Person: Pat Dunne

Lamb prices are on the up and up this week

Lamb trade in factories is stronger this week with numbers at the factories tighter, said IFA sheep chairman John Lynskey.

Wed, 15 Feb, 2017

Munster chooses a new chairman

A changing of the guard will occur when the Annual Delegates’ Meeting of the Munster Council, Golfing Union of Ireland, takes place tonight in the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow.

Tue, 29 Nov, 2016

Calls for EU’s €11m aid to go to tillage and dairy

Tillage farmers must be prioritised for the European Commission’s €11m agricultural aid package, said Mairead McGuinness MEP and vice-president of the European Parliament.

Thu, 29 Sep, 2016

IFA bids to save hill farms with action plan

A 10-point action plan for the survival of farming in hill areas was launched yesterday by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA).

Tue, 21 Jun, 2016

Hill farmers struggle with low income plight

Hill farmers need a reversal of cutbacks which have driven farmers out of the sector, says IFA hill chairman Pat Dunne.

Wed, 15 Jun, 2016

Worker sacked for taking magazine from rubbish

An airline security firm employee was sacked after he admitted taking a copy of Time magazine from a rubbish bag on a stairwell serving a transatlantic jet at Shannon airport.

Wed, 20 Jan, 2016

Government relaxes hedge-burning rules for August

Farmers have welcomed decisions by Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Minister Heather Humphreys to allow for managed hedge cutting and burning on a pilot basis in certain areas within the existing closed period.

Wed, 30 Dec, 2015

GUI levy to rise €2 as participation numbers slide

Participation numbers continue to drop, but the Munster Branch of the GUI celebrated another good year in 2015, with Gary Hurley, John Murphy, and clubs Tramore and Dooks presented with awards during the annual delegates’ meeting at the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow, last week.

Tue, 01 Dec, 2015

An ‘a resting’ experience for Joan

It’s a plotline even Hollywood executives would have struggled to write: Glamourpuss Alexis Carrington arrested in a dramatic plot twist involving an anti-water charges protest in Dublin.

Wed, 22 Apr, 2015

TD, councillor face court after water meter protest

Gardaí are likely to issue court summonses to United Left TD Joan Collins and party councillor Pat Dunne in relation to a water meter protest in Crumlin, south Dublin.

Tue, 21 Apr, 2015

Coveney urged to take action on farm schemes

The news that a letter of comfort has been issued to Ireland by the European Commission for its €4bn rural development programme 2014-2020 must be seized upon by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to put in place all farm schemes without delay.

Tue, 21 Apr, 2015

42 ha of commonage enough for GLAS €5,000

Farmers with 42 hectares or more of commonage are looking forward to qualifying for the maximum GLAS payment of €5,000.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2015

Farmers apply pressure to secure RDP funding

Oireachtas members will be lobbied by the Irish Farmers Association in Dublin tomorrow to put pressure on the Government to secure European Commission approval for the Rural Development Programme (RDP).

Tue, 20 Jan, 2015

Munster clubs lose 1,544 members

Golf membership in Munster continues to decline, according to figures released by provincial officials.

Tue, 11 Nov, 2014

IFA: Farmers who sign up for GLAS must be accepted into the scheme

Farmers who sign up for GLAS on commonage lands must be accepted into the scheme, said IFA rural development chairman Flor McCarthy.

Fri, 19 Sep, 2014

Department to hold information meetings for commonage farmers

Details have been announced of planned information meetings for commonage farmers to be hosted by the Department of Agriculture.

Fri, 12 Sep, 2014

Funding must be secured to open GLAS scheme

IFA has asked Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to organise meetings around the country to outline his plans for commonages.

Thu, 07 Aug, 2014

Hill farmers are in limbo over stock levels on commonage, insists IFA

Farmers in commonage areas are being left in limbo as they do not know what stocking levels they have to work towards in order to qualify for payments under various schemes, the IFA claimed yesterday.

Tue, 29 Jul, 2014

New GLAS scheme threatening their livelihoods, say protesting hill farmers

Hundreds of hill farmers protested outside the Department of Agriculture in Dublin yesterday, saying that their livelihoods are under threat from the new GLAS scheme.

Fri, 20 Jun, 2014

Farmers protest planned for Dublin this morning

Farmers will hold a protest in Dublin later this morning over the "entry criteria" set out by the new GLAS scheme.

