Over 90% of the €10m pledged by the Government for people affected by the floods in November and December has not yet been spent. According to figures from the Department of Social Welfare,...

David Wallace has warned his Ireland team-mates to be wary of Wales' unpredictability in attack when the two clash in the Six Nations at Croke Park this weekend. Last year's Grand Slam winners are...

Mar 11 2010 Union leaders representing thousands of British Airways cabin crew have kept the airline waiting for any decisions on strikes after again holding back from announcing dates for...

Mar 11 2010 The British government owes a former Bosnian president an apology for his "mistreatment" in prison, the chairman of the joint presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina has said. Ejup Ganic,...

Mar 11 2010 A 64-year-old man with learning difficulties was "tormented to death" after being bullied by yobs for more than a decade, neighbours claimed. Police and authorities were warned that...

Embattled Health Minister Mary Harney, who is in the middle of a St Patrick’s Day mission to New Zealand, has said that Tallaght Hospital chiefs gave her assurances no letters remain...

The jury in the trial of a 22-year-old Dubliner accused of murdering a man after pretending he had drugs for him, was sent home this evening after failing to reach a verdict at the Central Criminal...

An appeal by a Co Clare woman against her conviction for soliciting a hit man to kill her partner and his two sons in 2006, opened at the Court of Criminal Appeal today. Sharon Collins (aged 46),...

Anglo Irish Bank has begun legal action to recover loans of €70m to its former chairman Sean FitzPatrick. The bank entered a summary summons in the High Court this afternoon. Mr FitzPatrick...

that recipe , adding more salt and a hit of lager, renaming their version "almost no-knead bread." Since then, I've recreated the recipe umpteen times -- and encouraged you to do so (with how-to...

A viaduct on one of the country's busiest railway lines collapsed because workmen carrying out safety checks did not know how to properly assess it, an accident report revealed today. For more than...

Irish airline, has announced that it will cut about 230 staff in the near future in compulsory job losses, bringing the total number of layoffs from the airline to 670. 440 other workers will face...

A pensioner has given a been a two-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after 35 years and four trials for sexually assaulting his daughter.The 71-year-old man had pleaded not guilty to...

A Wexford man accused of raping his son's girlfriend admitted to gardaí it was a “sick” situation and said he was “totally confused and stressed”.The 45-year-old man admitted to gardaí in...

MAYNOOTH, Ireland, MARCH 10, 2010 (Zenit.org).- As the bishops of Ireland continue confronting the scandal of priests' sexual abuse of minors, they welcomed the Vatican's Tuesday statement on the...

New York, NY (Sports Network) - After a surprising regular-season showing, the 16th-ranked and second-seeded Pittsburgh Panthers now begin their run in the Big East Tournament tonight against the...

Aer Lingus has confirmed that it re-introduced the fuel surcharge on US flights in December last year. The surcharge - which was brought in by airlines when oil prices hit record high levels - was...

The leader of one of the farm organisations has called on the new Financial Regulator to urgently address the credit crisis in farming and small and medium enterprises. ICMSA President Jackie Cahill...

The Department of Health has confirmed that two men have died from the H1N1 swine flu virus. The men were from the east of the country and had underlying medical conditions. It is the first time...

Mar 11 2010 Justice Secretary Jack Straw has met James Bulger's mother to discuss the return to prison of her son's killer Jon Venables, a Ministry of Justice spokesman confirmed. Mr Straw, who...

Not ready enough, Sir Reg THE Northern Ireland peace process passed another milestone this week when the Belfast Assembly voted by a large majority to approve the transfer of policing and justice...

The conviction of a mother of two for conspiring to murder her wealthy partner and his two sons by hiring an online hit man cannot be upheld because her co-accused was acquitted, a court heard today....

Dungannon with the loss of 31 jobs. The announcement came after attempts to find a new buyer for the famous brand failed. Crystal making tradition...

A north Belfast man who was on the run for four years over the kidnap and attack on dissident republican Bobby Tohill has been remanded in custody.A detective told Belfast Crown Court Henry Joseph...

MPs sitting in both the British House of Commons and the Northern Ireland Assembly should not receive two salaries, the UK government said today.Northern Ireland minister Paul Goggins introduced a...

