U2 fans warned against bogus concertThe National Consumer Agency has urged U2 fans to contact gardaí if they bought tickets for a Slane concert that was never scheduled…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Students vie to see biggest telescopeASTRONOMY: A GROUP of Irish students and their teacher will get a chance to visit the world’s biggest and most powerful telescope…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Site sells tickets for non-existent U2 concertTHE GARDA Fraud Squad is investigating a US-owned website which has been selling tickets for a U2 concert at Slane Castle that…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Archbishop praises 'man of principle' as atonement priest ends epic walkCHILD ABUSE MARCH: FATHER MICHAEL Mernagh ended his 300km walk of atonement yesterday afternoon with applause from a waiting…Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Husband accused of murder freed on bailTHE HUSBAND of murdered Howth woman Celine Cawley has been released on bail after raising a bond of €150,000.Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
Atonement priest nears end of walkA PRIEST who has been walking for nine days to atone for clerical sex abuse will finish his walk tomorrow when he arrives at …Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
President says Irish society hollowed out by individualismIRISH SOCIETY has been “chastened” by the “hollowing out of rampant individualism”, President Mary McAleese has said.Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
Siptu wants an increase in capital gains taxSIPTU PRESIDENT Jack O’Connor has said a rise in capital gains tax will be essential in getting the public finances back in order…Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
Atonement priest nears end of walkA priest who has been walking for nine days to atone for clerical sex abuse will finish his walk tomorrow when he arrives at …Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
Gardaí investigate whether woman was strangledTHE FUNERALS of a young mother and two children found dead after a house fire on Christmas Day are to take to place tomorrow.Wed Dec 31 2008 - 00:00
Parish priest held at knife-point by raidersA PARISH priest was held at knife-point and tied up by three raiders who burgled his presbytery in the early hours of yesterday…Tue Dec 30 2008 - 00:00
State of the art 02 takes over Point dutyAFTER YEARS of planning, 14 months of construction and €80 million of private money, the O2 finally opened last night to a cacophony…Wed Dec 17 2008 - 00:00
Wexford girl walks again after treatment in New YorkA CO WEXFORD girl who was told she would never walk again took her first steps on home soil yesterday morning after six months…Tue Dec 16 2008 - 00:00
Colourful opening night for O2 arenaAfter years of planning, 14 months of construction and €80 million of private money, the O2 finally opened tonight to a cacophony…Tue Dec 16 2008 - 00:00
Dublin Bus puts hybrid-electric vehicle into service for test periodGreen machine: environmentally friendly bus goes on trialTue Dec 16 2008 - 00:00
Alcoholism 'cure' under scrutinyA claim that the drug Baclofen can 'cure' alcoholism has received mixed reactionTue Dec 16 2008 - 00:00
Don Tidey in tribute to murdered soldierBusinessman Don Tidey has made a rare public appearance to lay a wreath at a memorial park dedicated to a soldier who died freeing…Tue Dec 16 2008 - 00:00
Travellers launch petition for recognition as ethnic minorityTRAVELLERS HAVE launched a national petition to be granted ethnic minority status.Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
National plan needed to protect homes from radon gas, says instituteRADON GAS is a serious public health issue in Ireland and needs a national strategy to tackle it, the Radiological Protection…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
AC/DC tickets to go on sale on ThursdayTickets for AC/DC’s Punchestown concert on Sunday, June 28th, go on sale this Thursday at 8am.Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
Hybrid-electric bus goes into service in Dublin next weekDublin Bus has launched Ireland’s first ever hybrid-electric bus which will reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions by a…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
AC/DC to salute 70,000 at PunchestownFor those about to rock, the road leads to Punchestown Racecourse this summer.Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Superquinn to reintroduce Irish pork productsSUPERMARKETS: SUPERQUINN IS to put Irish pork products back in its stores from tomorrow, the first supermarket chain to do so…Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
More job losses announced in pigmeat sectorThree factories beside each other on the Waterford/Kilkenny border have shut down because of the pork scare with the temporary…Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
Discontent over nursing board moveUnions are up in arms over An Bord Altranais decision to publish details of nurses' disciplinary hearingsTue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
No opportunities for physiosThe shortage of jobs for physio graduates is mainly a result of the HSE's recruitment freeze, writes Ronan McGreevy.Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
