Harney defends cancer centre policyMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has defended the policy of designating eight hospitals as specialist cancer centres and said …Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Call for HSE updates on cancer centre standardsA WOMAN whose diagnosis of breast cancer was delayed due to an error at the laboratory where her biopsy was read has suggested…Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Garda, HSE sign childcare protocolKEY AGENCIES dealing with missing children yesterday signed a protocol outlining their roles and responsibilities on the issue…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
UN concern over delay in refugee family casesTHE UN refugee agency has noted with concern that refugees’ applications for family reunification in Ireland can take up to two…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
'It's unbelievable, it's not right'CHRISTMAS BONUS: “IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. It’s not right, doing that to people.”Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Agencies react angrily to cutOVERSEAS AID: SEVERE CUTS to the overseas aid budget mean the Government has reneged on its international commitments to the…Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Irish Aid funding falls by one fifthSevere cuts to the overseas aid budget mean the Government has reneged on its commitments to the developing world out of political…Wed Apr 08 2009 - 01:00
Nigerian report contradicts FGM claim of diplomatTHE NIGERIAN government told a UN committee last year that the prevalence rate of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country…Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Gardaí investigate assault in parkGARDAÍ WERE yesterday investigating a serious assault on a woman as she walked in a park in Dublin early on Tuesday morning.Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
FG urges judges to work extra month and save State millionsFINE GAEL has called on High Court judges to work a month longer than usual this year in order to deal with a backlog of judicial…Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Lenihan backs retraining for jobless migrantsMINISTER FOR Integration Conor Lenihan has stressed the need to provide retraining for unemployed immigrants with the latest …Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Numbers of asylum seekers increasesAPPLICATIONS FOR asylum in industrialised countries rose by 12 per cent last year, as greater numbers of Somalis and Afghans …Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
China tops execution list, says AmnestyALMOST THREE quarters of the 2,400 people who were executed worldwide last year were put to death in China, according to a new…Tue Mar 24 2009 - 00:00
CSO figures show big increase in birth rateTHE BIRTH rate between April and June last year rose by 40 per cent on the same period in 1999, according to the Central Statistics…Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
Farmers protest over milk pricesMORE THAN 100 dairy farmers protested at the European Commission’s offices in Dublin yesterday as part of a campaign over milk…Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
FG urges stricter criteria for green card applicationsTHE GOVERNMENT should apply a labour market test to all future applications for green cards in light of the economic crisis, …Wed Mar 18 2009 - 00:00
Immoral acts harm society, says archbishopCONCERN ABOUT unacceptable behaviour in the financial world shows how individual acts which are “fundamentally immoral” can have…Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
Author a 'giant of a man', mourners toldFINAL TRIBUTES: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN was a “giant of a man” who forced people to lift their gaze from his disability and focus…Wed Feb 25 2009 - 00:00
Archbishop criticises 'immoral' acts of financial eliteConcern about unacceptable behaviour in the financial world shows how "fundamentally immoral" individual acts can have a seriously…Wed Feb 25 2009 - 00:00
Golden circle are 'heroes' - McEvaddyBUSINESSMAN'S VIEW: BUSINESSMAN Ulick McEvaddy has defended the so-called “golden circle” of 10 investors in Anglo Irish Bank…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Golden circle are 'heroes' - McEvaddyBUSINESSMAN'S VIEW: BUSINESSMAN Ulick McEvaddy has defended the so-called “golden circle” of 10 investors in Anglo Irish Bank…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Dictionary helps crack case of notorious Polish serial offenderHE WAS one of Ireland’s most reckless drivers, a serial offender who crossed the country wantonly piling up dozens of speeding…Thu Feb 19 2009 - 00:00
European court ruling clarifies asylum lawPEOPLE FLEEING violence and seeking safety in the European Union do not have to prove that their lives are specifically under…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
Most Poles opting to stay in Ireland and sit out slumpWITH THE pews brimming to capacity and the aisles so tightly packed that stragglers could make it no further than the porch, …Mon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
78 Burmese refugees to be resettled in IrelandSEVENTY EIGHT Burmese refugees are due to arrive in Ireland next month after being selected for resettlement here under a United…Mon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