Tallaght Hospital in Dublin said today that there are no unopened GP referral letters for either its adult or paediatric services. Amid the fallout from the x-ray controversy, there it was claimed a...

Two more people have died from swine flu in Ireland.The Department of Health has announced that both patients were men from the east of the country who had underlying medical conditions.The deaths...

The Government says it has yet to establish all the facts in the x-ray scandal at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin.A meeting between the Department of Health and the CEO of the hospital has ended this...

The HSE admits that it is a matter of "great concern" that a Chinese teenager in their care has gone missing.The 17-year-old had arrived in the country with no bags from Barcelona in January - with...

An in-depth review is going to take place at EU level into insuring against natural disasters, which could prove helpful to those affected by the flooding of Cork in November. People affected by the...

Plans to extend maternity leave across Europe to 20 weeks on full pay have been put on hold pending a study of the impact on women and employers.The proposal, backed by the European Parliament’s...

(AP) — DUBLIN - Prices in recession-hit Ireland have fallen by 3.2 percent over the past 12 months but deflationary pressures are easing, the government's Central Statistics Office reported...

Mar 11 2010 The Government is set to investigate claims that Border Agency (UKBA) officials told a potential whistleblower they were "indifferent" to concerns on illegal immigrants. Tory former...

Mar 11 2010 Three Labour MPs and a Tory peer accused of expenses fraud said they would plead not guilty when they appeared in court for the first time. MPs Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim...

Mar 11 2010 A 64-year-old man with learning difficulties was "tormented to death" after being bullied by yobs for more than a decade, neighbours have claimed. Police had been warned David Askew...

Mar 11 2010 Thousands of parents used underhand tactics to get children into preferred secondary schools last year, it has emerged, as Government figures showed nearly one in six youngsters failed...

Mar 11 2010 Rock star Pete Doherty has been given a 12-month driving ban and fined £500 after he admitted allowing his manager to use his Daimler without insurance. A lawyer entered a...

Mar 11 2010 Plans for a new £30 billion high-speed rail (HSR) network, with 250mph trains, have been announced by the Government. Transport Secretary Lord Adonis gave Labour's backing to a...

Former priest Bill Carney was named as one of the worst cases in Dublin's Catholic diocese in the Murphy report into clerical abuse there. However, for the last 10 years he has been free to live...

The country's financial watchdog will be checking up on banks to make sure they give struggling homeowners breathing space before taking them to court.The Financial Regulator recently gave homeowners...

An Irish crystal maker whose glassware adorns mantelpieces the world over is to close, it was announced today.Tyrone Crystal is to shut its factory in Dungannon with the loss of 31 jobs.The...

A man who smashed his cousin’s teeth with a wine bottle after a New Year’s Eve party before he struck him a second time on the back of the head has received a three-year sentence with 18 months...

A CCTV network aimed at reducing the drunken violence which marred recent St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Belfast’s student district was switched on today.The £100,000 (€110,000) system of 12...

The European Consumer Centre Ireland warned today of a major car scam involving second-hand cars bought in the UK. Marking the upcoming World Consumer Day next Monday, the service, which provides...

A new report has told the Government that up to 215,000 jobs could be created in the next decade by the country becoming an innovation leader. Established as part of the Smart Economy plans, the...

The jury in the case of a 22-year-old man on trial for murdering another man during a drugs “rip” has begun its deliberations at the Central Criminal Court.Warren Graham has denied murdering Paul...

A 26-year-old man today became the fourth man remanded in custody charged over a gangland style murder in a pub.Bernard Hempenstall was charged with shooting dead a drug dealer in the bar on The...

A Co Clare woman who was convicted of soliciting a hitman to murder her partner and his two sons has begun an appeal against her conviction. Sharon Collins, 46, of Kildysart Road, Ennis, was...

Government employees in the Oireachtas are refuse to deal with email communications between Oireachtas offices from in an escalation of the public service industrial action over pay cuts. This is...

A 26-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of John Carroll in Dublin city in 2009. Bernard Hempenstall, with an address at The Coombe in Dublin, was remanded in prison to appear...