Climate change increases conflict risk, hunger: UN

Monday 31 March 2014 14.44 A new report on the impact of climate change from the UN's expert panel has warned that soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, floods and migration this century. It says if left unchecked,...

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Du Plantier tapes could aid French inquiry

Monday 31 March 2014 15.05 A lawyer acting for the family of murdered Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier said the revelation that interviews with witnesses involved in the Ian Bailey case were recorded could be of major interest to the French...

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Varadkar concerned at Callinan delay over tapes

Monday 31 March 2014 15.29 Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has said that he is concerned that former garda commissioner Martin Callinan knew of unlawful recordings in November and did not tell the Minister for Justice at that point. Mr...

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Fingal cllrs set to vote against Dublin Mayor plan

Monday 31 March 2014 16.07 The proposal for a public vote on a directly-elected Mayor for Dublin looks likely to be defeated according to a number of councillors going into a meeting of Fingal County Council. Councillors in Fingal, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown...

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Russia withdrawing some troops from border region

Monday 31 March 2014 16.16 Russia is withdrawing a motorised infantry battalion from a region near Ukraine's eastern border, a Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson was quoted as saying by state news agencies this afternoon.      ...

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Injured man sought after Dublin car bomb attack

Monday 31 March 2014 16.30 Gardaí are trying to trace a man seen fleeing the scene with injuries following a bomb attack in Dublin city centre last night. A car was blown up on Long Lane at around 11pm. They are appealing for a taxi driver...

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EU, US sanctions 'not too painful', says Russia

Sunday 30 March 2014 15.32 Western sanctions on Moscow have led to some disruption but have not been too painful, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. The United States and the European Union have imposed two rounds of sanctions...

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Cannabis plants seized in Carlow

Sunday 30 March 2014 13.48 Cannabis plants worth an estimated €120,000 have been seized in an overnight operation in Co Carlow. The plants were discovered when gardaí searched a house in the Fairways area of the town at about 2.15am. Equipment...

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Calls of two witnesses in Du Plantier case taped

Sunday 30 March 2014 15.09 Gardaí recorded phone conversations with two main witnesses during the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation, according to court documents seen by RTÉ's This Week. Recordings were made of conversations between...

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Search for Malaysian plane 'could take years'

Sunday 30 March 2014 15.13 The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 could take years, a US Naval Officer has suggested. Days before its batteries are set to die, search and rescue officials are racing to locate the plane's black box...

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Number of missing in US mudslide drops to 30

Sunday 30 March 2014 15.44 The number of people missing from a landslide that sent a wall of mud cascading over dozens of homes in the US state of Washington a week ago has dropped to 30 from 90. Officials said they were able to account for dozens...

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Two killed in Co Tyrone car crash

Sunday 30 March 2014 16.28 Two men have died after a car crashed into a garden in Co Tyrone. The fatal incident happened overnight on the Old Coagh Road in Cookstown. At around 4am police received a report that a vehicle had crashed into a garden....

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Inquest hears Patrick Halpin died accidentally

Saturday 29 March 2014 07.35 The family of a missing student was given false hope he was alive when they were mistakenly told he had boarded his plane home to Ireland from London, an inquest has heard. Patrick Halpin, 18, from Loughrea in Co Galway disappeared...

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First same-sex marriages in England and Wales

Saturday 29 March 2014 12.18 The first same-sex marriages have taken place in England and Wales after gay marriage became legal there at midnight. British Prime Minister David Cameron hailed the marriages as sending a "powerful message" about...

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Woman dies in Co Sligo house fire

Saturday 29 March 2014 15.12 A 34-year-old woman has died in a house fire in Co Sligo. Fire services and gardaí were called to White Strand View, Aylesbury Park, in Sligo town at about 9.20pm last night. The woman was pronounced dead at the...

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Adams asks if AG thought her phone was tapped

Saturday 29 March 2014 15.13 Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has questioned whether or not Attorney General Máire Whelan believed her phone was tapped. Mr Adams said Ireland was now faced with an extraordinary and unprecedented situation whereby the...

