Top Stories: A curate from North Cork who has made settlements of more than €600,000 with the Revenue Commissioners for tax evasion has been ordered by his Bishop to cease his involvement in commercial acti... RTE News Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:06:59 -0500Worcester's Johnny Arr gives Chris Hala'ufia, of London Irish, the slip during the Premiership draw between the sides. Photograph: Tom Dulat/Getty Images Another Premiership match, another bore draw... The Guardian Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:00:39 -0500The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland says he will meet Pope Benedict XVI next week to discuss a devastating report that found the church covered up clerical child abuse for decades. Gadsden Times Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:22:02 -05001. Successful campaign witnesses record participation across 17 malls 2. 38 shoppers win cash prizes (Eidiya) in multiples of 38 to commemorate 38th UAE National Day... Dubai Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:14:03 -0500London/Dublin - More than 50,000 people in Britain and Ireland on Saturday took part in a demonstration calling on governments to act against climate change. Marches took place in London, Belfast, Gla... Earth Times Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:12:53 -0500The governor of Northern Ireland's main high security prison has resigned less than five months after taking up the post. Steve Rodford took charge of HMP Maghaberry near Lisburn in July after his pr... RTE News Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:00:33 -0500Two people have been arrested following the death of a man in west Belfast.The dead man, who was aged in his early 20s, was found in a property in Aitnamona Crescent, around 10pm last night.A man and ... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:49:11 -0500The latest revenue estimates are an appalling reflection of a Government that has lost both control of the economy and the trust of the Irish people, Fine Gael said today.The figures compiled from eac... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:49:10 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Thousands of people are marching through central London calling for action on climate... Times Online Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:21:42 -0500Sex abuse survivor Christine Buckley has been awarded European Volunteer of the Year. Christine, who has lobbied and campaigned for more than 25 to bring attention to the plight of those who were abus... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:26:23 -0500The ICTU public service committee is due to meet on Monday to consider its position following the collapse of pay talks with the government yesterday. It is not known whether the meeting will signal ... RTE News Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:57:24 -0500Environmental campaigners formed a human wave in Dublin today to call on the Government to push for a meaningful deal at the forthcoming UN climate change summit in Copenhagen.Hundreds of participants... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:46:03 -0500Thousands of people are expected at Knock shrine in Co Mayo this afternoon to witness a hoped-for apparition of Our Lady.Ten thousand people turned out in October to witness a similar event, which was... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:46:03 -0500The ESB is monitoring reservoir water levels on the River Shannon and Liffey following a severe weather warning alert.Heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected to affect all parts of the country to... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:46:02 -0500Colleagues of a man missing in Dublin will distribute leaflets this weekend in an effort to locate him. Thirty-seven-year-old Damian O' Brien has not been seen since 11pm on Friday night, November 27,... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:46:02 -0500(RTTNews) - Talks between the Irish government and trade unions on cutting public sector spending have collapsed, reports said Friday, paving the way for inevitable public strikes.The government has ... Quote.com Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:00:53 -0500(RTTNews) - House prices in Ireland dropped 1.8% month-on-month in October, the permanent tsb/ESRI House Price Index showed Friday. The latest decline came after falls of 1.1% in September, 1.5% in ... Quote.com Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:00:52 -0500(RTTNews) - The International Monetary Fund is unlikely to intervene in Ireland's affairs, the IMF's director of external relations Caroline Atkinson told Newstalk radio. "We don't have a critical li... Quote.com Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:00:52 -0500Two women and 10 men will be commissioned as officers in the Reserve Defence Forces later.They will receive Presidential commissions at a ceremony at The Curragh, Co Kildare.The group - which includes... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:26:37 -0500Four teams of volunteers are leaving Ireland for Gaza today to deliver ambulances and humanitarian aid.The groups, from Tyrone, Galway, Dublin, Derry and Cork hope to raise awareness of the plight of ... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:26:36 -0500Police were today investigating the sudden death of a man in south Belfast.The man’s body was discovered in the King Street area just before 6am today.No further details have been released. Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:26:35 -0500A man who had been assaulted in County Down was discovered lying injured in the driveway of a five star hotel.He was found in the grounds of the Culloden hotel in Holywood at about 0300 GMT on Saturda... BBC Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:15:57 -0500A man's body has been found in Belfast city centre.Police have said they are investigating the sudden death of a man whose body was discovered at a block of flats in King Street. He was found at about... BBC Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:15:55 -0500GARDAI are being asked to accept further civilianisation in the force through the redeployment of staff from elsewhere in the public service.The move would allow more trained members to be taken out f... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:56 -0500Labour Party was yesterday unable to state exactly how much their alternative Budget proposal would cost taxpayers.The party's long-awaited plan to save €4bn was dismissed soon after publication ... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:55 -0500Eamon Gilmore said a €1.1bn job creation programme would get 100,000 people off the dole next year. He said he too would cut €1.3bn from the public service pay bill.His proposal was to do th... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:49 -0500Is it a permanent split, or could there (or should there) be a reconciliation? It's still the same old story, a fight for power and glory, a case of do or die. It also looks like a sorry, bitter, regr... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:47 -0500Peter McLoone and his union pals were distraught when they emerged red-eyed from Government Buildings.The "prize" of an alternative to the stark prospect of a 7pc pay cut had been thrown out.All week,... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:45 -0500Fianna Fail TDs. It added up to a comfortable 89-75 majority, giving the Government a 14-seat cushion in its wagon.But Cowen would not have realised that it was an extremely threadbare cushion with se... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:43 -0500The case arose from inquiries by the ombudsman into a complaint by a member of the public about the seizure of his digital camera as he made a video of an incident outside a pub on the northside of... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:42 -0500A CATHOLIC curate, ordered to apologise to the Revenue Commissioners for a foul-mouthed rant over a tax settlement, yesterday had face-to-face meeting about the controversy with his archbishop. Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:41 -0500Department of Education has spent over €650,000 on a site and planning for the new building -- but can give no time as to when it will be built.Two years ago, the 117-pupil school was at the top ... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:39 -0500A group that campaigns for church accountability will deliver an open letter to the Pope today, calling for a thorough inquiry into the failures of bishops to protect children. The letter from the Voi... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:10:30 -0500Cork city is bracing itself for further flooding today from a combination of increased tide levels, strong winds and heavy rain.The low-lying areas of the city centre are particularly at risk at high ... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:10:29 -0500Two armed men have robbed a shop in County Tyrone.The pair - one armed with a knife, the other with a hammer - entered the shop on Main Street in Ardboe at about 2140 GMT on Friday. They threatened tw... BBC Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:00:08 -05001.Successful campaign witnesses record participation across 17 malls 2.38 shoppers win cash prizes (Eidiya) in multiples of 38 to commemorate 38th UAE National Day... Dubai Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:52:50 -0500The Irish Trade and Commerce Minister, Billy Kelleher T.D. officially opened the new Edgewater College Middle East Training Centre at a ceremony in Dubai, UAE on 17th November. The ceremony was attend... AME Info Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:29:37 -0500The country's tax receipts will be €1.8bn behind target by the end of this year, according to the latest government estimates.The 2010 projections published today also show that social welfare spend... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:52:26 -0500Public servants reportedly face a pay cut of between 5% and 6% in the Budget after talks on the issue between the Government and unions broke down yesterday. The Government refused to agree to a plan ... Breaking News.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:52:26 -0500A thletic director Jack Swarbrick announced that Notre Dame decided against going to a bowl with a 6-6 record. . . . Receiver Dezmon Briscoe said he will forgo his senior season at Kansas and enter t... Boston Herald Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:14:48 -0500Dublin nursing home, was "quite distressed" when inspectors visited, a new report has revealed.The details emerged after an unannounced visit to the Carysfort nursing home in Glenageary in... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:32 -0500THE number of people waiting more than six months for a test to detect if they have bowel cancer has risen 34pc since September, worrying new figures revealed yesterday.The Health Service Executive (... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:30 -0500PATIENTS will be braced for a double blow in the wake of the collapse in talks between the Government and unions.It is thought unlikely nurses and other frontline workers will take to the picket line ... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:30 -0500Dublin , he told around 1,500 of the Fianna Fail faithful that he was pushing forward with cuts to public sector pay, social welfare rates and government spending. "At a time when the cost of living i... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:29 -0500THE preliminary receipts and expenditure estimates for 2010, which were published yesterday, demonstrate why the Government took a hard line on public-sector pay. With debt service costs set to double... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:28 -0500Peter MacMenamin said it now seemed that further pay cuts and subsequent industrial strife were inevitable."The Government did not have the moral courage to proceed and social partnership now lies dea... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:27 -0500GARDAI are being asked to accept further civilianisation in the force through the redeployment of staff from elsewhere in the public service.The move would allow more trained members to be taken out f... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:26 -0500Labour Party was yesterday unable to state exactly how much their alternative Budget proposal would cost taxpayers.The party's long-awaited plan to save €4bn was dismissed soon after publication ... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:25 -0500Ireland 's clean-up bill from the floods. This emergency aid could translate into millions of euro but will go only a small way towards covering the cost of rebuilding the country. If the cost is &eur... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:21 -0500Ireland is not going to the World Cup. But all is not lost -- the World Cup is coming here instead. The most-famous sports' trophy will make its first visit here next year. Scant consolation for the i... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:21 -0500Mark Bailey said.It is expected that there will be further donations by the end of the year when the boards of other credit unions meet.The contributions come from the surpluses that the members' savi... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:20 -0500Seamie Moore . Previously the site of a pitch and putt course, the area in question was well known to be vulnerable to flooding he says. "A lot of people in the area would indicate, and rightly so, th... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:19 -0500Irish Independent last night showed that shoppers are not taking advantage of late night openings. Carlow's main retail centre, the Fairgreen, had only a few dozen shoppers at around 6pm. Southern sho... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:17 -0500Peter Beckett said the retailer is astounded at the boom in business. And it comes on top of last year's increase in cross-border business of 100 to 150pc, he said. Southern business, driven by the di... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:16 -0500AROUND 180 probationary teachers will not be able to get their final qualifications in the current school year because of a shortage of inspectors.All newly qualified primary school teachers must also... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:14 -0500A 78-year-old man was left "burning in flames" after a bib he was wearing caught fire when he was left without adequate supervision in a community hospital.The family of... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:13 -0500Cork , when they were flagged down by a young man they thought was a motorist who had been involved in an accident -- only to have a gun pointed at their heads.The shocked workers -- a man and a woman... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:12 -0500A CATHOLIC curate, ordered to apologise to the Revenue Commissioners for a foul-mouthed rant over a tax settlement, yesterday had face-to-face meeting about the controversy with his archbishop. Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:11 -0500A BURGLAR was caught after leaving his phone at a crime scene and ringing it while looking for its return.Garda John Ryan picked up the call on Paul Cullen's phone, pretending to be the house owner, a... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:10 -0500AN interior designer burst out laughing in court yesterday when it was suggested she had been brought to her knees in a store by a flying stuffed toy duck.Italian Francesca De Cataldo (33) told Dublin... Independent.ie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:19:08 -0500Irish folk legend Liam Clancy has died at the age of 74.He was the last surviving member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, who were famed for wearing their iconic Aran sweaters The band was at t... BBC Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:41:28 -0500Designer awarded €12,240 for frying pan injury in store THE COURT of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment on a Dublin teenager’s appeal against the severity of a 10-year prison sentence i... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:08 -0500Judgment reserved in sentence appeal A BURGLAR who left his mobile phone at a crime scene and rang it looking for its return has been sentenced to nine years in prison, with 18 months suspended, at Du... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:05 -0500 Suzanne Breen said she felt further vindicated by a ruling yesterday on legal costs in her case against the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).She had previously won a legal battle with t... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:05 -0500MARY CAROLAN A SOLICITOR was aware there were 13 legal cases outstanding against a family building company when she drew up legal documents providing for the transfer “for love and affectionR... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:04 -0500Des Bishop receives UCC honour A TIPPERARY man who was due to go on trial for a murder in Waterford two years ago has admitted to the killing.Robert Devine (33), Wheatfields, Clonmel, pleaded not guil... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:03 -0500ANNE LUCEY in Killarney JUST WEEKS after revealing plans to upgrade the Tarbert power station in Co Kerry, Spanish energy company Endesa Ireland has caused dismay by announcing plans to cut its workfo... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:02 -0500PAT FLYNN THE GARDA Ombudsman is to ask the Garda Commissioner to investigate a complaint about the handling of a previous Garda investigation into the misallocation of 3,000 votes during the European... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:01 -0500 PROJECTED DEFICIT figures in the 2010 estimates give the Minister for Finance some €300 million to €400 million “to play around with”, according to Labour’s finance... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:00 -0500PAT McARDLE Odds on the Government doing what it said it would do in the budget have shortened considerablyTHE WHITE Paper is a constitutional document so it must be prepared in advance of the budget.... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:57 -0500LAURA SLATTERY THE COST of servicing the national debt is set to increase by €2 billion next year, according to figures in the pre-budget White Paper.The Government will spend €2.6 billion... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:56 -0500 The savings through unpaid leave were never supported by the Department of FinanceTHE GOVERNMENT’S rejection of the unions’ alternative plan for reducing the public sector pay bill f... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:53 -0500 UNION LEADERS last night outlined details of the public sector reforms which they claimed could have been secured if agreement had been reached with the Government.The public services committee ... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:52 -0500 TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has confirmed the Government will proceed with public sector pay cuts in the budget next week without the agreement of the unions after the collapse of negotiations.Mr Cowe... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:50 -0500 (FG).Mr Bradford did not refer to the leader by name but he was reacting to a statement by Irish Nurses’ Organisation general secretary Liam Doran that those who did not know much about wh... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:50 -0500DAN KEENAN Northern News Editor A SIGNIFICANT cross-community initiative dealing with the legacy of violence and backed by EU funds has been launched in Belfast.Healing Through Remembering (HTR), whic... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:48 -0500RONAN McGREEVY IT HAS taken 29 years of cajoling – but Horslips have finally made their comeback.The band, which defined Celtic rock music for a generation in the 1970s, made their return to the... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:47 -0500FIONA GARTLAND THE Health Service Executive (HSE) Community Games is to get an integration development officer following €35,000 funding announced yesterday.Established in 1967, the community ga... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:46 -0500FIONA GARTLAND A CONFIDENTIAL deal between developer Liam Carroll and a south Dublin local authority will see it receive land and buildings valued at €60 million in settlement of a dispute over ... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:46 -0500SIOBHÁN LONG WITH HIS brothers, Tom and Pat, and Tommy Makem, Liam Clancy lit a fire beneath a moribund Irish ballad tradition in the 1950s and 1960s and reclaimed a wealth of working class songs... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:44 -0500LORNA SIGGINS Western Correspondent EMERGENCY TEAMS and communities plan to maintain a flood alert in the west, as 20-40mm of rain is forecast for the region over the weekend.The immediate infrastruct... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:43 -0500PATSY McGARRY Religious Affairs Correspondent THE FORMER Progressive Democrat leader and party founder, Des O’Malley, has suggested that now is a good time for the Government to consider having ... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:42 -0500MARY MINIHAN THE LABOUR Party says it is proposing a €5.8 billion adjustment in Government spending and a €1.15 billion jobs creation programme as part of its pre-budget proposals.Labour l... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:41 -0500MARIE O'HALLORAN PASSENGER DEMAND for Dart services is being met, Iarnród Éireann has insisted after Fine Gael criticised the new timetable, claiming it had resulted in a reduction in peak-t... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:39 -0500DEAGLÁN de BRÉADÚN Political Correspondent THE DEPARTMENT of the Taoiseach would be the driving-force in a Fine Gael-led government but it would be “smaller and leaner” and ... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:38 -0500 of printing faked naked photographs of Tiger Woods’s wife Elin Nordegren.The US broadcaster, which published the story under the headline “Five things you didn’t know about Eli... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:37 -0500PAUL CULLEN Consumer Affairs Correspondent CROSS-BORDER SHOPPING has cost 11,000 retail jobs in 2009 and thousands more are on the line next year, retailers have claimed.However, the Consumers’ ... Irish Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:36 -0500South Bend, IN (Sports Network) - Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced Friday the Fighting Irish will not accept a bid to a postseason bowl game. The Irish are without a head coach af... Sports Network Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:25:07 -0500Zenit.org ).- Ireland's constitution will be on trial Wednesday in the European Court of Human Rights, answering for its defense of human life from the moment of conception.The Strasbourg-based court ... Zenit Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:50:32 -0500A man was in a serious condition in hospital tonight after a shooting in south Dublin.The 23-year-old was blasted in the chest and arm at around 8pm on the Allenton estate in Tallaght.It is understood... Breaking News.ie Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:32:03 -0500 | 
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