Recession should not halt move, says Master of CoombeTHE RELOCATION of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to a greenfield site in Tallaght should proceed despite the…Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
Figures from sports and arts to help end stigma of suicideWELL-KNOWN figures from sports, arts, media and politics who have suffered from a mental illness will be asked to promote the…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Master says Coombe relocation should go aheadThe relocation of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to a greenfield site in Tallaght should proceed despite the…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Bottled water report published by FSAIA REPORT that detailed contamination of some bottled water has finally been published by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Media criticised over suicide coverageSOME OF the media coverage of murder-suicides in recent years has been a "disgrace", an expert on suicide has said.Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
FBD to shed 150 jobs in 15 branch closuresFBD INSURANCE is to shed 150 jobs and close down 15 branches nationwide as more motorists switch to buying insurance either through…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Stargazers in seventh heaven over Moon's 'occultation' of VenusSKYWATCHERS WILL experience a rare event this afternoon with an occultation of the planet Venus by the Moon in broad daylight…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
'Visionary' science challenge praised for helping graduates fulfil potentialNASA PROGRAMME: AN IRISH graduate who availed of the Fás Science Challenge to spend time at Nasa has said it would be a "disgrace…Sat Nov 29 2008 - 00:00
'Top Gear' roars in on first leg of world tourTOP GEAR Live rolled back the recession last nightFri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Top Gear roadshow zooms into townTop Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has apologised to fans who will have to use public transport to get to their shows in the…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
McDonagh wins Writers Guild award for 'In Bruges'OSCAR WINNING director Martin McDonagh has won the top prize in the second Annual Writers Guild Awards.Wed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
Tributes paid to Co Mayo marine killed in AfghanistanMore than 1,000 mourners turned out in Westport, Co Mayo this afternoon for the funeral of Royal Marine Robert McKibben who was…Mon Nov 24 2008 - 00:00
Lithuanian immigrants urged to come homeTHE LITHUANIAN government has begun a recruitment drive to try to encourage some of the estimated 70,000 immigrants living here…Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Peace centre plans refresher course for North's politiciansPOLITICIANS FROM the North may be invited back to the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation in Co Wicklow.Sat Nov 22 2008 - 00:00
Ardagh calls for 'clean-out' of bank chiefsIRISH BANKS need a "clean-out" of top executives and their boards of management, a senior Fianna Fáil backbencher has said.Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Week-long campaign to get people to 'go local'SOME OF the biggest community organisations, including the IFA, the GAA and churches, will begin a campaign this weekend to persuade…Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
Paediatrician trained in Ireland defends her role in Baby P caseTHE PAEDIATRICIAN at the centre of the Baby P child abuse scandal in the UK has issued a statement saying she has been "deeply…Thu Nov 20 2008 - 00:00
O'Keeffe sends team to study 'rat-infested fire-trap' schoolTHE MINISTER for Education and Science Batt O'Keeffe has ordered officials to visit a school in Co Galway described by its principal…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
'Urgent care' would help save €60mA MODEL OF healthcare which has saved the US billions of dollars in costs could lessen the burden on accident and emergency departments…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
Asthma control could halve AE visitsPROPER ASTHMA control could cut the number of sufferers attending accident and emergency departments by half every year, it has…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
'Rat-infested' school fails to gain funding approvalA PRIMARY school in Co Galway has been described by its own principal as a "rat-infested fire trap".Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Garda buy 20 RHA paintingsTWENTY PAINTINGS have been bought from the Royal Hibernian Academy's (RHA) annual exhibition for the Garda Headquarters in the…Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Something to exercise all ages on the promenade in ClontarfWITH ITS views of Dublin Port and Poolbeg power station, Clontarf promenade is hardly Venice Muscle Beach, the famous stretch…Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Minister urges action over phone bullyingMINISTER OF State for Children Barry Andrews has urged mobile phone companies to take action on cyber-bullying - despite technological…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
