Edna O'Brien in conversation rounds off Dublin Book FestivalIT IS nearly 50 years since Edna O’Brien’s debut novel The Country Girls was published, but the allure of this most enduring …Mon Mar 09 2009 - 00:00
Charging for toilets PR stunt, says Ryanair bossRYANAIR CHIEF executive Michael O’Leary has come clean and admitted that his proposals to charge passengers to use the toilet…Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
RTÉ set to clash with Ryan over his salaryRTÉ 2FM presenter Gerry Ryan has been accused by management of “acting the maggot” in refusing to sign up to a 10 per cent pay…Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
Dublin to bid for City of Literature titlePROPOSALS TO make Dublin a Unesco City of Literature will be unveiled to the public today.Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
Older acts to take breath of OxegenTHE ROAD to the Oxegen music festival, which takes place at Dublin’s Punchestown racecourse from July 10th to 12th, has turned…Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
Pet Shop Boys and Nine Inch Nails added to Oxegen line-upVeteran pop act the Pet Shop Boys, American indie pioneers Jane’s Addiction and Nine Inch Nails along with Scottish band Glasvegas…Thu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
Dublin still the sixth most visited city in EuropeDUBLIN HAS retained its position in the top 10 most visited cities in EuropeThu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
Neil Young to play Dublin in JuneMusic legend Neil Young is to play the O2 this summer.Thu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
Ryanair deputy chief says RTÉ has left-wing agendaRYANAIR DEPUTY chief executive Michael Cawley has accused RTÉ of peddling a “left-wing, Liberty Hall agenda”.Wed Mar 04 2009 - 00:00
Processing time of health claims halvedTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) is to move towards the electronic processing of all health insurance claims following the …Tue Mar 03 2009 - 00:00
A real sense of perspectiveRosemary Hennan believes the recession here will be bad news for people in Somalia as Irish people will not be as generous as…Tue Mar 03 2009 - 00:00
Campaign group takes to streets to highlight U2 tax avoidanceIMITATION IS the sincerest form of flattery, but for those protesting about U2’s tax affairs yesterday, imitation was the sincerest…Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
Shopping centre parking fee proposedCONSUMERS COULD end up paying for parking in out-of-town shopping centres as a possible revenue generator for local authorities…Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
Protest at U2's tax exile statusProtesters have demonstrated outside the Department of Finance against U2’s decision to move their tax affairs to the Netherlands…Wed Feb 25 2009 - 00:00
Council staff attacked rounding up horsesA LOCAL authority worker in Co Dublin had his arm broken and another was kept in hospital overnight after being attacked while…Wed Feb 25 2009 - 00:00
Community Games to be held in AthloneDETAILS OF this year’s HSE Community Games have been announced by the organisers.Mon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
'Dragons' Den' star's firm sued over rentA COMPANY owned by Dragons’ Den star Niall O’Farrell is being sued for alleged non-payment of €20,000 rent at a flagship store…Mon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
Fairtrade sales up 30% despite recessionSALES IN Fairtrade products grew by more than 30 per cent despite the recession, new figures revealMon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
Bord Gais gets 9,000 electricity customers in 36 hoursBORD GÁIS has signed up more than 9,000 new customers within 36 hours of entering the residential electricity market.Fri Feb 20 2009 - 00:00
Unions base pact on Swedish modelTHE WORK of a Swedish economist who advised his government when its banking sector collapsed is being used by the Irish Congress…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
The sole survivorHard Times: The one exception to the retrenchment is private health insurance as more people sign upTue Feb 17 2009 - 00:00
Pharmacy register aims to protect against 'rogue' tradersA NEW online register of every pharmacy in the State, which will allow the public to check the registration status of their local…Tue Feb 17 2009 - 00:00
Mulhall pleads guilty to covering up boyfriend's killingKATHLEEN MULHALL has pleaded guilty to a charge of covering up the death of her boyfriend Farah Swaleh Noor.Tue Feb 17 2009 - 00:00