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Chinese ships search new area for missing plane

Saturday 29 March 2014 15.23 Chinese ships are searching a new area in the Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysian passenger jet. The search for Flight MH370 entered its fourth week amid a series of false dawns over sightings of debris. Australian...

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23-year-old Galway man dies in China

Saturday 29 March 2014 15.33 A 23-year-old Galway man has died in eastern China. The man has been named locally as Robert McHale, who had been missing since Monday. It is believed his body was discovered within the last 24 hours. A formal identification...

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Search for missing jet shifts after 'new lead'

Friday 28 March 2014 14.16 Australian authorities say the search area for the Malaysian airliner that went missing on 8 March with 239 people on board has shifted because of a "new credible lead". The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has said...

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Callinan 'made his own decision' - Kenny

Friday 28 March 2014 13.39 Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he felt it was "very important" that his anxiety and concern about the implications of phone conversations at garda stations being recorded were conveyed to former garda commissioner Martin...

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Major increase in kidnappings from 2008-2012 - CSO

Friday 28 March 2014 12.36 There has been a significant increase in the number of kidnappings, burglaries and robberies over the five years between 2008 and 2012, according to figures published by the CSO today. Murder, manslaughter and other homicide...

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Kerry Chief Supt outlines phone call procedures

Friday 28 March 2014 13.03 The Garda Chief Superintendent of the Kerry Division has been outlining the procedures of telephone recording in the main garda station in the division. Speaking on Radio Kerry, Chief Superintendent Pat Sullivan said he...

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Anglo trial hears FitzPatrick's garda interviews

Friday 28 March 2014 14.11 The former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank told gardaí he was brought in to mend fences but not to negotiate with Seán Quinn after Mr Quinn had a row with Anglo's chief executive David Drumm. The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court...

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Stoltenberg appointed next NATO chief

Friday 28 March 2014 15.24 Former Norwegian premier Jens Stoltenberg was named the next NATO chief, stepping in to take over from current secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen at a key moment in Europe. "Mr Stoltenberg will assume his functions...

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Trial adjourned over phone recording revelations

Wednesday 26 March 2014 13.07 Revelations about garda phone tapping have led to the first adjournment of a trial before the criminal courts. Lawyers for two men accused of IRA membership successfully applied to the Special Criminal Court today to...

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Kenny sent civil servant to see Callinan

Wednesday 26 March 2014 14.16 Taoiseach Enda Kenny has confirmed he sent a senior civil servant to former garda commissioner Martin Callinan the day before he announced his resignation. Mr Kenny said he sent the Secretary General of the Department...

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Details of President's British visit announced

Wednesday 26 March 2014 14.18 Buckingham Palace and Áras an Uachtaráin have given details of the four-day visit by President Michael D Higgins to Britain. The trip, from 8 to 11 April, will be the first such visit by an Irish Head...

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Obama calls for EU and US to stand together

Wednesday 26 March 2014 15.11 US President Barack Obama said at the close of an EU-US summit in Brussels this afternoon that the world was a safer place "when Europe and America stand as one". Reiterating the determination of the European Union...

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ASTI members back action over Junior Cycle

Wednesday 26 March 2014 15.30 Teachers who are members of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over concerns...

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Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden dies

Tuesday 25 March 2014 15.08 Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden has died aged 51. The party confirmed that the Co Westmeath TD passed away this afternoon at her family home. Ms McFadden had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in December 2012....

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Relatives of missing jet passengers express anger

Tuesday 25 March 2014 14.10 Dozens of angry relatives of passengers on a missing Malaysian aircraft have clashed with police in Beijing, accusing the Malaysian government of "delays and deception". It comes a day after the government confirmed...

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Delays in ambulance response times revealed

Tuesday 25 March 2014 14.12 An RTÉ investigation has revealed that only one in every three people with life-threatening conditions were responded to by an ambulance service within the target time last year. Under Health Information and Quality...

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Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan resigns

Tuesday 25 March 2014 15.15 Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has announced his resignation with immediate effect. Mr Callinan said he had informed the Government of his decision. In a statement, Mr Callinan said he decided to retire "in the best...

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