Digital centre to train 700 unemployedA NEW digital education and recreation centre, which aims to train 600-700 unemployed or underemployed people and to have "at…Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
Irish students re-enact Flanders trench warfareA GROUP of Irish boys were last night returning home from a most unusual transition year project - a re-enactment of trench warfare…Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
Talk on Israeli 'administrative detention'A PROMINENT Palestinian human rights defender will speak about the 750 people currently held under "administrative detention" …Tue Nov 11 2008 - 00:00
Wheelchair group set for €500,000 cutTHE IRISH Wheelchair Association says it believes its budget may be cut by €500,000 next year.Tue Nov 11 2008 - 00:00
Christian Brother who won ageism case plans to returnTHE AUSTRALIA-based Christian Brother who has just settled an age-restriction case with an Irish car-rental company is planning…Sat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
Rethink needed over role of public service, says DCU presidentTHE STATE should stop establishing public service bodies with the names “authority” or “board” in their titles, the president…Sat Nov 08 2008 - 00:00
Call for safe interaction with cyclists to be mandatory part of driving coursesTHE TEACHING of safe interaction with cyclists should be a mandatory element in all driving instruction courses, according to…Thu Nov 06 2008 - 00:00
Breathing new life into Ballymun's community spiritA €3 billion regeneration plan was unveiled for Limerick this week. What has been the Ballymun experience?Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
Delay criticised as rape crisis helpline highlightedFRUSTRATION AT "delay after delay" in the opening of two new sexual assault treatment units in the west and midlands was expressed…Thu Oct 30 2008 - 00:00
Medical card system criticisedTHE MEDICAL card system was badly managed while the administrative costs associated with planned changes to eligibility for the…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Early snow on high ground as cold snap set to intensifyTEMPERATURES ARE forecast to fall further over the coming days with the east suffering the biggest chill from later today and…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Man who was sexually harassed awarded €49,700A CONSTRUCTION worker who was sexually harassed has been awarded a total of €49,700 by the Equality TribunalTue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Boys used Yorkshire landscape as their museRhyming couplet: two Irish brothers win Ted Hughes poetry awards in BritainTue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Day of action planned on community childcare cutsA "DAY of action" is to be held by childcare workers, providers and parents to protest against cuts in funding to community childcare…Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
Heroin and sleeping pill taken before death of prisonerA PRISONER who died in his cell as a result of a toxic combination of heroin and sleeping tablets had been due for release four…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Mental health discrimination is 'live issue'DISCRIMINATION AGAINST people with mental health problems was still “a very, very live issue”, a conference hosted by the Mental…Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
Budget fears at childcare service for ex-addictsTHE DIRECTOR of a pioneering childcare service that works with the children of current and recovering drug users has voiced her…Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
Failure on psychological treatment highlightedTWO CONSTITUENTS of Cork TD Kathleen Lynch, with mental health problems, who had presented for treatment at their local AE, were…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Hundreds pay tribute to former Irish coachNOEL O'REILLY'S FUNERAL: THE WORLD needed more people like Noel O'Reilly, the chief celebrant at his funeral Mass in Dublin …Thu Oct 02 2008 - 01:00
First chapter of new Banville novel available free on websiteTHE FIRST chapter of John Banville's new novel, The Sinking City , has been made available to read for free online.Thu Oct 02 2008 - 01:00
Garda to have power to fine drunksANYONE FOUND by the Garda to be drunk in public can now be fined €100 on the spot under new powers just signed into effect.Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
Gym invitation for children criticisedAN INVITATION from a Dublin gym to girls as young as 12 to visit for “figure analysis” has been described by the National Parents…Mon Sept 15 2008 - 01:00
Merchants Quay drugs project fears cutsTHE LARGEST voluntary drug-treatment centre in the State fears it will suffer further budget cutbacks despite large increases…Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
Three-month wait for exam results ends at long lastJUNIOR CERT: TEARS, HUGS and cries of, "Oh my God," greeted the Junior Certificate results in St Mary's Holy Faith Convent in…Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Low priority for suicide prevention is criticisedLITTLE TO no progress is being made in tackling suicide, the president of the Irish Association of Suicidology has said.Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
