Birth in Monaghan hospitalThe North Eastern Health Board has said maternity services have not been reinstated at Monaghan General Hospital after it emerged…Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
Half of all primary pupils driven to school, census showsNew census figures show a greater reliance on the car to get to school and work, with a million households now owning at least…Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
Portmarnock Golf Club judgment due on landmark equal status caseJudgment is due today in what is regarded as a landmark equal status case taken by the Equality Authority against Portmarnock…Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
Garda fails to prevent questions on Cavan siegeCounsel representing the Garda Commissioner at the Barr tribunal has failed to prevent a senior garda being questioned about …Thu Feb 19 2004 - 00:00
Bomb hoax fails to deter princess from Irish visitBritain's Princess Royal arrived in Dublin yesterday morning, undeterred by a hoax bomb found within yards of one of her planned…Wed Feb 18 2004 - 00:00
Princess Royal on Dublin visitThe British Princess Royal, Princess Anne is to meet the President, Mrs McAleese today, during an honorary visit to Dublin to…Tue Feb 17 2004 - 00:00
Ambulance drivers to stage protest dayAmbulance drivers in Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare are to stage a one-day protest on March 5th claiming the Minister for Transport…Tue Feb 17 2004 - 00:00
Non-fatal weapons not available to gardaiBARR TRIBUNAL: Less lethal weapons, recommended for use by an internal Garda report in 2001 on foot of the Abbeylara siege, …Sat Feb 14 2004 - 00:00
Stun grenades not used in siegeBarr Tribunal: Stun grenades were available to gardaí at the time of the Abbeylara siege, but were not used at any time during…Fri Feb 13 2004 - 00:00
Traveller family evicted from mobile homeA Traveller family with 13 children faces a second night of homelessness tonight following eviction from their mobile home by…Thu Feb 12 2004 - 00:00
Most Ministers flout official food policiesHealthy eating survey: Most Government Ministers are ignoring official health promotion policies on healthy eating and show …Tue Feb 10 2004 - 00:00
Council to 'name and shame' on injury claimsLouth County Council has become the latest local authority to adopt a "name and shame" policy in an attempt to reduce its insurance…Mon Feb 09 2004 - 00:00
Psychologist advised negotiator at siege to contact psychiatristBarr Tribunal: A clinical psychologist had advised the Garda negotiator at the Abbeylara siege to contact Mr John Carthy's psychiatrist…Thu Feb 05 2004 - 00:00
Protest has not daunted food chainEnnis town would still have "obesity issues" even if McDonald's did not locate a restaurant there, a spokesman for the company…Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
Siege trained doctor was not calledBarr Tribunal: A senior clinical psychologist who was asked to be part of the Garda hostage negotiation team said his expertise…Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
Protesters resume anti-bin charge campaignProtesters resumed their campaign of disrupting refuse collections across south Dublin yesterday, and warned they were prepared…Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
Head injury: one victim's storyBrian Flood (28), from Donaghmede, Dublin, suffered a head injury while travelling in Australia in September, 2002.Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
Only 7% of brain injury victims get rehabilitationBrain injury: Less than seven per cent of brain injury sufferers requiring continuing treatment have access to rehabilitation…Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
Unstable crane to cause further rail delays todaySome 25,000 DART and mainline rail commuters will again be affected by major disruption today as work continues on securing an…Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
Bill to bring in penalty points for mobilesLegislation banning the use of hand held mobile phones while driving will be introduced in the Dáil by the end of March, the …Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
Dublin councillors demand apology from lord mayorCouncillors will call on the Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Royston Brady to make a "fulsome apology" at tonight's meeting of Dublin…Mon Feb 02 2004 - 00:00
Ryanair to impose 70c levy on all customersRyanair is to levy 70 cents a flight on all customers following the court ruling against its wheelchair charge yesterday.Sat Jan 31 2004 - 00:00
Older people more likely to take up low-paid jobsOlder people entering the workforce are almost five times more likely to take up low-paid service or "elementary" jobs, than …Fri Jan 30 2004 - 00:00
Mental health course not available before shootingBARR TRIBUNAL: A course in mental health awareness, compulsory for all new Garda recruits, was not available to gardaí at the…Wed Jan 28 2004 - 00:00
Met Eireann issues severe weather warning as polar winds sweep inEast Leinster is due to be hit today by the worst weather so far this year, according to Met Éireann, as heavy snow showers sweep…Tue Jan 27 2004 - 00:00
