Water contingencies in place for Halloween

The Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association has said that water restrictions introduced in Leinster yesterday could not have come at a worse time. The association said the water shortage will put extra pressure on the service this Halloween and...

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Gardaí seek to issue photo of girl found in Dublin

Gardaí have asked the High Court to allow them to release a picture of a teenage girl found in the capital three weeks ago. Gardaí say they have exhausted every avenue in their attempt to identify her. The teenage girl is currently receiving treatment. ...

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Danske Bank Ireland to cut 150 jobs

Danske Bank Ireland, formerly National Irish Bank, is to withdraw from the personal banking market to refocus on its corporate customers. The refocus will result in the loss of 150 jobs in the Republic of Ireland.  Irish Bank Officials' Association...

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Live Register records 16th monthly fall in a row

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the number of people signing on the Live Register fell  by 3,700 in October to stand at 409,900 on a seasonally adjusted basis. The number of people signing on has now fallen for the...

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Brooks and Coulson had six-year affair, court told

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson had an affair for at least six years, a jury has heard. Prosecutor Andrew Edis told jurors at the Old Bailey that in February 2004, when the pair were...

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Woman's body found in Blanchardstown, Dublin

The body of a woman in her 20s has been found in Blanchardstown in Dublin. The discovery was made at a house in Warrenstown Walk at around 8.40am. It is understood the woman may have suffered head injuries. The body remains at the scene...

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Supreme Court reserves decision on care order

The Supreme Court has reserved its decision on whether or not it should hear an appeal relating to the rights of parents and children and the duties of the Health Service Executive in applications to take children into emergency care. Lawyers on behalf...

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NASDAQ opens at Web Summit in Dublin

Trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange was opened in Ireland for the first time ever today as part of this year's Web Summit. Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the NASDAQ's executive vice president Bruce Aust opened the stock market live on stage at the summit...

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Dublin Bus to decide date for cost-saving plans

Dublin Bus is to implement controversial cost cutting measures from 17 November - despite drivers belonging to SIPTU rejecting the proposals. All other Dublin Bus grades - including half the drivers who are represented by the National Bus...

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Dublin households facing water disruption

Water restrictions are due to begin in the Dublin area this evening, causing low pressure and loss of supply. Dublin City Council said the situation has arisen because of a problem at its biggest water treatment plant. Production at the Ballymore Eustace...

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HSE aims to clarify medical card eligibility

The Health Service Executive has said it wants to clear up any doubts the public may have about eligibility for medical cards. It has launched a new communications strategy to bring clarity to the process. The HSE has said it will provide additional...

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Garda accused of sexually assaulting colleagues

A garda has gone on trial at Letterkenny Circuit Court charged with the sexual assault and harassment of two female colleagues. The married officer in his 30s denies seven charges of sexually assaulting the female gardaí and two charges of harassing...

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Obama orders review of US spying operations

US President Barack Obama has ordered a review of US spying operations as European leaders push for new limits on its surveillance programmes. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of the reported targets of the programme, has protested against the surveillance,...

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Seán Quinn Jnr to sell home to purge contempt

The sale of Seán Quinn Jnr's Dublin home will finally purge his contempt of High Court orders, the court has heard. The house at Alder Lodge in Castleknock is due to be sold in the next four weeks for between €400,000 and €440,000. Lawyers for the...

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Suspected letter bomb found at Stormont Castle

The offices of the Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness have been evacuated following a security alert. The alert at the Stormont estate in east Belfast began after a suspicious package, thought...

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Ryanair Pilot Group calls for negotiations

A group that says it represents more than 50% of Ryanair pilots has called on the company to enter into negotiations on industrial relations and professional matters. The Ryanair Pilot Group held its first news conference in Brussels this morning....

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Two-speed housing market evident in CSO figures

The price of property in Dublin has continued to accelerate, figures from the Central Statistics Office show. The latest CSO property price index shows the cost of buying a home in the capital has risen by 12.3% over the past year. Prices rose by 3.6%...

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WHO fears polio outbreak in Syria could spread

Polio has broken out among young children in northeast Syria and could spread inside and outside the country, the World Health Organisation has said. The disease is caused by a virus transmitted via contaminated food and water. It can spread...

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Competitor collapses during Dublin Marathon

A male competitor at this year's Dublin Marathon is in a serious condition in hospital after collapsing during the event. Race organisers say they are "very concerned" for the man's welfare. Officials from St John's Ambulance treated the man before...

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American tourists rescued in Co Antrim

Two American tourists have been rescued from the Co Antrim coast after they were stranded for several hours overnight. The two men were missing for around 12 hours after starting out to walk around Fair Head. They were airlifted by helicopter at 4am...

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Tabloid phone hacking trial due to start

The trial of Rupert Murdoch's former British newspaper chief and Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media head, Rebekah Brooks begins today.              Ms Brooks and Andy Coulson, both former editors of Mr Murdoch's...

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US accused of monitoring Spanish phone calls

Spanish media reports have claimed that the US National Security Agency secretly monitored 60 million phone calls in Spain during a single month last year. Spanish newspapers said details of the alleged monitoring were included in documents provided...

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Man killed crossing road in Drogheda, Co Louth

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a 19-year-old man was killed as he crossed the road in Drogheda. The pedestrian was struck by a car five miles north of Drogheda on the old N1 at around 8.30pm on 27 October. The male driver of the car was uninjured....