Hanafin and INOU disagree on unemployment figuresMINISTER FOR Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin and the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed have disagreed on how…Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
Criminal investigation begins into fire at former Artane industrial schoolSUNDAY NIGHT'S fire which destroyed a church at the former industrial school in Artane, Dublin, is being treated as a crime, …Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Weather forces venue change for Kraftwerk gigTHE "A Day in the Life" concert featuring German electronica veterans Kraftwerk, which was scheduled for Luggala estate in Co…Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Family planning service suspendedTHE IRISH Family Planning Association (IFPA) has suspended services to medical card holders at its main city-centre clinic in…Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Pregnant women urged not to drinkTHE DEPARTMENT of Health is drafting legislation to make mandatory the labelling of all alcohol products with warnings about …Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Department to seek advance payments from EU for farmersTHE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture is preparing a case to convince the EU to advance single farm payments to tillage farmers as they…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Pupils to get an on-the-job view of energy consumption in workplacesNATIONAL SCHOOL children across the State will be invited into factories, supermarkets and other businesses to see how energy…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Cowen will aid in search for missing Amy, says motherTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has promised to do "all within his power" to help in the search for missing Irish teenager Amy Fitzpatrick…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Fáilte Ireland to investigate high price of eating outCLAIMS THAT high prices in Irish restaurants are deterring tourists are to be investigated by Fáilte Ireland.Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:00
Nine artists resident in hostels to exhibit workHOMELESSNESS: SOMETIMES LIAM McArdle has so many ideas in his head it "starts to hurt", he says.Thu Aug 28 2008 - 01:00
Boy injured in pool incident still criticalTHE IRISH embassy in Madrid has offered its assistance to the family of a Dublin child who remains in a critical condition in…Wed Aug 27 2008 - 01:00
Dublin mayor's strategy aims to tap into 'vast experience' of older peopleA STRATEGY to get older people more involved in volunteering and to tap into their "vast experience" is being drawn up and will…Wed Aug 27 2008 - 01:00
Survey criticises lack of websites for State's hospitalsJUST 18 out of 49 hospitals in the State have a website and among those that do, the customer information they provide is patchy…Tue Aug 26 2008 - 01:00
Homecoming: arrangements to be finalised as President leads tributesPRESIDENT MARY McAleese and Taoiseach Brian Cowen yesterday led the congratulations to Dublin boxer Kenny Egan on his silver …Mon Aug 25 2008 - 01:00
Wicklow health farm to closeTHE POWERSCOURT Springs health farm in Co Wicklow is to close with the loss of 67 jobs, it was announced last night.Mon Aug 25 2008 - 01:00
Euphoria for the local supporters of 'Captain Fantastic'KENNY EGAN: AROUND HERE they call him the Woodford Warrior, the Golden Egan, Captain Fantastic and, as his mother Maura who …Sat Aug 23 2008 - 01:00
Deaf people urge HSE to reinstate audiology services in southeastPEOPLE SUFFERING from deafness and other hearing impairments have urged the Health Service Executive to re-establish audiology…Thu Aug 21 2008 - 01:00
Dublin to host Down syndrome congressTHE PEOPLE of Ireland would "learn a lot about the capacity of people with Down syndrome" when the tenth World Down Syndrome …Wed Aug 20 2008 - 01:00
USI says protests to go on until fees off agendaTHERE WOULD be ongoing protests and demonstrations against the reintroduction of third-level fees until the Government withdrew…Tue Aug 19 2008 - 01:00
Small protest over fees at TCDThere will be on-going protests and demonstrations against the re-introduction of third level fees until the Government withdrew…Mon Aug 18 2008 - 01:00
Budget limits issuing of hearing aids to medical card holders, says lobbyTHE ISSUING of hearing aids to medical card holders in the south-east has been curtailed as the region's Health Service Executive…Mon Aug 18 2008 - 01:00
Travellers see fairs as 'hugely important'COUNTRY FAIRS, when well-run, should not give rise to tension or racism against Travellers attending them, the director of the…Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
84 cases against taxi drivers referred to gardaíSOME 84 cases of alleged abusive conduct by taxi drivers have been referred to the gardaí by the Taxi Regulator since the start…Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
Students oppose third-level feesPROTEST: THE REINTRODUCTION of third-level fees would do "nothing for education and nothing for families", the president of …Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
More food products recalled in inquiryTHREE ADDITIONAL products have been identified as possible sources of salmonella by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI…Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
