TODAY'S PAPER - IRELAND
By Mary Regan, Political Correspondent - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Pat Kenny has hit back at criticism from Sean Gallagher by accusing him of “seeking solace” for his failed presidential bid through a tweet read out during The Frontline debate.
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By Dina Kyriakidou, Stephen Brown and Ann Cahill - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Attempts to form a government in Greece collapsed yesterday, jolting financial markets at the prospect that radical left parties opposed to the EU bailout terms could take power in a June election and tip the eurozone deeper into crisis.
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By Elaine Keogh - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Irish punt is being accepted in 42 shops in a border town as payment for goods alongside the euro and sterling, in the first move of its kind by a town in this country.
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By Fiachra Ó Cionnaith - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
One in five 12- to 25-year-olds have engaged in self-harm, one in 14 have attempted suicide, and a third who seek formal state help feel it is very difficult to find, according to new data.
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By Anne Lucey - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Dozens of road crashes could be avoided by upgrading a substandard road in Co Kerry, an oral hearing was told yesterday.
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By Evelyn Ring - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
MasterChef judges Dylan McGrath and Nick Munier say forcing restaurants to display calories on menus is a stupid idea and impossible.
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By Shaun Connolly, Political Correspondent - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The economist who thought up Nama has expressed alarm that the organisation has descended into an unfocused debt collection agency.
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By Fiachra Ó Cionnaith - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A 92-year-old woman has been told she must wait four years for an appointment to check if she needs a hearing aid.
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By Eoin English - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
An independent Cork City councillor has again criticised the spending of almost €40,000 on a new carpet, curtains, and photographs in City Hall.
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By Eoin English - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A sheep which was stranded for two days on a cliff ledge on the rugged West Cork coast has been given a new fleece of life after a daring rescue by crew from one of the country’s busiest lifeboat stations.
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By Conor Kane - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A former Fine Gael town councillor has told a corruption trial that the mother of his estranged wife told him she would “stab him to death” if he did not repay €10,000 he had borrowed from her daughter.
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By Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A mother of one collapsed in tears yesterday as she was jailed at Limerick Circuit Court for two years on charges of selling large quantities of illegal cigarettes at a city centre market.
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By Sean O’Riordan - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
It’s the ultimate big boy’s boasting toy, weighing in at a powerful 16 tonnes.
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By Ann Cahill, Europe Correspondent - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Complex plans to raise billions of euro to fund projects and create jobs have been outlined to the European Investment Bank and European Commission.
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By Eoin English - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The local authority that manages the Jack Lynch tunnel in Cork has been urged to compete against the private sector for the tender to run it as part of a single contract with the Dublin Port tunnel.
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By Simon Lewis - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Munster’s rugby stars are ready for a ribbing today as they turn their talents to serving chicken at a well known Cork eatery.
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By Evelyn Ring - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Chapter One has once again rewritten the recipe for success, with the fine dining Dublin venue now named best restaurant four years in a row.
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By Shaun Connolly, Political Correspondent - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The EU referendum could only be postponed if the Government called a snap general election, the body overseeing the poll has insisted.
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By Eoin English - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A hard-hitting student video showing the dangers of cyber-bullying is to become part a national programme that aims to keep kids safe online.
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By Juno McEnroe, Political Reporter - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Part-time workers could see an easing of rules allowing them to supplement their income with welfare payments under proposals from an Oireachtas committee.
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By Gareth Naughton - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The father of a drug dealer watched as his son was fatally shot four times in the chest, an inquest heard yesterday.
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By Sean O’Riordan - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Keith Duffy, the actor and ex-Boyzone star, has opened a small memorial garden in West Cork to honour a young woman who worked tirelessly for autistic children even though she was terminally ill with leukaemia.
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By Andrew Hamilton - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The number of people actually born on Co Clare soil swelled by one in the early hours of Friday morning when baby Éirinn Christina Robbins Logue was born on the side of the road in the small Burren village of Corofin.
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By Seán McCárthaigh - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Two brothers, banned from acting as directors of companies, have been accused of exaggerating their loss of income after they were sacked from a VIP members club they founded in Dublin.
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By Conor Gallagher and Ben Haugh - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A former garda who stole thousands of euro from colleagues and an elderly woman will be sentenced tomorrow for theft and fraud charges.
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By Claire O’Sullivan - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Schools across the country are clamouring to offer free breakfasts to pupils as they’re increasingly concerned that children are not being fed before coming to school.
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By Conall Ó Fátharta - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
They can claim the best golfer on the planet and now have a potential Olympian in the making.
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By Conall Ó Fátharta - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A multi-million euro cancer scanner unit, lying idle in Cork University Hospital since 2009 will be up and running by the end of May.
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By Cormac O’Keeffe - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Pub owners are drowning under a sea of regulation and a glut of cheap alcohol being sold in supermarkets.
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By Claire O’Sullivan - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Doctors in Cork and Kerry have been warned in recent weeks to be “on guard” for new patients seeking sedatives and tranquillisers.
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By Seán McCárthaigh and Ed Carty - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
There were concerns last night that security checks at Cork and Shannon airports may be affected by the same deficiencies uncovered at Dublin Airport.
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By Noel Baker - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A senior member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has questioned whether Irish laws on smacking mean parents can be good role models for their children.
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By Ali Kotarumalos - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Lady Gaga will have to cancel a sold-out show in Indonesia following protests by Islamic hard-liners and conservative MPs, who said her sexy clothes and dance moves would corrupt the youth.
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By Lynne Kelleher - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Former Rose of Tralee Clare Kambamettu has told how she believes Irish women are too insecure about their looks to enter beauty pageants.
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By Gerry Maguire - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A sulky race on the N4 between Sligo and Dublin — footage of which was posted on YouTube — resulted in three people being convicted and fined at Sligo District Court.
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By Frank Eltman and Conall Ó Fátharta - Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A 13-year-old New York boy who played hockey growing up in Ireland can keep playing on the girls team at his school, at least for one more season.
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