Doherty, Elbow and Cave for OxegenSINGER-SONGWRITER Pete Doherty will play the Oxegen music festival this summer.Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Unions to protest next weekA DAY of demonstration organised by the trade unions against the Government’s proposals for tackling the recession will be held…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Nobel winner defends Israel's actionsNOBEL PRIZE-WINNING physicist Steven Weinberg told an Irish audience yesterday that Israel was the “most exposed salient” in …Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Ictu announces day of demonstrationA national day of demonstration against the Government’s proposals for tackling the recession will be held on Saturday, February…Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Poet only had sex with 'small fraction' of menPOET CATHAL Ó Searcaigh has said his sexual encounters extended no further than kissing and cuddling and that he only had sexual…Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Doherty set to perform at OxegenSinger-songwriter Pete Doherty will play Oxegen this summer, The Irish Times has learnedThu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Show would have been restrictive, says Ó SearcaighPOET CATHAL Ó Searcaigh has said he pulled out of last Friday’s Late Late Show on RTÉ television because he would have been denied…Tue Feb 10 2009 - 00:00
RTÉ unveils €1.3m news studioTWENTY YEARS after it was first mooted – but just eight days in final construction – a state-of-the-art news studio was unveiled…Tue Feb 10 2009 - 00:00
Cold snap to continue but little snow likelyTHE COLD snap is to continue, with sub-zero temperatures at night, Met Éireann has forecast.Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
Doherty tests patience of fans before TCD appearanceOCCASIONAL ROCK star and full-time tabloid fixture Pete Doherty is many things. Punctual is not one of them.Sat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
Loss of 120 jobs a body blow, says TDIBM REDUNDANCIES: IBM IS to close part of its server operation with the loss of 120 jobs at its technology campus in Mulhuddart…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Unions looking at all options over effective 'pay cuts'TRADE UNIONS: TRADE UNIONS will consider “all options” in developing a response to the cuts announced this week by the Government…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Taxi drivers demand moratorium on the issuing of new licencesTHE NUMBER of taxis on Irish roads has “gone beyond the ridiculous”, the taxi industry has said.Tue Feb 03 2009 - 00:00
Disruption to Irish flights likely to continueFLIGHTS CANCELLED: FLIGHT DISRUPTION caused by bad weather in northern Europe is likely to continue today as airlines try to…Tue Feb 03 2009 - 00:00
Teenagers fail to see smoking as a significant health issueTEENAGERS who smoke do not believe their health will be improved if they quit the habit, new research has shown.Tue Feb 03 2009 - 00:00
Severe weather disrupts airline servicesSevere weather has forced the cancellation of many flights in and out of Ireland today.Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Guide author believes 50 hotels may goIT IS “impossible” for foreign staff to recreate the “céad mile failte” which is central to the success of the Irish hospitality…Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Newspapers facing stiff challenge, says HorganTHE CHALLENGES facing the newspaper industry are unique in their suddenness and their severity, Press Ombudsman Prof John Horgan…Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Kings and Killers lead the Meteors wayTHE KILLERS performance at Oxegen where they warmed up a rain-drenched, muddied and exhausted crowd as the last act of the festival…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Decision to charge €25 for final rally stage defendedTHE ORGANISER of the last stage of the World Rally Championship has defended the decision to charge spectators either €25 or €…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Slimming pill move questioned by expertONE OF Ireland’s foremost authorities on obesity has questioned a decision by the European Commission to make a slimming pill…Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Inquest told woman given wrong dose of painkillerTHE FAMILY of a woman who was given the wrong dose of a painkilling medicine before she died were not told about the medical …Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Exhibition of dissected bodies not for the squeamishTHEY WERE abandoned in death, and are now subject to the kind of attention they never received in their livesThu Jan 22 2009 - 00:00
Professor defends controversial 'Bodies' exhibitionThe former Professor of Anatomy behind a controversial exhibition which features dissected human bodies has defended the use …Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
Town hopes for visit from the presidentMoneygall took time out from recession blues to celebrate the good fortune that Obama’s presidency may bring to the villageWed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
Property developer found dead at homeA WELL-KNOWN property developer has been found dead at his home in Co Dublin.Tue Jan 20 2009 - 00:00
'We couldn't be happier'Down Syndrome Ireland is organising conferences for new parents to ensure they get all the support they needTue Jan 20 2009 - 00:00
