Lack of action over alleged price fixing questionedThe Competition Authority is to be asked to appear before an Oireachtas Committee to explain why it has failed to take action…Fri Jan 21 2000 - 00:00
Dublin and Cork airport ground staff to strikeMore than 300 ground handlers at Dublin and Cork Airports plan to strike tomorrow if no progress is made at last-minute talks…Wed Jan 05 2000 - 00:00
VHI to introduce cover for check-ups and GP servicesVHI subscribers will be able to claim for check-ups and other GP services within nine months, the health insurance body has said…Wed Jan 05 2000 - 00:00
US jet in near-miss incident over DublinA US Air Force jet performing training exercises at Casement Aerodrome almost collided with a passenger aircraft over Dublin …Tue Jan 04 2000 - 00:00
£5-a-trip taxi bonus fails to satisfy driversHundreds of Dublin taxi-drivers are threatening to stay at home tonight despite the granting of a last-minute £5-per-journey …Fri Dec 31 1999 - 00:00
Traffic restrictions in Dublin to allow for New Year festivitiesExtensive traffic diversions will operate in Dublin city centre today to facilitate millennium events.Fri Dec 31 1999 - 00:00
RDS millennium party cancelled amid dispute over security and salesThe largest indoor millennium party in the State planned for the RDS in Dublin has been cancelled after no more than half of …Fri Dec 31 1999 - 00:00
Clare search for woman goes onThe search for a 19-year-old woman who was swept into the sea off the Co Clare coast on Tuesday evening will resume at first …Thu Dec 30 1999 - 00:00
Dublin tries to get round obstacle over taxi bonusDublin Corporation law agents have been examining whether it can introduce special bonuses for taxi-drivers working tomorrow …Thu Dec 30 1999 - 00:00
Anti-tobacco group wants new smoking restrictionsAs many people prepare to give up smoking for the new year, ASH Ireland has warned the Government that it is losing the battle…Thu Dec 30 1999 - 00:00
U2 will mark city honour with free concertU2 will play a free concert in Dublin on March 19th, shortly after the band members are granted the freedom of the city.Wed Dec 29 1999 - 00:00
Brennan convenes talks on Dublin weekend taxi faresThe Millennium Committee chairman, Mr Seamus Brennan TD, is making a last-ditch effort to encourage taxi-drivers to work on New…Wed Dec 29 1999 - 00:00
Millennium Eve broadcast will be largest yet for RTERTE's largest single television broadcast takes place on New Year's Eve with a 24-hour millennium celebration.Tue Dec 28 1999 - 00:00
Crime against business rises, more attacks in homes - surveyViolent crime against businesses has increased fourfold in the past three years and more such attacks are taking place at business…Tue Dec 28 1999 - 00:00
RUC helps investigate bomb alert at racesPolice in Surrey were last night working with RUC intelligence to try to establish whether the bomb threat which led to the evacuation…Tue Dec 28 1999 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThey took her away the other day, and I wasn't even there to say goodbyeThu Dec 02 1999 - 00:00
`Settled' loans have yet to be repaidLoans totalling £75,546, which were taken out by Mr Dermot Desmond to fund the refurbishment of Celtic Mist and which the businessman…Wed Dec 01 1999 - 00:00
Desmond approached to join syndicateMr Dermot Desmond has told the tribunal that he was approached by Mr Des Traynor some time around November 1987 and asked to …Wed Dec 01 1999 - 00:00
Kilkenny to take over film board chairMr Ossie Kilkenny, an accountant and media investor, has been appointed chairman of Bord Scannan na hEireann, the Irish Film …Tue Nov 30 1999 - 00:00
Smoke-free zones in pubs get a trial runYesterday's welcome change in climatic conditions wasn't confined to outdoorsTue Nov 30 1999 - 00:00
Christmas fare in Dublin to include taxi-sharingTaxi-sharing, park-and-ride facilities and late-night clamping form the core of Dublin Corporation's campaign to ease traffic…Mon Nov 29 1999 - 00:00
UN credibility `battered' in Kosovo conflictConfidence in the United Nations "has taken a battering and needs to be restored" after its failure to act in the Kosovo conflict…Sat Nov 27 1999 - 00:00
Cannabis is a `gateway drug' O'DonoghueDecriminalising cannabis would be a "betrayal" of parents who were trying to keep their families free from the scourge of drugs…Fri Nov 26 1999 - 00:00
UK phone row meeting urgedThe Government should seek a top-level meeting with the British Home Office over the alleged interception of telecommunications…Thu Nov 25 1999 - 00:00
Homeless children's day centre openedThe Minister of State for Health, Mr Frank Fahey, has urged residents' groups not to hold up the expansion of services for the…Thu Nov 25 1999 - 00:00
