Provides the latest RSS feeds for Ireland News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Irish Sun.com http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/aba4168066a10b8d/ en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:56:44 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:56:44 -0500 30 Cannes nominated India's film director-screenwriter-producer Shyam Benegal will be in the "spotlight" at prestigious Belfast Film Festival, being held from April 15-30. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/611155/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:30:02 -0500 ANI http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/611155/cs/1/ New York, NY (Sports Network) - The third-seeded and seventh-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers duke it out with the seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the semifinal round of the Big East Tour... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067272/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:21:18 -0500 Sports Network http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067272/ Ireland have worked on their driving game, scrum and defence ahead of Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Wales, but the key is seizing the important moments according to Gert Smal. The Irish forward... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067271/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:19:16 -0500 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067271/ It has been confirmed that board members of the National Asset Management Agency are to receive higher fees for their work than originally planned. Chairman Frank Daly will receive €170,000 th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067270/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:19:10 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067270/ A man who took a High Court case against Eircom for alleged negligence after he fell over a manhole has agreed a settlement. The court heard that Gerard McWilliams had previously brought more than a ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067269/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:19:09 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067269/ Mar 12 2010 A teenage boy has been arrested and charged in connection with a theft at Susan Boyle's home, police said. The incident happened at the 48-year-old singer's house in Blackburn, West Lo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067273/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:13:09 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067273/ Mar 12 2010 A House of Lords investigation into the expenses claims of Labour peer Baroness Uddin is to be reopened, it was announced after prosecutors decided not to bring criminal charges. Clerk... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067274/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:13:08 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067274/ Mar 12 2010 A bid to ban under-18s from tanning salons has cleared its Commons stages. The Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill was introduced amid fears that youngsters are putting themselves at increased r... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067275/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:13:07 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067275/ Mar 12 2010 The British National Party has been barred from taking new members after a judge ruled its constitution could discriminate against non-white people. Judge Paul Collins issued an injunc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067276/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:13:07 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067276/ Mar 12 2010 The British National Party's new membership rules are likely to discriminate against non-white people, a judge has ruled. Last month the far-right group scrapped its whites-only policy... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067277/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:13:06 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067277/ It's a brave politician who traipses halfway round the world while her political opponents are calling for her head and her job could be up for grabs in an upcoming Cabinet reshuffle. But Irish Cabin... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33065812/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:58:15 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33065812/ Norman Surplus will fly his little yellow autogyro over deserts, mountains, oceans, and some of the most remote places on the globe. The total journey will be 27,000 miles, including 4,400 across wa... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067278/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:55:57 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067278/ There is uproar among parents about the reduction in the number of special needs assistants in schoolsAN independent appeals board set up to deal with children with special educational needs has not b... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067279/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:55:54 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067279/ A Dublin youth charged with witness intimidation told gardaí he would pay someone to attack his alleged victim, a court was told yesterday.The boy (aged 17) had been arrested and brought before the D... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067264/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:26 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067264/ Government officials and union leaders have agreed a framework for a resumption of talks, to begin next week.The sides held preliminary discussions at the Labour Relations Commission today where a bas... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067265/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:26 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067265/ The taxman collected almost €29m from tax defaulters in the final three months of last year.There were 88 settlements during the period, 11 of which related to investigations into offshore funds.Nin... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33066006/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:25 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33066006/ A suspect device has been found by gardaí in an unoccupied apartment in Shannon town centre.The discovery was made shortly before 1pm. Army Bomb Disposal experts are on route to the scene.The area su... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067263/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:25 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067263/ A Dublin man's High Court claim for alleged negligence against eircom as a result of falling over a manhole has been settled.The court heard that Gerard McWilliams had previously brought more than a d... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067262/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:24 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067262/ The trial of a 29-year-old Dublin man accused of murdering another man in Mountjoy Prison has been adjourned until Monday because the accused is unwell.Declan O’Reilly of Parnell Road, Crumlin in Du... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067268/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:24 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067268/ An armed robber who was "roared" off a premises by a "feisty" postmistress has received a six-year sentence with three suspended for this and related crimes.Bernard Kelly (aged 29) was acting as look-... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067266/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:23 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067266/ A 22-year-old Dublin man has been jailed for life after a jury at the Central Criminal Court found him guilty of murdering another man during a drugs “rip” in Walkinstown in December 2007.After ju... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067267/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:23 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33067267/ Wales boss Warren Gatland has dismissed Irish media criticism of him heading into Saturday's Six Nations clash at Croke Park. One newspaper columnist labelled the ex-Ireland coach "as rational as a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33064593/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:07:59 -0500 Planet Rugby http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33064593/ Mar 12 2010 A 26-year-old man alleged to have posted a message on Twitter threatening to blow an airport "sky high" will face face trial, a court has decided. Paul Chambers denied "tweeting" the m... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33064595/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:47 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33064595/ B lame it on Michael Flatley. For three years, the adult Irish step dance class at Mass Motion Dance in Allston has drawn students from India, Russia, Spain, Chile and other countries not usually ass... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33063657/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:27:43 -0500 Boston Herald http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33063657/ Investigations have begun today into 19 allegations made against foster carers in Dublin.A number of the claims being examined by the Health Information and Quality Authority are of a sexual nature.Th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33064591/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:25:03 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33064591/ Public-sector workers were urged today not to pre-judge crunch talks between union chiefs and the Government over pay cuts.The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) called on the Government to work wi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33063879/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:25:02 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33063879/ An appeal by Sharon Collins against her conviction for soliciting and conspiracy to murder her partner and his two sons has heard claims that the case was 'contaminated' from the beginning. Sharon Co... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062243/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:40:37 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062243/ A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his part in last year's robbery of over €7.5m from the Bank of Ireland on College Green in Dublin. Mark Donoghue from Killeen, ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062242/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:40:36 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062242/ The former Principal Biochemist in the Blood Transfusion Service Board, Cecily Cunningham, has failed in her bid to secure legal costs from the State. Charges against Ms Cunningham, relating to the i... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062241/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:40:35 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062241/ Mar 12 2010 The mother and stepfather of seven-year-old starvation victim Khyra Ishaq have been jailed for the girl's manslaughter. Angela Gordon was jailed for 15 years and her former partner Jun... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062244/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:34:05 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062244/ Mar 12 2010 British Airways cabin crew are to stage a series of strikes in a bitter row over cost-cutting, threatening travel chaos for tens of thousands of passengers. Unite said its members at t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062246/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:34:04 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062246/ A public inquiry into an infamous sectarian murder in the North called today for the authorities to reconsider their decision not to prosecute a police officer accused of protecting one of the killers... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062248/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:39 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062248/ Thousands of commuters face travel delays after a major signalling fault on a rail line in the Republic. Irish Rail said services on a number of main routes had been suspended on Friday morning. They... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062250/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:35 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062250/ HARD-PRESSED homeowners are set to pay the price after the cost of living was pushed up by mortgage hikes. The consumer price index -- the measurement of the cost of living -- rose by 0.4pc in Februar... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062251/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:33 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062251/ The festive city of Galway on Ireland's west coast has just been catapulted to the summit of the sailing world with the announcement that it will host the finale of the Volvo Round the World Ocean Rac... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33061944/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:13:33 -0500 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33061944/ The North Down MP Lady Hermon has told the BBC she is deeply disappointed that the Ulster Unionists voted against the devolution of policing and justice.She said its decision in the assembly on 9 Marc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062252/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:13:23 -0500 BBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33062252/ Fianna Fáil junior minister Conor Lenihan has said that changes to the management of Tallaght Hospital are urgently required.Minister Lenihan is rejecting claims that understaffing is to blame for th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33061783/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:01:05 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33061783/ The Chairman of the Irish Patients Association has said that the proposed investigation into the Tallaght X-ray controversy should be a totally external inquiry and not organised by the HSE. Stephen ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059981/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:03:56 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059981/ British Airways cabin crew will strike for seven days later this month. They will strike for three days from 20 March and for four days from 27 March. Union officials said its members made the decisi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059983/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:03:53 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059983/ US software and IT services company Sungard has bought Dublin-based data centre services firm Hosting 365. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hosting 365 operates from two secure data centres ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059985/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:03:50 -0500 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059985/ Geordan Murphy believes Wales' swashbuckling style makes them capable of causing an upset at Croke Park on Saturday. Ireland resume their Six Nations campaign against a side that have become the ch... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059984/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:02:19 -0500 Planet Rugby http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059984/ Mar 12 2010 At least 39 people have died after two suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other in the Pakistani city of Lahore. The co-ordinated strik... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059986/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:58:05 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059986/ Nicholas Murphy has recovered from injury, and returns to the Cork team for Saturday's NFL game against Tyrone in Omagh.Murphy missed the victory over Galway last weekend, but has been named at full-f... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060009/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:55:31 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060009/ Donal O'Connor , who steered the bank through the state takeover just over a year ago, is expected to leave the post in July. The senior management change was announced after Anglo yesterday iss... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059988/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:55 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059988/ TWO men have died in the first recorded deaths from swine flu so far this year.It brings to 24 the total number of people who have died from the virus in http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059991/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:51 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059991/ Sean FitzPatrick , the former chairman, but it won't be easy for the bank to recover the €70m in loans believed to be outstanding.Mr FitzPatrick has been telling the bank he cannot pay the loans... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059990/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:48 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059990/ A Garda trawl of seized computers and documentation has established internet links between some of the seven suspects arrested here on Tuesday and 'Jihad Jane', the mastermind behind an alleged plot t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059999/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:45 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059999/ Tallaght Hospital after its X-ray scandal came to light. A total of 40 lines are now taking calls for 12 hours a day, with over 800 calls recorded in the first day. Yesterday, former patients continue... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059998/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:43 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059998/ Dublin Port yesterday on what is believed to be her first overseas deployment.The €1bn vessel, which has a crew of 190 and is regarded as one of the most sophisticated warships in the world, is o... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059997/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:42 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059997/ FAS . "Reputationally, this is a good hospital from a patient-care point of view. The problem here is a severe management failure in the area of diagnostics." http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059996/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:40 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059996/ Tallaght Hospital were still gathering dust last October.The hospital was forced to make the admission after a local GP said he feared the number of unopened letters from GPs seeking an appointment fo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059995/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:39 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059995/ Tallaght Hospital . Amid protests from the opposition, Ms Coughlan said the Government would first await the results of an independent investigation before making further comment.And she insisted the ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059994/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:37 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059994/ Irish Independent reveal patients currently have to wait an average of seven months for a CT scan. Patients who need an MRI face a wait of five months.There are also delays for an ultrasound with publ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059993/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:36 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059993/ Galway . He had an X-ray and the following day underwent emergency surgery. He was found to have colorectal cancer as well as peritonitis, a serious disorder caused by the inflammation of a membrane t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060000/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:32 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060000/ THE HSE has been ordered to pay over €75,000 to a woman because a swab was left inside her body after she had given birth.Emma Noack (27), of Dunmore Road in Waterford, sued the HSE for medical ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060001/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:31 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060001/ THE daughter of a property tycoon has settled a High Court action for an undisclosed sum over allegedly botched breast-reduction surgery.Kissandra MacAnthony, daughter of Austin MacAnthony of Internat... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060003/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:30 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060003/ Sean FitzPatrick have yet to be interrogated.Gardai are waiting until their inquiries near completion before contacting Mr FitzPatrick and other crucial players in the controversy, including former ch... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060002/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:29 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060002/ Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools , said: "Today's students don't willingly read text books and they are inclined to tune out when teachers deliver lectures or make speeches."But they... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060004/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:28 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060004/ Minister Batt O'Keeffe 's opposition to the idea is softening in the face of calls from multinational employers and innovation leaders, who say it would improve uptake in the subject and help kickstar... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060005/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:26 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060005/ Irish Independent reveals how sick staff cost the agency €4.39m last year, €4.7m in 2008 and €4.2m in 2007.The figures correspond with a time when staff morale had been badly damaged du... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060006/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:25 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060006/ A STATUE at the heart of a row between a bishop and the Health Service Executive was back at its original address yesterday -- although not in its original place.The Sacred Heart statue was removed la... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060008/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:24 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060008/ HOLIDAYMAKERS returning from trips to Europe can effectively bring back as much alcohol and cigarettes as they like, Revenue chiefs admitted yesterday. Irish people travelling abroad are consistently ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060007/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:23 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33060007/ A woman whose mother was diagnosed with bone cancer just a couple of months after being told she was suffering from 'wear and tear' says she feels robbed.The woman, who wants to remain anonymous, is n... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059444/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:24:46 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33059444/ Northern Ireland's Regional Development Minister has sacked half the board of Northern Ireland Water following an investigation into contractual practices at the body. Conor Murphy said he took the d... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057470/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:33:29 -0500 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057470/ The chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, Donal O'Connor, has formally announced he will retire from the position at the end of June. A statement from the bank said that former Fine Gael leader Alan Dukes wi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057937/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:33:28 -0500 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057937/ Mar 12 2010 TV host Christine Bleakley has completed her challenge to water-ski across the English Channel. The One Show presenter finished her feat in a time of around one hour and 40 minutes - w... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057941/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:27:40 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057941/ Mar 12 2010 Former hostage Peter Moore has spoken in detail about the torture he suffered at the hands of his kidnappers during his two-and-half year ordeal. He described the moment he feared he h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057942/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:27:37 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057942/ Mar 12 2010 Teachers should not be banned from joining organisations which promote racism and intolerance, a report has recommended. Barring school workers from membership of such non-proscribed g... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057944/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:27:35 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057944/ Women who have taken the Pill can expect longer lives than those who have never been prescribed the oral contraceptive, research out today suggests.Pill takers are less likely to die from any cause - ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057935/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:56:12 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33057935/ Talks between representatives of the Government and the public sector unions are to get under way this morning in a bid to resolve the dispute over Government pay cuts. The breakthrough came after Ta... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33055813/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:08:23 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33055813/ The maiden voyage of the MV Julia from Cork to Swansea was interrupted briefly because of a mechanical fault in one of the ship's four engines last night. According to passengers on board, the ship h... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33055274/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:08:19 -0500 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33055274/ Mar 12 2010 New York City will pay up to 657.5 million US dollars (£437 million) in compensation to rescue and recovery workers affected by dust at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks. The se... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33055816/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:01:25 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33055816/ Rail services on the Northern commuter rail line and the Malahide Dart line are currently resuming following a major signalling fault this morning.Services on the Dublin to Sligo line have been cancel... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33055286/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:28:13 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33055286/ Two men were arrested last night in Armagh city as part of a PSNI investigation into suspected dissident republican activity. The men are aged 21 and 23. During the operation police discovered a sus... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33053744/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:42:12 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33053744/ The Taoiseach begins his visit to the US today, which culminates in meeting President Barack Obama in the White House on St Patrick's Day. Mr Cowen's trip will have a strong economic dimension, inclu... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33053745/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:42:11 -0500 RTE News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33053745/ Mar 12 2010 Take That star Mark Owen has revealed he has been struggling with a "drink problem" for at least a decade. The admission comes after the 38-year-old singer apologised for having a stri... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051609/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:13:14 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051609/ Mar 12 2010 Police have been quizzing a teenager arrested over the manslaughter of a man who was "tormented to death" by yobs. David Askew, 64, who had learning difficulties, was found dead outsid... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051611/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:13:12 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051611/ Mar 12 2010 Asylum seekers who claimed they were assaulted by security staff hired by the Home Office did not have their complaints properly investigated, an official report has found. Private sec... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051613/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:13:12 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051613/ Mar 12 2010 The Crown Prosecution Service is to announce whether it will bring charges against another politician over the expenses scandal. Three Labour MPs and a Conservative peer on Thursday to... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051610/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:13:11 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051610/ Ireland despite the ongoing threat of being murdered by Islamic extremists. He also said Ireland was the last place he worried about harbouring a jihadist cell."I was really surprised. I had never tho... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051617/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:57:12 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051617/ Ireland wonder why the womenfolk are still muffling up in winter woollies when Liz and her two models can slink around in little more than two pieces of string and a handkerchief.Unlike the unfortunat... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051619/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:57:10 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051619/ Aer Lingus 's plan to lay off about 1,200 full and part-time cabin crew and rehire them on new contracts that will include reduced pay and more working hours has sparked a furious response from union ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051621/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:57:07 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33051621/ New York, NY (Sports Network) - Tory Jackson and Luke Harangody each scored 12 points, and Harangody made a pair of clutch free throws with just under 16 seconds left, as Notre Dame improved its NCAA ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33049683/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:52:56 -0500 Sports Network http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33049683/ Seattle Jewish Film Festival, Irish Reels Film Festival and "The Best of British Noir" series begin in Seattle this week. Also screening: "Casablanca" and "The Quiet Man." http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33049512/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:33:16 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33049512/ (3/15/2009) The South Side Irish Parade not on the South Side? Not in Beverly and Morgan Park? All gone from Western Avenue? 103rd Street to 115th on Saturday, empty? Oh, my God, I can't imagin... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33049681/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:10:51 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33049681/ New York, NY (Sports Network) - Tory Jackson and Luke Harangody each scored 12 points, and Harangody made a pair of clutch free throws with just under 16 seconds left, as Notre Dame improved its NCAA ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33047910/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:14:21 -0500 Sports Network http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33047910/ Mar 12 2010 Tory MPs walked out of a cross-party inquiry into the award of a peerage to the controversial Conservative Party donor Lord Ashcroft, it has been disclosed. The three Conservatives on ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33047911/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:06:21 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33047911/ When the British musical theater star Clare Burt was a little girl, she recalled on Wednesday evening, she was so infatuated with the idea of Manhattan that she adopted a New York accent and pretended... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33047377/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:43:46 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33047377/ Get your Irish eyes smiling in anticipation of St. Patrick's Day at the Day of Irish Dance. The Gaelic gaiety and Celtic camaraderie is sponsored by the Irish Music & Dance Association, and in add... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33044332/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:54:24 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33044332/ Mar 12 2010 Chancellor Alistair Darling has warned there would be no pre-election giveaway in the Budget. With the country facing a £178 billion deficit, Mr Darling made clear he would have ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045039/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:46:25 -0500 Loughborough Echo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045039/  THE MINISTER for Health was among those who had failed in their duties in regard to what had happened at Tallaght hospital, a Government member said. Referring to the failure to review thousands... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045040/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:24 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045040/  MINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney celebrated her 57th birthday yesterday far from home but with the words of her Dáil colleagues echoing in the New Zealand air. The news that it was her birth... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045042/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:23 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045042/ MICHAEL O'REGANFINE GAEL TD Tom Sheahan criticised the delay in providing an operational programme for the fishing industry.“The provision of jobs in the industry around the coast is being choke... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045041/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:21 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045041/ MICHAEL O'REGANA HOMELESS Dublin teenager spent last Tuesday night in an internet cafe because the HSE had no suitable accommodation for him, Fine Gael spokesman on children Alan Shatter told the D&#2... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045043/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:20 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045043/ COLM KELPIECUSTOMS OFFICERS have difficulties cracking down on the number of cigarettes an individual can bring into the country for private use from other EU member states. If tobacco or alcohol good... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045044/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:19 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045044/  THE DEPARTMENT of Finance was accused yesterday of undermining viable hotels by giving out €329 million in tax breaks for new developments over a four-year period.Labour Party TD Róis... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045046/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:18 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045046/ MARIE O'HALLORANTHERE WAS UPROAR in the Dáil and the House was suspended for a time amid repeated Opposition demands for a debate about reports of thousands of unopened referral letters from GPs ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045048/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:16 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045048/ Galway council supports light rail proposal After a bleak year on the jobs front in Donegal, there was good news yesterday with confirmation that more than 100 manufacturing jobs have been secured.Don... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045049/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:13 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045049/ SEÁN MacCONNELLCereal farmers who lost money on their crops last year are reluctant to plant their spring crops despite the favourable weather of the past few weeks. The first of the annual till... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045051/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:12 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045051/ BARRY ROCHEA MAN and a woman have been remanded in custody after they were charged with the murder of a man whose body was found in a field in Co Kerry over a year ago.John Walsh (44) and Gillian Purc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045052/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:11 -0500 Irish Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aba4168066a10b8d/id/33045052/