Smyth victims cannot take new case against church

Friday 28 February 2014 15.05 The High Court has ruled that three victims of abuse by paedophile priest Brendan Smyth who settled cases in 1998 may not proceed with fresh legal action against the Catholic Church. The victims had alleged...

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Galway gets €9.5m for flood repairs

Friday 28 February 2014 14.36 Galway County Council has been given almost €9.5m for clean-up and repair costs after flooding and storm events earlier this year. The money will cover repair and restoration work for roads, car parks, piers, walkways,...

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PAC directed not to publish Rehab salaries

Dáil Public Accounts Committee members have been informed that the Committee has been directed on legal advice not to publish the salaries of some executives from Rehab Care and the National Learning Network.The Clerk of the Committee was informed of...

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Stormont backs motion criticising British govt

Friday 28 February 2014 15.06 A majority of Northern Ireland's Assembly members this afternoon supported a motion that criticised the British government for the administrative system it agreed with Sinn Féin to clarify the status of so-called on-the-runs....

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Yanukovych denies ordering protesters to be shot

Friday 28 February 2014 15.12 Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said he had not ordered police to shoot at protesters and the responsibility for bloodshed in Kiev lay with the demonstrators. At a news conference in the Russian...

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Apology to parents over Portlaoise hospital deaths

Friday 28 February 2014 15.29 The Clinical Director of the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise has apologised to the parents whose babies died at the maternity unit at the hospital. In a statement this afternoon John Connaughton said the...

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Rehab CEO says exec pay 20% below market median

Thursday 27 February 2014 15.20 Rehab Chief Executive Angela Kerins has told the Public Accounts Committee that Rehab is not a State-run organisation and staff are not public servants. Ms Kerins told the Committee that all of the Rehab Group...

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Cameron announces inquiry into 'on-the-runs'

Thursday 27 February 2014 15.16 British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that a judge will be appointed to investigate the operation of a government scheme to deal with on-the-run republicans. He said he accepted calls for a "full, independent...

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Cunningham sentenced over money laundering

Thursday 27 February 2014 14.07 A 65-year-old financier has been given a five-year suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to laundering more than Stg £250,000 from the Northern Bank raid in Belfast. Ted Cunningham from Farran in Co Cork had...

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Ukrainian parliament approves coalition

Thursday 27 February 2014 14.08 Ukraine's parliament has agreed the country should be led by a coalition government and has approved former economy minister Arseny Yatsenyuk to lead it as prime minister. "Our country is on the brink of economic...

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Man loses Supreme Court case for bilingual jury

Thursday 27 February 2014 15.23 A native Irish speaker who is due to go on trial for assault has lost his Supreme Court bid to have his case heard by a bilingual jury. Peadar Ó Maicín  from Rosmuc in Connemara, but who is now living...

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Govt jobs plan to focus on start-up sector

Thursday 27 February 2014 15.37 The Government has published its latest action plan for job creation. It said it aims to focus on entrepreneurship and foreign direct investment as a means to boost employment. Ireland's unemployment figure has improved...

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Robinson in threat to resign over Hyde Park case

Wednesday 26 February 2014 13.57 Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has threatened to resign unless there is a judicial inquiry into the circumstances behind the collapse of a trial in London yesterday. Donegal man John Downey, who was...

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Anglo loans with book value of €7 billion sold

Wednesday 26 February 2014 14.03 Liquidators appointed to the collapsed Anglo Irish Bank have sold a second loan portfolio with a book value of €7.3 billion. Minister for Finance Michael Noonan said the sale was completed above the initial...

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Hundreds of Bank of Ireland accounts skimmed

Wednesday 26 February 2014 14.04 Thousands of euro was stolen from customers in two Bank of Ireland branches when their current accounts were skimmed. The electronic scam came to light on Sunday evening, prompting account holders in Graiguenamanagh...

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Pro-Russia separatists clash at Crimea parliament

Wednesday 26 February 2014 14.08 Pro-Russia separatists and supporters of Ukraine's new leaders confronted each other outside Crimea's regional parliament before a planned debate on the political upheaval in the country. The parliamentary session...

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Shatter denies misleading Dáil over McCabe claims

Wednesday 26 February 2014 15.01 Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has denied that he misled the Dáil in October when he said garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe had not cooperated with the garda inquiry into penalty points. Minister Shatter...

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Two arrests in Edenderry murder inquiry

Wednesday 26 February 2014 15.13 Two men, both aged 19, have been arrested in connection with the death of Thomas Dooley in Edenderry, Co Offaly earlier this month. One man was arrested this morning in Edenderry and is being held...

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Bank card fraud increased in Europe in 2012

Tuesday 25 February 2014 13.52 A new report from the European Central Bank has found that credit and debit card online fraud increased in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) in 2012. It was the first increase since 2008. An estimated €1 in every...

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30 killed in Pakistan air strikes

Tuesday 25 February 2014 13.17 Pakistani fighter jets and gunship helicopters have bombarded hideouts of Taliban militants in the northwest of the country, killing at least 30 militants. The early morning attack on hideouts in the north and south...

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Child poverty rates 'unacceptably high'

Tuesday 25 February 2014 13.54 The Children's Rights Alliance has said a high percentage of separated migrant children continue to go missing and overall child poverty rates are unacceptably high. It also says infant mortality rates for Traveller...

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Journalist in court charged with sex offences

Tuesday 25 February 2014 14.56 A 50-year-old journalist has appeared in court charged with 50 sex offences involving teenage girls. The man, who cannot be identified at this stage of the proceedings, was arrested just after 9am and taken to...

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Barrister to examine whistleblower claims

Tuesday 25 February 2014 15.27 The Government has appointed barrister Seán Guerin to examine the claims made by garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe to determine whether a full inquiry is warranted. The decision was taken at this morning's...

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Ukraine's acting president worried by 'separatism'

Tuesday 25 February 2014 15.30 Ukraine's acting president has expressed concern about "signs of separatism" and threats to the country's territorial integrity. Protesters in Crimea have staged rallies against Ukraine's new leaders since President...

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High winds and flooding hit coastal areas

Saturday 01 February 2014 15.31 A weather warning is in place as storm force winds continue to batter many coastal areas, with the highest wind of 122km/h recorded at Mace Head in Co Galway.  Met Éireann has issued a status orange weather warning...

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Kerry urges pressure on Syria over chemical arms

Saturday 01 February 2014 07.50 US Secretary of State John Kerry asked Russia's foreign minister to put pressure on the Syrian government to accelerate the removal of chemical weapons. Mr Kerry met Russia's Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the...

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Ukraine army could move against protesters

Saturday 01 February 2014 11.01 Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk has warned that the army could be used to crush protests against the country's president. He told Germany's president and foreign minister and the EU's foreign affairs...

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Gunfire, explosions heard near Bangkok rally

Saturday 01 February 2014 12.31 Six people have been injured by explosions and gunshots close to a standoff between supporters and opponents of Thailand's government in the Bangkok. Anti-government protesters have marched in the capital on...

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14 dead as Indonesia volcano erupts

Saturday 01 February 2014 14.53 Fourteen people were killed after they were engulfed by scorching ash clouds from Indonesia's Mount Sinabung in its biggest eruption in recent days. Eight people were found dead in Sukameriah village, near Mount...

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Gilmore reassures women over maternity services

Saturday 01 February 2014 15.24 Tánaiste Eamonn Gilmore has sought to reassure women due to give birth following revelations in an RTÉ investigation into maternity care at the Midland regional Hospital, Portlaoise. Mr Gilmore said that what had...

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