Thousands of pensioners charged too much tax

Revenue has apologised after confirming thousands of pensioners were taxed incorrectly this month. The error meant over 5,000 pensioners paid too much tax after Revenue applied the wrong tax credits and rate bands to some pensions. The mistake affected...

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O'Sullivan plans JC reforms without further talks

Minister for Education Jan O'Sullivan has said she intends to proceed with implementation of Junior Cycle reform, on the basis outlined in a document by Dr Pauric Travers. Dr Travers, a former president of St Patrick's Training College, Drumcondra, has...

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Kelly says Government will tackle rising rents

The Government will tackle rising rents with regulations and legislation, and by entering the rental market, Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly said today. Mr Kelly's comments came at the Labour national convention in Killarney, Co Kerry as he...

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Putin promises action after politician murdered

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to do everything possible to bring to justice those responsible for the "vile" murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov in a drive-by shooting near the Kremlin. "Everything will be done so that the organisers...

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Man arrested in connection with Dublin shooting

A 40-year-old man has been arrested by gardaí investigating a shooting in Dublin last night. A man in his 30s was shot in the leg as he drove his moped on Cleggan Road in Ballyfermot. He is being treated in St James's Hospital. His injuries are...

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Eight jailed for €100m Paris jewellery shop heists

A French court has sentenced eight men to jail over a double heist at a Harry Winston jewellery shop in Paris in which they made off with gems and watches worth more than €100m. The Paris court sentenced them to prison terms ranging from nine months...

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Glitter jailed for 16 years for sexual assaults

Former glam rock singer Gary Glitter has been jailed for 16 years by a court in England for a string of historic sexual assaults on three schoolgirls. The 70-year-old appeared at Southwark Crown Court where he faced a maximum of life...

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Minister 'disappointed' over Feeney case

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has said he is very disappointed to hear of what occurred in the case of the late Gerry Feeney at Beaumont Hospital. Mr Varadkar said he did not have details of individual cases but it was upsetting to hear that people...

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Cameron vows to tackle Islamic State militants

British Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to find those who commit "appalling and heinous crimes" and "put them out of action". It follows the naming of Islamic State militant 'Jihadi John' as Kuwaiti-born London computer programmer...

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BOI chief says bank has learned from its errors

Bank of Ireland Chief Executive boss Richie Boucher has said he would have been "astounded" if he was not asked to appear at the Banking Inquiry. "We deeply regret what happened," he said. He said the bank was naive about what was happening in its...

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Airbnb to create 200 Dublin jobs

Hospitality company Airbnb has announced it is creating 200 jobs in an expansion of its Dublin workforce. Airbnb, which already employs 300 people in its community based business, has started hiring its new employees. The new jobs are in customer...

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Jordi Murphy starts for Ireland against England

Updated: Friday, 27 Feb 2015 15:06 | Comments Schmidt has made one change to his starting team and two changes to the replacements Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has made one change to his starting team for Sunday's RBS 6 Nations clash with England,...

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Over 100 senior gardaí to move posts in shake-up

Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan has announced the establishment of new investigation units and the transfer of over 100 senior officers. It is part of the largest management change in the history of An Garda Síochána. A new child...

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Bank guarantee should have been 'temporary'

Economist David McWilliams has told the banking inquiry that the bank guarantee was the right decision and the only one which could have been taken at the time to stop a bank run. However, he added that it needed to be temporary. Asked by Fianna Fáil's...

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Work should pay more than welfare - Kenny

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said it is morally unacceptable and economically unwise for people at work to be experiencing poverty. He was speaking at the launch of the Low Pay Commission, which has been established to assess the appropriate rate for...

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Cadbury-owner Mondelez to cut over 220 Irish jobs

More than 220 jobs are set to go at three facilities owned by Mondelez Ireland, which owns chocolate-maker Cadbury and chewing gum brand Trident. The company said it was to close its chewing gum production plant in Tallaght, Dublin, which will...

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Paint on spade did not match paint at Dwyer home

Specks of paint on a spade found near the scene where Elaine O'Hara's remains were discovered, did not match samples of paint taken from Graham Dwyer's home in Foxrock, the Central Criminal Court has been told. Bridget Fleming from the chemistry section...

