Soldiers vote for right to strikeMembers of the Defence Forces yesterday voted in favour of the right to strike following growing discontent over the outcome …Fri Oct 11 2002 - 01:00
Yes is a vote for neutrality, Smith saysThe Minister for Defence has dismissed claims that the Nice Treaty, if passed in next week's referendum, will erode Irish neutrality…Thu Oct 10 2002 - 01:00
Benchmark pay report criticised by PDFORRAThe representative association for soldiers, sailors and airmen in the Defence Forces unanimously passed a motion yesterday not…Thu Oct 10 2002 - 01:00
Shannon U-turn will open way for routesIn a U-turn yesterday Aer Rianta said it would develop new routes out of Shannon next year.Tue Oct 08 2002 - 01:00
Independent management for Shannon Airport opposedThe Mid-West Regional Authority yesterday came out against any move to establish a completely independent management structure…Tue Oct 08 2002 - 01:00
Clare landfill site eases pressure on wasteCurrent pressure on landfill sites in the Midwest region is expected to be greatly eased after Clare County Council yesterday…Sat Oct 05 2002 - 01:00
Aer Rianta turns down new routes for ShannonAer Rianta has frozen a decision on new services from Shannon Airport until the Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, rules on …Sat Oct 05 2002 - 01:00
Autistic boy (13) remains in secure unit for adultsThe State has been accused of gross negligence in its failure to provide long-term care for a 13- year-old autistic boy who remains…Fri Oct 04 2002 - 01:00
Hearing is told €4m already spent on explosives plant proposalOpponents of plans to locate an explosives manufacturing plant on the Shannon Estuary have offered no factual evidence why the…Thu Oct 03 2002 - 01:00
Travellers to protest outside council officesHomeless Travellers yesterday stepped up their campaign to highlight Traveller accommodation problems in Co Clare by protesting…Wed Oct 02 2002 - 01:00
Fisheries board objects to explosives factoryLocal opponents of plans to locate an explosives factory in the Shannon Estuary were yesterday joined in their opposition by …Wed Oct 02 2002 - 01:00
Details on explosives plant withheld by councilGrpups opposed to the construction of a €6 million explosives factory on the shores of the Shannon estuary yesterday expressed…Tue Oct 01 2002 - 01:00
Group criticises mining site delayThe Government yesterday came under fire over its failure to date to begin work on the rehabilitation of disused mining sites…Fri Sept 13 2002 - 01:00
Industrial action deferred to allow more talks on health jobsSIPTU has deferred industrial action planned for University College Hospital in Galway (UCHG) next week following talks with …Fri Sept 13 2002 - 01:00
Clare County Council in red over legal costsLegal costs arising from High Court cases which Clare County Council is contesting are contributing towards the council's deteriorating…Wed Sept 11 2002 - 01:00
Clare fans out in force as team returnsAn estimated 5,000 Clare supporters turned out last night in Ennis to welcome home the county's defeated All-Ireland hurling …Tue Sept 10 2002 - 01:00
Tellabs blames downturn for Shannon closureThe downturn in the global telecoms sector was yesterday blamed for the closure of the Irish operation of the US-owned telecommunications…Fri Sept 06 2002 - 01:00
Employees stunned that facility could not be savedStunned employees at Tellabs Ltd said yesterday they had expected job losses at the Shannon plant, but they never expected the…Fri Sept 06 2002 - 01:00
Student charged with US aircraft damage gets bailA Dublin-based student charged with the criminal damage of a US military aircraft at Shannon airport was last night barred from…Thu Sept 05 2002 - 01:00
Council to miss housing deadlineThe developers of a contentious €25 million housing development in Ennis, Co Clare, look set to secure planning permission for…Thu Sept 05 2002 - 01:00
Call for independent body to operate Shannon airportThe chief executive of Shannon Development has called for a new independent public body to replace Aer Rianta as operators of…Thu Aug 29 2002 - 01:00
Parishioners on peninsula win battle to retain campaigning priestA battle by the people of a remote parish in west Clare to retain its campaigning parish priest has succeeded after a U-turn …Wed Aug 28 2002 - 01:00
Travellers ordered to leave bishop's groundsEnnis gardaí confirmed last night that they have ordered the removal of three of the five Traveller families who had been living…Wed Aug 28 2002 - 01:00
Bishop Walsh asks Travellers to move off his lawnThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, yesterday requested a group of Traveller families encamped on the lawn of his Ennis …Tue Aug 27 2002 - 01:00
Clare council serves notice on Traveller families to move againClare County Council served notice on Travellers yesterday in response to a plea for sanitary facilities to serve an illegal …Thu Aug 22 2002 - 01:00
