TODAY'S PAPER - IRELAND
By Michael Clifford - Thursday, May 17, 2012
A litany of government departments and State agencies are expected to be heavily criticised for wasting huge sums of public money in a report to be published by an Oireachtas committee today.
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By Eoin English - Thursday, May 17, 2012
The number of confirmed measles cases in the West Cork outbreak has risen to 31, with fears that younger children are now at risk.
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By John O’Mahony, Killarney - Thursday, May 17, 2012
The senior garda officer spearheading an investigation into the deaths of a father and daughter in a house fire has criticised local people for spreading unfounded rumours about the case.
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By Cormac O’Keeffe - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Hero garda Ciaran Jones was honoured yesterday when the bridge where he lost his life saving others was renamed after him.
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By Lyndsey Telford - Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Government has renewed its refusal to bow to European pressure to hike corporation tax.
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By Eoin English - Thursday, May 17, 2012
A Government TD has asked the Department of Social Protection to review plans to cut hours at an “outreach” dole office which services a remote West Cork peninsula.
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By Evelyn Ring - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Health Minister Dr James Reilly says numerous issues identified in today’s report by the State’s health safety watchdog on Tallaght Hospital have already been acted on.
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By Cormac O’Keeffe - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Justice Minister Alan Shatter has strongly defended the sharing of personal information of air travellers to the US and said the system had resulted in the prevention and investigation of terrorism and organised crime.
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By Seán McCárthaigh - Thursday, May 17, 2012
RTÉ bosses faced a sustained attack from TDs and senators of all political parties yesterday amid the continuing fallout of the Prime Time Investigates programme which seriously libelled Fr Kevin Reynolds.
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By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Longer-lasting phone and computer batteries could be on the way thanks to a €1.6m investment in a young Irish company.
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By Stephen Rogers - Thursday, May 17, 2012
A major trade union says it is a “national embarrassment” that shortcomings in the collective bargaining rights afforded to Irish workers were criticised by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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By Mary Regan, Political Correspondent - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte said he had “no hand” in determining how RTÉ dealt with a recent defamation case over comments he made on air.
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By Cormac O’Keeffe - Thursday, May 17, 2012
A man described as a ‘heavy’ in a major criminal gang was lucky to escape with his life after he was shot twice outside a Dublin pub.
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By Sean O’Riordan - Thursday, May 17, 2012
A former psychiatric nurse is hoping a series of nationwide workshops can provide the Government with the necessary tools to reduce a needless average suicide death rate of 500.
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By Noel Baker - Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Government should push through plans to limit the sale of alcohol, and alcohol sponsorship of sport and culture events despite Cabinet divisions, Kathleen Lynch, the junior health minister, said yesterday.
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By Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent - Thursday, May 17, 2012
While the pen may be mightier than the sword, an Irish literary giant has for the second time this year proven his mettle against robust attack.
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By Anne Lucey - Thursday, May 17, 2012
A town council has narrowly voted to press ahead with plans for a graveyard overlooking the lakes of Killarney — amid resistance from a major tour operator, a five-star hotel and a number of local residents.
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By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Sangria of the non-alcoholic variety flowed and tapas were the order of the day as girls at a Cork school toasted an award for their Spanish programme.
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By John von Radowitz - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Most people possess an automatic “gaydar” that assesses sexual orientation in less than a blink of an eye, research has shown.
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By Mary Regan, Political Correspondent - Thursday, May 17, 2012
A Fine Gael councillor who lost the party whip over accepting a political donation has claimed she was used as a “scapegoat” by the party.
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By Juno McEnroe, Political Reporter - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Finance Minister Michael Noonan has suggested that Ireland may be forced to leave the eurozone if voters reject the EU fiscal compact treaty in the upcoming referendum.
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By Eoin English - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Forget The X Factor and The Voice.
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By Eoin English - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Cork’s city manager has said it will “take years” for people on a soaring social housing list to secure a council property, admitting there is a six-year wait in certain parts of the city.
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By Gordon Deegan and Tom Gillespie - Thursday, May 17, 2012
The first documented attempt by white-tailed sea eagles to breed in Ireland for the first time in 100 years has failed.
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By Juno McEnroe, Political Reporter - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Thousands of struggling homeowners may have to wait beyond early autumn for Government measures to help alleviate mounting mortgage debt, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has admitted.
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By Fiachra Ó Cionnaith - Thursday, May 17, 2012
A major provider of services to people with disabilities has announced plans to create 750 jobs in the next three years with 400 of them in Ireland.
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By Stephen Rogers - Thursday, May 17, 2012
They are better known for scoring tries than tossing fries, but five of Munster’s finest last night cooked up a storm in aid of a Cork charity.
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By Shaun Connolly, Political Correspondent - Thursday, May 17, 2012
The final headquarters of the 1916 rising has been allowed to degenerate into a slum, the Dáil heard.
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By Eoin English - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Troops will march into Collins Barracks in Cork tomorrow to mark the 90th anniversary of the handover by the British to the Irish Army of what was then Victoria Barracks.
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By Eoin English - Thursday, May 17, 2012
The long-awaited deal to secure the Vita Cortex workers ex-gratia redundancy was finally signed off on yesterday.
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By John O’Mahony - Thursday, May 17, 2012
It was a send-off fitting for... well... a pensioner’s best friend.
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By Eoin English - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Residents fighting GAA plans they claim will split a huge public park due to be developed in Cork will voice their concerns this evening with the designers behind the multimillion-euro park project.
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By Richie Taylor - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Animal-mad pop duo Jedward have bought two pet rabbits in Baku in Azerbaijan and smuggled them into their five-star hotel room in the city.
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By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Measures to improve how schools tackle bullying will be proposed at a Government-organised forum on the issue today.
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By Sean O’Riordan - Thursday, May 17, 2012
A sole ambulance is to be assigned by the HSE to cover a population of over 70,000 in east Cork.
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By Shaun Connolly, Political Correspondent - Thursday, May 17, 2012
Birth certificates will have to carry the father’s name by law, Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has told the Dáil.
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