Gardai warn stores and drivers on laser to beat speed trapsAny devices used to frustrate Garda speed detection equipment are illegal, gardaí have said, and motorists using them or retailers…Tue Jan 27 2004 - 00:00
Garda agrees medical records relevantBarr Tribunal: The head of the Garda Emergency Response Unit told the Barr tribunal that medical reports on the history of John…Fri Jan 23 2004 - 00:00
Gardai trained to shoot at torso, says expertBarr Tribunal: Armed gardaí are trained to shoot at the torso of an assailant and not the legs or lower body, a Garda training…Thu Jan 22 2004 - 00:00
Donabate rezoning plan is approvedFingal County Council has voted to rezone almost 400 acres of land at Donabate north Co Dublin for residential development - …Wed Jan 21 2004 - 00:00
Anger at council over mayor's remarksThe Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Royston Brady, further infuriated Dublin city councillors last night when he failed to attend …Tue Jan 20 2004 - 00:00
Disability groups concern at proposed changesDisabled children will be denied access to essential services if the Minister for Education changes the definition of disability…Tue Jan 13 2004 - 00:00
No automatic right to have child assessed under disabilities BillOireachtas committee: Parents will not have an automatic right to have their children assessed for an educational disability…Fri Jan 09 2004 - 00:00
Dempsey criticised on term 'impairment'Dáil Committee: The term "impairment" is an outdated label and should not be used to define the disabilities of children, Fine…Tue Jan 06 2004 - 00:00
Temperatures set to rise as windy and wet conditions take overTemperatures are set to rise to double figures today with mild wet and windy conditions taking over from yesterday's snows and…Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
60 Italian tourists rescued from buses bogged in snowA group of 60 Italian tourists had to be rescued by gardaí last night when their tour buses became bogged down in heavy snow …Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
Stores look to sales after dip in Christmas spendingRetailers are hoping that the winter sales, now under way throughout the country, will help to make up for the generally disappointing…Mon Dec 29 2003 - 00:00
Further sleet and snow expected todayFurther sleet and snow is expected in north Connacht, north Leinster and the North today following last night's snow warning …Mon Dec 29 2003 - 00:00
Hundreds of driving tests postponed due to backlog of applicationsDriving-test centres have been forced to postpone hundreds of appointments for tests due to the backlog of applications.Wed Dec 24 2003 - 00:00
Driving-test applicants are waiting for more than a yearThe Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, has admitted it will take at least a year for driving-test waiting times to be brought…Wed Dec 24 2003 - 00:00
34-year-old man shot in LimerickGardaí in Limerick were last night searching the Rathbane area of Limerick city for two men believed to have been involved in…Wed Dec 24 2003 - 00:00
Anti-bin charge protesters to resume actionThe anti-bin charge protests, which disrupted waste-collection services to thousands of Dublin householders this year, are set…Tue Dec 23 2003 - 00:00
Publicans say FG survey of soft drinks 'misleading'A Fine Gael survey of the cost of soft drinks in Dublin pubs is "completely inaccurate" and "misleading to customers", Dublin…Sat Dec 20 2003 - 00:00
Ceiling collapse school to get repairsAt the time the school was told there was no money to replace the prefab with a permanent structureThu Dec 18 2003 - 00:00
Work to demolish part of castle site resumesDún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the National Roads Authority (NRA) last night resumed demolition work at the controversial…Wed Dec 17 2003 - 00:00
State pathologist to begin evidence on Carthy deathBarr Tribunal The State pathologist, Prof John Harbison, begins his evidence at the Barr tribunal today in relation to the fatal…Tue Dec 16 2003 - 00:00
Anti-litter awards defended against critics whose towns 'lost out'Town councillors who questioned the validity of the results in the 2003 Anti-Litter League were just annoyed because their towns…Tue Dec 16 2003 - 00:00
Policy of settling Travellers criticisedThe Government policy of settling Travellers is having "profoundly negative consequences" on the Traveller community and should…Sat Dec 13 2003 - 00:00
Rosanna happy to be back in her own worldOfficially the world's loveliest girl, Ms Rosanna Davison arrived back in Dublin yesterday fresh from victory at the 2003 Miss…Fri Dec 12 2003 - 00:00
Carthy sacked day before siegeBarr Tribunal: Mr John Carthy, the man at the centre of the Abbeylara siege, was sacked from his job the day before he barricaded…Thu Dec 11 2003 - 00:00
Ahern incurs wrath of Paudge BehanIt was not appropriate for the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, to officially unveil a statue of Brendan Behan as there was "nobody further…Tue Dec 09 2003 - 00:00
