Capita opens new Dublin headquarters and vows to take on 800 new recruits

Capita has marked the growth of its business in Ireland with the announcement that it plans to double its workforce in the country over the next three years. The announcement, which would increase the number of people employed in Ireland by the company from 800 to 1,600, was made at the official opening of its new Dublin office, by Ireland's Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan (pictured ...

Eircom broadband network to reach 1.2 million homes and businesses by 2014

Taoiseach Enda Kenny this week launched a new Eircom Fibre Broadband network. Eircom says the fibre service will provide speeds that are six to ten times faster than current broadband speeds. eFibre offers download speeds of up to 70Mb as well as Ireland's fastest upload speeds of up to 20Mb. The download allowance is unlimited for all products above entry level. Qualifying Eircom ...

Young man who died in Ennis may have been victim of hit and run accident

The body of a young man in his twenties is undergoing a postmortem following its discovery around 11:00pm on Wednesday night. It is unclear as to whether the man was alive at the time when he was discovered in Ennis, Co Clare, on Limerick Road near St. Flanagan's Collge on the outskirts of the city. A doctor in the area rushed to the scene but the young man was pronounced dead shortly ...

Shatter publishes report on fixed charge notice cancellations

The Irish Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter Wednesday published the report he received from the Garda Commissioner into allegations which were made of improper cancellation of fixed charge notices by some members of An Garda Siochana. The Minister also published a report by the Garda Professional Standards Unit of an examination of the processes and systems in place to deal ...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on

NEW YORK - Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled a note in a boat he hid in while the manhunt was on, saying the attacks were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and described the victims as "collateral damage". Tsarnaev wrote the note with a marker in the boat, describing the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been ...