TODAY'S PAPER - IRELAND
By Conor Ryan, Investigative Correspondent - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Gardaí, the Defence Forces, and Revenue Commissioners are accessing record levels of private landline, mobile phone, and internet records.
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By David Young in Port Louis Mauritius - Thursday, May 24, 2012
John McAreavey’s frantic bid to revive the body of his lifeless bride Michaela was outlined in harrowing detail as prosecutors opened the case against the men accused of her murder.
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By Ann O’Loughlin - Thursday, May 24, 2012
A settlement of €690,000 has been approved by the High Court to a young girl who had sued both the HSE and a Dublin hospital for alleged medical negligence arising out of the care she received before and during the months following her birth.
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By Anne Lucey - Thursday, May 24, 2012
An attempt to impose “some sanctions or financial impediment” on serial planning objectors failed at a meeting of Kerry County Council.
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By Noel Baker - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Young adults, previously in care, will receive preferential treatment on council housing lists under “well advanced” negotiations between the HSE and local authorities.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Changes in how people live their lives, the difficulty in following targets through busy urban settings, and the limited availability of personal records mean private investigators are having to deploy more advanced technology to deliver evidence or protect their clients.
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By Juno McEnroe and Mary Regan - Thursday, May 24, 2012
A no vote in next week’s referendum would mean “in all likelihood” that Ireland would not be able to return to the bond markets next year, according the National Treasury Management Agency.
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By Conor Kane - Thursday, May 24, 2012
The family of a 22-year-old man found murdered on Monday evening have appealed for privacy as they grieve the loss of their loved one.
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By John O’Mahony - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Gardaí investigating the murder of a 58-year-old father-of-two whose battered body was discovered after a fire at his home last month, are convinced there was local involvement in the killing.
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By Christy Parker - Thursday, May 24, 2012
A town that lost blue flag recognition at two of its three beaches for environmental breaches has been sanctioned for two new multimillion-euro schemes.
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By Richie Taylor - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Jedward and Engelbert Humperdinck came face to face yesterday — and immediately formed a mutual admiration society.
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By Stephen Rogers - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Some parts of the country only have enough housing stock to satisfy demand for just over a year while others have enough for the next 10 years.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Private investigators are the modern mercenaries in the battle for information.
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By Conall Ó Fátharta - Thursday, May 24, 2012
At least one student will not be picking up a beer after putting down his pen following college exams this weekend.
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By Evelyn Ring - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Women who paid for defective breast implants by credit card may have a chance of getting their money back, it has emerged.
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By David Young - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Police catastrophically failed to take crime scene photos that may have helped in the Michaela McAreavey murder investigation, a trial heard.
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By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent - Thursday, May 24, 2012
The use of sports to help get children more interested in, and better at, maths is about to be pitched to a new level in Cork schools.
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By Ann Cahill, Europe Correspondent - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Eurozone finance officials have been told to study what a possible Greek exit from the eurozone would mean for their economies, according to diplomats.
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By Juno McEnroe, Political Reporter - Thursday, May 24, 2012
The heat was getting to nearly everyone in and around Leinster House as the yes and no sides battled for control with just a few days left before voters go to the polls.
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By Gordon Deegan - Thursday, May 24, 2012
A local authority is spending almost €3,500 weekly on 24-hour security at a Traveller site that cost €2m to complete.
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By Mary Regan and Juno McEnroe - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Enda Kenny has refused to accept an invitation to take part in an RTÉ television leaders debate on the EU treaty next week.
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By David Young, Port Louis - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Michaela McAreavey’s fairytale marriage was brutally ended by two thieves she caught red-handed in her bedroom, a court in Mauritius has been told.
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By Stephen Rogers - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Hundreds of new jobs could be in the pipeline for Kildare after Intel chose its plant in Leixlip as one of three places where it will create its future generation of chips.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Once a computer-savvy criminal has accessed your electronic information or lured you into volunteering your credit card details you are at the mercy of the black market.
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By John Fallon and Conor Ryan - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Nama will offer €2bn to fund building work across the country because it believes the long-term prospects for its property portfolio are positive.
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By Cormac O’Keeffe - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Seven patients were granted conditional release from the Central Mental Hospital last year, the first such discharges under a new legal system.
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By Des O’Sullivan - Thursday, May 24, 2012
A table centrepiece at £343,250, a soup bowl at £159,000 and a mirror at £313,250 brought the tally for contents at Mt Congreve to £3.4m (€4.25m) at Christie’s in London.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
It is straightforward to unlock the secrets of a person’s mobile phone, computer or their life on the internet.
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By Stephen Maguire - Thursday, May 24, 2012
The man who cheated death when double killer John Gallagher’s gun jammed in his face says he fears he will have to come face to face with him again soon.
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By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Our budding teenage scientists are translating their bright ideas into more and more projects with the potential to become successful businesses.
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By Sean O’Riordan - Thursday, May 24, 2012
A crash-landing near Macroom, Co Cork, last year was “probably” due to a lack of fuel, said investigators.
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By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent - Thursday, May 24, 2012
The Government faces more headaches on third-level fees as students continue to campaign for free college while the higher education sector looks set to call for increased fees to prevent the system collapsing.
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By Conor Ryan - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Your personal data is available all over the internet to the scrupulous and not-so scrupulous, writes Conor Ryan
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By Mary Regan, Political Correspondent - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Finance Minister Micheal Noonan said that he was satisfied with the levels of accountability in Nama after coming under pressure to change the rules governing how the agency disposes of property under its control.
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By Evelyn Ring - Thursday, May 24, 2012
RTÉ’s Marian Finucane has called for the national roll-out of programme for healthcare professionals providing palliative and cancer care to lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) patients.
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By Sean O’Riordan - Thursday, May 24, 2012
A new generation of ships being built for the naval service will carry unmanned planes along with deep sea search and rescue robot submarines.
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By Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Two Spanish prostitutes were robbed and beaten in their Limerick brothel after taking a booking from a man posing as a punter, a court heard.
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By Sean O’Riordan - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Cork City Council is preparing to engage the public as part of its continuing plans to redesign amenity areas on the Marina.
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By Mary Regan, Political Correspondent - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Irish finance officials have been told to come up with a contingency plan in case Greece exits the eurozone, according to diplomats.
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By John O’Mahony - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Stunned colleagues of the garda who took his life this week paid emotional tributes to a man they described as exceptional as his family prepare to bury him today.
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