Publican freed after three daysA Co Laois publican was released from Mountjoy Prison yesterday after serving three days of a four-week sentence for refusing…Tue Nov 23 1999 - 00:00
Teachers' strike to close 85 schoolsSome 85 primary schools in the north-west are to close today as principals and teachers take strike action over the lack of resources…Thu Nov 18 1999 - 00:00
College issues equality code for societiesStudent publications must "conform to the norms of good taste" under an equal opportunities policy announced by University College…Wed Nov 17 1999 - 00:00
Clouds loom on big night for meteor storm-gazersHeavy cloud and rain are expected to spoil the party for many star-gazers hoping to view a rare meteor shower over Ireland tonight…Wed Nov 17 1999 - 00:00
O'Donnell `incorrect' on asylum seekersThe Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ms Liz O'Donnell, was "clearly incorrect" in her analysis of the …Tue Nov 16 1999 - 00:00
`Star' editor to take over at `Evening Herald'The Evening Herald has appointed a new editor, Mr Gerry O'Regan, to take over from Mr Paul Drury, who has left Independent News…Sat Nov 13 1999 - 00:00
Economist wants policy to limit Dublin's sprawlA LEADING economist has urged the Government to reject its urban housing policies for the greater Dublin area and instead seek…Fri Nov 05 1999 - 00:00
President pays tribute to wealth of genius in Ireland's literature, past and presentSeamus Heaney received the 1999 Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Poetry yesterday evening from the President, Mrs McAleese…Thu Nov 04 1999 - 00:00
Holiday weekend worries doctorsHow the fourth day of the strike affected the State's 11 major acute hospitals:Sat Oct 23 1999 - 01:00
Leaders call on strikers to face down `blackmail'Nurses on strike were urged by their leaders at yesterday's rally in Dublin to remain united in the face of "moral blackmailing…Fri Oct 22 1999 - 01:00
Bed closures continue as visits to patients are cut on third day of strikeHow the third day of the strike affected the State's 11 major acute hospitals:Fri Oct 22 1999 - 01:00
Children may be sent to Glasgow hospitalOur Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, Dublin, is considering sending critically ill patients overseas as they are…Fri Oct 22 1999 - 01:00
Hospital doctors and consultants feel the strain as duties increaseA quiet day at casualty but hectic on the wardsWed Oct 20 1999 - 01:00
Severe restrictions seen at acute hospitals on first dayHow the State's 11 major acute hospitals - categorised as Band 1 by the Department of Health and Children - fared on the first…Wed Oct 20 1999 - 01:00
Patients' association calls for talks before national crisis developsThe Irish Patients' Association has urged all the parties in the nurses' dispute to resume negotiations immediately, "rather …Tue Oct 19 1999 - 01:00
Hospitals to provide restricted servicesHow the strike will affect the State's 11 major acute hospitals, categorised as Band 1 by the Department of Health and Children…Tue Oct 19 1999 - 01:00
Level of nursing cover to vary throughout StateNursing cover is expected to be reduced to between a quarter and a third of normal levels in hospitals today as picketing begins…Tue Oct 19 1999 - 01:00
Moriarty criticises any ad-hoc ruling nowMr Justice Moriarty has said any ad-hoc ruling at this stage on whether he should investigate matters concerning Cement Roadstone…Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Inquiry told of funds raised for LenihanBetween £120,000 and £140,000 was raised by the Fianna Fail fundraiser, Mr Paul Kavanagh, to pay for Mr Brian Lenihan's medical…Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Plan aims to cut deaths on building sitesA new safety plan for the construction industry is to be published within three months by a new tripartite body, announced yesterday…Fri Oct 15 1999 - 01:00
Pensions of former presidents and ministers detailedDr Patrick Hillery, received a pension of £60,137 last year. Another former president, Mrs Mary Robinson, received £59,459Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
Death of poet Michael HartnettTributes have been paid to the poet and translator Michael Hartnett, who died early yesterday in St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin…Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
Warning over misdiagnosisDoctors should be careful not to play down the risk of meningitis in an effort to comfort parents, a London researcher warned…Wed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