Firms criticise passport control delays at airportBUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES have written to the Garda Commissioner to warn that delays at passport control booths at Dublin airport…Sat Feb 14 2009 - 00:00
Citizens from new EU states take 47% less PPS numbersTHE NUMBER of citizens from the EU’s newer members states who registered to work or to access public services in the Republic…Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Predictive texting 'as Gaeilge' now availableSPEAKERS OF fewer than 80 of the world’s 7,000 languages are thought to enjoy the luxury of having their mobile phones finish…Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Gangland crime a priority, says AhernOfficial opening: Minister unveils new Garda divisional headquarters: MINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has insisted that tightening…Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Green Party wants Guantánamo Bay detainee to be resettled in IrelandTHE GREEN Party has said that the State should accept for resettlement an Uzbek national who has been detained at Guantánamo …Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Anti-racism plan was seen as model for others to followBACKGROUND: USHERED INTO existence at a well-attended press conference by then taoiseach Bertie Ahern and minister for justice…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
Immigrants join in the political joustingNew faces: main parties field migrant candidates: IN THE months preceding the local elections of June 2004, a group of researchers…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
Integration groups are 'first victims' of cutbacksTHE CHAIRWOMAN of the Government’s anti-racism strategy is “extremely concerned” that organisations working on social integration…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
Envoy named to lead hunger crisis strategyTHE GOVERNMENT has appointed a special envoy to oversee Ireland’s response to the global hunger crisis.Thu Jan 22 2009 - 00:00
State asked to 'pre-clear' VIPs at immigrationENTERPRISE IRELAND asked the Government last November to put in place new immigration procedures at Dublin airport after members…Fri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
Expert urges EU to act over Albanian 'blood feuds'EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS should bring pressure to bear on the Albanian authorities to stem the rise in the number of “blood feud” …Wed Dec 31 2008 - 00:00
Archbishop challenges pessimism about the futureNEGATIVE ATTITUDES about the future should continue to be challenged, despite 2009 dawning amid an all-pervasive sense of insecurity…Wed Dec 31 2008 - 00:00
Restrictions on Romanians and Bulgarians to stayWORK RESTRICTIONS on Romanian and Bulgarian citizens are to be renewed by the Government tomorrow for a further three years due…Wed Dec 31 2008 - 00:00
'You're not addressing a jury now,' chief justice reminds counselTHE TALL, leaner figure of Joe O'Reilly strode into the wintry cold of court number six yesterday, took his seat and rested his…Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Minister's apology: family left in refugee camp for three yearsTHE SOMALI woman who has withdrawn her application for damages received an apology from the Minister for Justice in July because…Thu Dec 18 2008 - 00:00
53% of immigrant restaurant workers earn below minimum wage - reportMORE THAN half of immigrants working in Irish restaurants earn less than the minimum wage, according to a new report.Wed Dec 17 2008 - 00:00
DPP drops case over hepatitis C infections scandalTHE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions has dropped the case against a former blood bank biochemist on charges relating to the infection…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
EU approves €15m support schemePIGMEAT STORAGE: EUROPEAN UNION member states voted unanimously in favour of a proposal to introduce a private storage aid scheme…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Call to amend Bill to protect trafficking victimsTHE PRESENCE in prisons of at least two suspected victims of trafficking shows the need for the Government to make a late amendment…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Social integration projects to receive funding of €1.4mTHE GOVERNMENT yesterday pledged almost €1Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Simpler to trace beef than pork from fork back to farmANALYSIS: The ability to track meat back to individual farms can make the difference between crisis and confidence, writes Ruadhan…Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Pork may be 'back in shops within a week'FOOD SAFETY: THE FOOD Safety Authority of Ireland has said it hopes supermarket shelves will be re-stocked with Irish pork products…Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
Irish parents monitoring child internet useIRISH PARENTS are more likely than their European peers to supervise and control their children's use of the internet, but their…Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
Irishman in Welsh court on sex trafficking chargeAN IRISHMAN appeared in court in Wales on Saturday accused of human trafficking for the sex trade.Mon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
Need for dioxin facility in Ireland highlightedMINISTER'S RESPONSE: The presence of organic pollutants known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was first detected early last…Mon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