Thu, 19 Jun, 2014

Facing an uphill battle to keep future viable

Q&A: Pat Dunne

Thu, 17 Apr, 2014

Munster Branch makes first move on handicap anomaly

The first steps to remove a controversial anomaly in golf’s handicap system were taken at this week’s Golfing Union of Ireland Munster Branch AGM at the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow.

Thu, 28 Nov, 2013

Munster Council elect new officers

Retired Garda John Moloughney (Templemore) has been elected Chairman of the Munster Council of the Golfing Union of Ireland.

Thu, 29 Nov, 2012

Dundalk stroll past Malahide

Malahide United 0 Dundalk 4

Sat, 25 Aug, 2012

Sligo Rovers move nine points clear

Sligo Rovers moved nine points clear at the top of the Premier Division table with a 0-0 draw at St. Patrick's Athletic.

Fri, 24 Aug, 2012

Continued detention of Marian Price

We, the undersigned, wish to draw your attention to the continued detention of Marian Price, which we feel constitutes an alarming breach of human and civil rights.

Sat, 30 Jun, 2012

Meter move ‘leads to privatisation’

Campaigners opposed to water charges have said any attempt to introduce water and property taxes on households would be met with mass opposition and a widespread boycott.

Fri, 20 Apr, 2012

An expertly cast bag man and master of ‘the system’

In any movie involving dodgy payments to politicians, you need a go-between, a “bag man”. Frank Dunlop came right out of central casting.

Fri, 23 Mar, 2012

Rabbitte’s return of £2k donation ‘commendable’

The tribunal commended current minister and Labour TD Pat Rabbitte for giving back a £2,000 donation he received from lobbyist Frank Dunlop in 1992.

Fri, 23 Mar, 2012

'Late Late Show' appearance beginning of the end for Flynn

A notorious appearance on 'The Late Late Show' was the beginning of the end for Padraig Flynn.

Thu, 22 Mar, 2012

Social workers: Transfer plan may put clients at risk

Social workers in north Dublin say the welfare of their clients could be at risk if a plan to relocate them to a new office is implemented.

Mon, 27 Feb, 2012

HIQA criticises carer assessment failures

THE HSE was last night accused of failing to shore up foster care services in parts of Dublin after a report showed that almost all relative foster carers had not been assessed.

Sat, 02 Jul, 2011

Malahide no match for Galway

Galway United 5 Malahide United 0

Fri, 04 Jun, 2010

Spain made Ireland pay for venue folly

JOSÉ Armando Ufarte Ventoso was the man who broke Irish hearts in Paris 44 years ago but many still feel an own-goal by the FAI had sealed the side’s fate some weeks before.

Tue, 10 Nov, 2009

Remaining charges against Redmond are dropped

The remaining criminal charge against George Redmond has been dropped by the State.

Fri, 06 Jun, 2008

Jury fail to agree verdict on second count in Redmond trial

The George Redmond corruption trial has ended with the jury acquitting him on one charge and failing to agree a verdict on the second count.

Fri, 23 May, 2008

Former CAB officer gives evidence in George Redmond corruption trial

A former Criminal Assets Bureau officer has given evidence at the corruption trial of George Redmond that he admitted in interview he received Irl£10,000 from the Fianna Fáil Councillor, Patrick Dunne.

Tue, 13 May, 2008

Council was ‘driven by developers’

DUBLIN County Council conducted the business developers wanted done rather than being driven by regard for the wellbeing of the people, former Labour member Eithne FitzGerald told the Mahon Planning Tribunal yesterday.

Wed, 31 May, 2006

Council ‘was in the pocket of developers’

A FORMER Fianna Fáil councillor claimed at the Mahon planning tribunal yesterday the party whip on Dublin County Council was “in the pocket of developers” during the 1990s.

Sat, 27 May, 2006

Ferguson out of Cup final

Longford Town captain Barry Ferguson will have to sit out the FAI Cup final later this month after picking up a one-match ban.

Wed, 06 Oct, 2004

Burke corruption to be probed

RAY Burke's period as chairman of Dublin Co Council will be examined in the next stage of the Flood Tribunal after its findings that the former minister received corrupt payments in the late 1980s.

Sat, 28 Sep, 2002

Gardai hope to interview Cork shooting victim today

Gardai in Cork hope to interview the victim of yesterday’s shooting in the city later today.

Fri, 16 Aug, 2002

Surgeons fight to save courier's leg

SURGEONS were yesterday attempting to save a van courier’s leg after raiders blasted him at point blank range with a shotgun.