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Four dead as violent storms hit Britain

Two people have died, hundreds of thousands of homes have been left without power and rush-hour commuters suffered transport chaos as hurricane-force conditions battered Britain. A man in his 50s was killed when a tree fell on the car he was driving...

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US may have bugged Merkel's phone since 2002

The US may have bugged Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone for more than 10 years, according to German news reports. Germany's outrage over reports of bugging of Ms Merkel's phone by the US National Security Agency prompted it to summon the American ambassador...

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Saudi women vow to continue driving campaign

Saudi women demanding the right to drive have said they would keep up their campaign a day after government warnings and a heavy police presence thwarted their call for many women to get behind the wheel.         Activists are asking...

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Travel affected as storm warning issued

Irish Ferries has announced that all Jonathan Swift fast craft sailings for today have been cancelled as Met Éireann issues a weather warning of strong to gale force winds gusting up to 90km/h. Passengers can, however, avail of its Cruise Ferry...

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Cannabis seized after raid on house in Dublin

Cannabis herb and resin with an estimated street value of €700,000 have been seized in Tallaght in Dublin. The discovery was made following a planned garda search of a house in Hazel Grove Court, Tallaght, yesterday evening. The seizure was part of...

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49 killed in Baghdad bomb attacks

A wave of bomb attacks have left at least 49 people dead in Baghdad.  Ten cars rigged with explosives have blown up in predominantly Shia Muslim areas in and around Baghdad, while a suicide bomber has attacked soldiers queuing up for their pay...

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18 dead after minibus blown up in Afghanistan

A roadside bomb in east Afghanistan has killed 18 people in a minibus on their way to wedding party. A local government official said five women were also wounded, he added.              "They were going to attend...

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At least 40 dead in Damascus mosque bomb attack

At least 40 people have been killed and several others have been injured in a car bomb explosion at a mosque near the Syrian capital, Damascus. The blast came just before the end of Friday prayers. Both the government and rebels have blamed each other...

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Brazil and Germany prepare UN motion on spying

Brazil and Germany are preparing a resolution for the United Nations General Assembly that would demand an end to excessive spying and invasion of privacy.  The move follows allegations that US security services tapped the phone of the German Chancellor,...

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Jimmy Savile's chauffeur in court on sex charges

Jimmy Savile's former flatmate and chauffeur was today released on bail after appearing at Manchester City Magistrates' Court charged with a series of serious sex offences against young girls. Ray Teret, 72 was freed on strict bail conditions until...

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Security alerts in Lurgan and Derry

A controlled explosion has been carried out on a suspicious object in Derry while a similar alert which had disrupted rail services has ended in Lurgan.  Irish Rail says the line between Newry and Belfast has now been reopened. Train services...

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President Higgins visits Archbishop Romero's tomb

On the last day of his visit to El Salvador, President Michael D Higgins has visited the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero, murdered by then government forces in 1980. He also visited an exhibition featuring projects helped by Irish Aid President...

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Fitzgerald to re-examine Child Care Act

Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has said Section 12 of the 1991 Child Care Act, which is used to remove children at risk from their home, is to be re-examined. Her comments came following the temporary placing of two Roma children into State...

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Govt to decide on ESM support before bailout ends

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the Government will decide on whether or not to avail of an EU precautionary support programme before Ireland formally exits its bailout programme on 15 December. He said that none of the talks the Government has had with...

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Wicklow council fined €350,000 over fire deaths

Wicklow County Council has been fined €355,000 for breaches of health and safety laws in relation to a fire in which two firefighters died six years ago. Brian Murray and Mark O Shaughnessy died fighting a blaze at a derelict factory in Bray on 26 September...

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France and Germany want US spying agreement

France and Germany have called for an agreement with the United States by the end of the year to try to resolve a dispute over spying. It follows revelations that US intelligence agencies may have been monitoring the telephone calls of German Chancellor...

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Bulgarian couple confirmed as 'Maria's' parents

A Bulgarian Roma couple are the biological parents of a four -year-old blonde girl found in a Roma camp in Greece last week. DNA tests proved the couple were 'Maria's' parents. Bulgarian prosecutors are investigating whether the mother, Sasha Ruseva,...

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Grain company fined following death of workers

A grain company has been fined €125,000 and costs following an accident that claimed the lives of two men in August 2009. Father-of-three, Paul Farrell, 34, and student Terry Brennan, 19, both died while working in an elevator pit over...

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180 ACCBank jobs to go in services withdrawal

ACCBank is to cut 180 jobs, stop providing deposit and current accounts and focus solely on debt recovery. In a statement, the bank said it will close all of its public business centres and give up its banking licence. ACC employs 470 people in Ireland...

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Aer Lingus cutting 87 cabin crew jobs at Shannon

Aer Lingus has told unions it is axing 87 cabin crew jobs at Shannon because the staff refused to fly new transatlantic routes using smaller planes with lower staffing levels. It is understood staff will be offered the options of redeployment to Dublin...

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Kenny warns EU pledges crucial for bailout exit

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned that commitments made by eurozone leaders to supporting Irish banks will be a factor in how successfully Ireland exits the EU-IMF bailout. In a letter to EU leaders, Mr Kenny said the decision on how Ireland should...

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