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Militant who appeared in IS videos 'identified'

Media reports have identified the militant who appeared in various Islamic State beheading videos as British man Mohammed Emwazi. The man, who is believed to be from west London, is thought to have been known to British security services. They...

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'Lives could be lost' due to delays - Varadkar

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has said "it only stands to reason that lives could be lost" as a result of delays in receiving hospital treatment. Mr Vardakar said the issue of delayed discharges of patients from hospitals is a serious safety...

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Inquiry hears blanket bank guarantee was an error

An academic expert has told the Banking Inquiry that taken together the domestic Irish banks were insolvent in 2008 and giving a blanket guarantee to them was a costly error. Professor Gregory Connor of Maynooth University said the aggregate balance...

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Man denies dangerous driving causing death

A 23-year-old man has gone on trial at the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee, charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a 44-year-old father of four in July 2012. Paud O'Leary was on an early-morning training run preparing for the Ring...

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O'Donnells lose Supreme Court bankruptcy appeal

Solicitor Brian O'Donnell and his wife Dr Mary Patricia O'Donnell have lost a Supreme Court appeal over their bankruptcy. A five-judge court unanimously dismissed the O'Donnell's claim the High Court was wrong in finding their centre of main business...

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Ex-garda denies he was prejudiced against Bailey

A retired detective has denied he and other gardaí were convinced of Ian Bailey's guilt during the early stages of the investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier in 1996. Jim Fitzgerald also denied that everything was construed to point...

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Dwyer's wife recognised spade from O'Hara location

Graham Dwyer's wife has told the Central Criminal Court she recognised a spade found near the location where Elaine O'Hara's remains were found in September 2013 as being the spade from the garden of their family home in Foxrock. Mr Dwyer, 42, has pleaded...

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Supreme Court dismisses school admission appeal

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal in a case involving a boy from the Traveller community who was refused admission to the Christian Brothers High School in Clonmel, Co Tipperary in 2010. Mary Stokes, the boy's mother, had argued that a school...

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Mulherin pays further €1,300 of Kenyan phone bill

Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin has paid back a further €1,295 for calls she made to a friend in Kenya. This is in addition to the €2,000 she had already paid back. The second repayment was made after an investigation found that a total of 130 calls,...

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Over 1,700 firearms stolen since 2010

Almost one firearm was stolen in Ireland every day in the past five years according to garda figures seen by RTÉ News. Over 1,700 weapons were reported stolen to the gardaí from 2010 to 2014. The guns, which were stolen from homes and firearms dealers,...

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Govt will not accept current Aer Lingus offer

Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe has said the information and commitments provided to date by International Airlines Group did not at present provide a basis on which the Government could accept the offer for Aer Lingus. He briefed Cabinet...

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Retired garda often visited Marie Farrell's home

The High Court has heard that a recorded phone call between a garda and a key witness in the investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier suggested a very close relationship. Retired detective garda Jim Fitzgerald is being cross examined...

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At least eight killed in Czech restaurant shooting

An armed man killed at least eight people after bursting into a restaurant in the eastern Czech town of Uhersky Brod, according to reports on state television. CTK news agency quoted Czech interior minister Milan Chovanec saying he had been informed...

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Unions distance themselves from IAG support claim

The officers of the Aer Lingus Central Representative Council have issued a statement confirming that comments made by the CRC secretary Myles Worth suggesting that employees were in favour of the IAG bid for the airline represent his personal views....

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'Blind eye' turned to illegal border activity

A Fine Gael TD has claimed that the authorities are turning a blind eye to illegal activity in the border area, and has suggested that it is motivated by what he called "appeasement". Patrick O'Donovan was speaking during a debate at the British-Irish...

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Bus Éireann to cut some services

Bus Éireann said it is reviewing a number of its Expressway services but has already decided to cut some services between Dublin and the south and southeast of the country. The company's Media & PR Manager Nicola Cooke said that route seven,...

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Apple to invest €850m in new Galway data centre

Apple is to invest €850 million developing a new data centre in Co Galway. The centre will be built on a greenfield site in Derrydonnell, near Athenry. The company says 300 jobs will be created over the multiple phases of the development process, from...

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