarlowA 27-YEAR-OLD mother of one died yesterday in a house fire in CarlowMon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Iranians set for protest in DublinIranians living in Ireland are due to hold a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Dublin today.Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Irish protest: Iranians to demonstrate at embassyIranians living in Ireland are due to hold a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Dublin today to call for a “fair, just…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Ireland criticised in US report on human traffickingTHE GOVERNMENT is not fully complying with minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, a report by the US State…Wed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Burke resigns from party days after losing byelectionSNN FÉIN: SINN FÉIN’S longest-serving councillor in the Republic has resigned from the party days after losing the Dublin central…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Roche questions Ganley's backgroundTHE TREATMENT of Libertas founder Declan Ganley by the media raises “very fundamental questions” about Irish journalism, Minister…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Europe proposes sanctions for child sex abuse and traffickingNEW CRIMINAL sanctions for sex tourists who abuse children abroad and those who “groom” children online have been proposed by…Tue Jun 09 2009 - 01:00
Calls for financial help have more than doubledST VINCENT de PAUL: THE NUMBER of calls to the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Dublin from people in financial difficulty …Thu May 28 2009 - 01:00
Bill will curtail 'double jeopardy' ruleTHE LONG-STANDING double jeopardy rule, which bans people being re-tried for an offence once they have been acquitted, is to …Tue May 26 2009 - 01:00
Local knowledge and timeless issues help new faces make an impressionON THE CANVASS with IDOWU OLAFIMIHAN, ADEOLA OGUNSINA and IGNATIUS OKAFOR: HE MOVES languidly along the driveway, a stack …Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Occasional kind words bolstered children in brutal landscapePOSITIVE EXPERIENCES: STAFF WHO “did not hit” and who spoke kindly to children or called them by their first names rather than…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Institutional life 'in itself abusive'ROSMINIANS: THE COMMISSION commended the Rosminian Institute of Charity, which ran industrial schools at Upton and Ferryhouse…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Victims haunted by childhood experienceEFFECTS ON LATER LIFE: THE EFFECTS of abuse remained with victims long after childhood, with many giving accounts of troubled…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Academic 'brain trust' could help State recoverTHE GOVERNMENT should draw on the expertise of Ireland’s academics in dealing with the complex policy choices the country is …Sat May 16 2009 - 01:00
State's overseas aid programme is 'cutting-edge' model, says OECDTHE OECD has praised Ireland’s overseas development programme as a “cutting-edge” model for others to follow, but urged the Government…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