Hearing into €15m Cliffs of Moher council planAn Bord Pleanála yesterday announced that it is to hold an oral hearing into contentious plans by Clare County Council to develop…Thu Aug 22 2002 - 01:00
Travellers move to site for council's €33m HQHomeless Travellers in Ennis have stepped up their dispute with the local authorities and yesterday established an illegal halting…Wed Aug 21 2002 - 01:00
Government urged to support wind farmsThe Government is unlikely to meet its 2005 targets on green energy under the Kyoto Protocol unless it ensures that local authorities…Tue Aug 20 2002 - 01:00
Integration policy for immigrants is needed, school toldIrish people risk perpetuating a new cycle of discrimination and long-term exclusion if they fail new members of society by not…Mon Aug 19 2002 - 01:00
Bishop's sadness at asking Travellers to leave landThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, has told of his sadness in requesting the remaining six Traveller families to move off…Fri Aug 16 2002 - 01:00
Doolin private pier seen as likely optionEfforts to prevent a popular west of Ireland gateway from falling into private hands look doomed.Tue Aug 13 2002 - 01:00
Homeless Travellers seek emergency halting siteHomeless Travellers have pleaded with Clare County Council to provide an emergency halting site or field to overcome the accommodation…Mon Aug 12 2002 - 01:00
Board starts inquiry into huge fish kill on riverAn investigation was under way yesterday by the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board into the first major fish kill to occur in the…Wed Aug 07 2002 - 01:00
Plan for recycling centre in Ennis is opposedA plan by Clare County Council to establish a recycling centre in Ennis has come under fire from the Clare Chamber of Industries…Tue Aug 06 2002 - 01:00
South Galway community divided over plans for wind farms on Slieve AughtyConcern has been expressed over the future of a local community in south Co Galway with the prospect of 152 wind turbines on …Sat Aug 03 2002 - 01:00
Residents near proposed landfill would get €84,500 'compensation'Householders living near a proposed new regional landfill on the Kildare-Meath border would receive almost €100,000 each as "…Sat Aug 03 2002 - 01:00
Airline denies bypassing ShannonAer Lingus was accused yesterday of forcing business out of Shannon Airport and discriminating in favour of Dublin Airport.Thu Aug 01 2002 - 01:00
Operation Hyphen cases struck outCourt proceedings brought against alleged illegal immigrants as part of Operation Hyphen across the State could be struck out…Wed Jul 31 2002 - 01:00
Lack of Clare probation service criticisedConcern was expressed yesterday that people coming before the District Courts in Co Clare might have been sent to jail unnecessarily…Sat Jul 27 2002 - 01:00
Bathing ban on Lough Derg as algae reappearsA swimming ban has been imposed on the River Shannon's largest lake, Lough Derg, by North Tipperary County Council following …Fri Jul 26 2002 - 01:00
Priest's family to contest suicide verdictThe family of Father Michael O'Grady last night said they were "shattered" after an inquest jury returned a verdict of suicide…Thu Jul 25 2002 - 01:00
Bishop calls for increase in public sites for TravellersThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, has appealed to local authorities in Co Clare to provide public land for temporary halting…Wed Jul 24 2002 - 01:00
Bishop speaks of halting site 'crisis'With some 50 Travellers camped yesterday in an unauthorised halting site on his front lawn in Ennis, Co Clare, the Bishop of …Tue Jul 23 2002 - 01:00
Travellers demand setting aside of new confiscation lawThe Irish Traveller Movement (ITM) yesterday demanded that new legislation allowing gardaí to remove and confiscate caravans …Sat Jul 20 2002 - 01:00
EU directive puts Shannon e-business park in jeopardySIFA has been in Shannon since 1977 and has to date invested €70 million in the plant where it employs 265 people.Fri Jul 19 2002 - 01:00
Challenge to Traveller legislationNew legislation allowing gardaí to forcibly remove and confiscate Traveller caravans without a court order is to be challenged…Thu Jul 18 2002 - 01:00
Travellers' caravans seized under new lawThe caravans of four Traveller families were confiscated yesterday as gardaí moved for the first time to implement controversial…Wed Jul 17 2002 - 01:00
Health board attempts to counter 'misinformation' on asylum issueThe Mid-Western Health Board has criticised what it describes as a "great deal of misinformation" which has been circulating …Fri Jul 12 2002 - 01:00
Locals 'devastated' as wind-farm near Tarbert village gets go-aheadA north Kerry community said yesterday that it was "devastated" by a decision of An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission…Sat Jul 06 2002 - 01:00
Court told of air rage accused's contempt for gardaiA 42-year-old US citizen charged with two air rage offences was yesterday accused by a senior garda of treating the district …Sat Jul 06 2002 - 01:00
