February 2012
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Californian Digital Marketing Company Marketo...
The Californian Digital Marketing company Marketo, has moved into its new European headquarters in South County Business Park in Lepardstown.
The company plans to create 125 jobs, with the support of IDA, and have so far recruited 20 Irish staff.
The company which has been described as Silicon Valley’s fastest growing private-held company, says they are very impressed with the quality of...
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Body Recovered in Glandore Harbour in Cork
A body has been found in Glandore Harbour in Cork by those searching for the last missing crewman from the T Bonhomme. On Wednesday, the remains of the 52-year-old skipper Michael Hayes were recovered from the sea weeks after the fishing trawler sank. Twenty-four-year-old Egyptian fisherman Saied aly Eldin is the only member of the crew still unaccounted for. The remains found this afternoon...
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Michael Lowry Defamation Case Against Sam Smyth...
The High Court has dismissed an appeal from Independent TD Michael Lowry in a defamation case against journalist Sam Smyth. The case was taken as a result of an article written by the journalist in the Irish Independent and comments he made on TV3, which Mr. Lowry claimed had implied he was corrupt politician and a theif. Today’s decision to dismiss the case will be upheld following an...
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Vigil to Remember Romanian Teenager
A Romanian teenager, whose remains were found in a shallow grave in the Wicklow Mountains last month, is being remembered in Dublin this evening. Pavee Point’s organised a candle-lit vigil in Hawkins Street in the City Centre, for Mariora Rostas.
The vigil is taking place at 6pm, to coincide with her funeral in Romania. The last-known sighting of Mariora was in January 2008. She had been in...
Focal Mór: Clondalkin
Clondalkin could be Dublin’s first official Gaeltacht.
The south Dublin suburb could become Ireland’s newest Gaeltacht area thanks to a bill that will create a new definition of what it is to be an official Irish-speaking region.
Labour TD Robert Dowds said the approval of the draft bill gives Clondalkin a great opportunity to be designated as a Gaeltacht area “at a certain...
Man charged with Rialto assault
A man has been arrested for a serious assault on a woman in Rialto last Sunday.
The man in his twenties was due in court today for assaulting the 28 year old woman who sustained serious head injuries at a house on Rueben Walk. She is currently receiving treatment in Beaumont Hospital.
Progress for U.S. work visas
Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Gilmore is hopeful that there will be “early progress” in securing E3 U.S. work visas for Irish nationals.
He met with Senator Scott Brown in Washington yesterday. Mr. Brown is a strong supporter of a bill that would see 10,500 Irish workers be granted renewable visas to live and work in the United States.
The visas would be accessible to undocumented...
Greek cutback deal imminent
Greek political leaders have reportedly reached an agreement on a new round of cuts.
After a seven hour crisis meeting the latest austerity measures have been agreed and will secure a €130 billion bailout for the country.
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has said there has been “broad agreement” on all points with one exception.
Dublin rents on the up
Rents in Dublin are on the increase according to a survey undertaken by daft.ie. Results show that the capital is averaging just over a thousand euro per property, significantly higher that the rest of the country. The report also shows that the number of properties available to rent at the start of this year was at its lowest level in three-and-a-half years.
Google store for Dublin?
Computer giant Google plans its first stand- alone retail store at its European headquarters in Dublin after a trial at a computer shop in London, according to a filing by the world’s most popular search engine. The Google Store would be open to the public and sell unspecified Google merchandise in Barrow St , Google’s Irish unit said in a local planning application.
Tallaght killing latest
Gardaí investigating the murder of 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara in Tallaght have recovered a shotgun believed to have been used in her murder. The gun was found near the Naas Road close to where the stolen car in the shooting was found abandoned yesterday. Gardaí believe that Ms McCarthy McNamara was not the intended target of Tuesday’s attack, she was sitting in a parked car in a...
Kildare drug haul
A man in his 50s has been arrested after a drug seizure in Co Kildare. Gardaí found a large quantity of cannabis plants while searching a premises in the Kilcullen area in the early hours of this morning. The haul has an estimated street value of €800,000. One man has been arrested and is being held at Newbridge garda station, under section two of the Drug Trafficking Act.
Teenager shot dead in Tallaght
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The Justice Minister has branded the fatal shooting of a teenage girl in Tallaght as “horrific”, and said these types of incidents would not be tolerated. The 16-year-old victim was sitting in a parked car at Brookview Way in Jobstown at around 10.30 last night when shots were fired from a passing vehicle. The girl was taken to hospital but later died from...
Septic tank fees lowered
The Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes has said that Environment Minister Phil Hogan’s reduction of the septic tank registration fee “is a desperate attempt to stem the growing opposition to household taxes”. Last night, Mr Hogan revealed the reduction to incentivise people to sign up early ahead of the start of inspections next year. The Minister said he does not...
Coghlan to run for Fine Gael?
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Fine Gael has unveiled former runner Eamonn Coghlan as its newest member. The three-time Olympian and former world champion was one of the Taoiseach’s nominees to the Seanad and has been an Independent Senator since last year. Mr Coghlan, a Drimnagh native, has said no decision has been made on whether he will run in the next General Election, but said he wants...
Woman assaulted in Dublin
A man in his 20’s has been arrested in connection with the assault of a 28-year old woman in Rialto in Dublin.
The woman received head injuries during the incident at a house on Reuban Walk yesterday morning.
She is being treated at Beaumont Hospital, where she remains a in serious condition.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Kilmainham Garda Station on 01-666-9700, or the Garda...
Man arrested over fatal 2001 fire
A man has been arrested in connection with a fire in Dublin in which a young boy died in 2001. Stephen Hughes Connors was just 12 when he was killed in the fire at Rossfield Avenue, Brookfield in Tallaght. Gardaí say that new evidence has come to light promting this mornings arrest of a 52-year-old man in the Dublin 7 area.
Surgery procedures may have to be postponed while...
Health Minister Dr James Reilly said today that elective surgery procedures may have to be postponed while hospitals deal with the impact of staff retirements at the end of this month. Around 8,000 public-sector staff are due to leave their jobs at the end of February. Minister Reilly has moved to assure patients that their safety will not be compromised by the exodus. However, he has said that...
Two men have been arrested in connection with a...
Two men have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Dublin last year. Michael Kelly, was shot dead last September outside an apartment block in Clongriffin. Mr.Kelly was a convicted drug dealer and was suspected of ordering a number of gangland murders.
Gardai said two men, both aged in their 20s, have been arrested in north Co Dublin in connection with the investigation.
Appeal for missing teenager
Gardaí have issued an appeal to trace 19-year-old Paul Bunbury, who was last seen on the DCU campus in Dublin on Thursday, 2 February. He is described as being 5ft 10in with brown eyes, long brown hair, a thin build and a beard. When last seen Paul was wearing a blue t-shirt, blue jeans and a grey jacket. Anyone with information is asked to contact Whitehall Garda Station on 01-6664500, the Garda...
