May 2012
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Search continues for missing Rathfarnham man
Gardaí are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 28-year-old Dean Reynolds, who has been missing from Rathfarnham in Dublin since 19 May.
Mr. Reynolds was last seen at Ballycullen, Rathfarnham, at approximately 7.40am on the morning of Saturday May 19th.
He is described as being 6′ in height, blonde hair, blue eyes and of a medium build.
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No decisions made on child benefit changes
Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald has today warned that no decisions have been made yet by Government on changes to child benefit. Social Protection Minister Joan Burton confirmed at the weekend that she wants to tax child benefit for parents who earn more than €100,000. Minister Frances Fitzgerald agreed that universal child benefit will have to be looked at, but only after a report...
Man arrested following drug haul in Lucan
A man has been arrested following a drug seizures in Lucan in Dublin yesterday evening. Gardaí recovered around 15 kilos of heroin with a street value of €2.25m, during a search of a house in Lucan. A 37-year-old man was arrested and is being detained at Clondalkin garda station.
Food Safety Authority issue warning over stolen...
The Food Safety Authority are alerting consumers and food businesses about a theft of a consignment of beef from a Dublin-based meat wholesaler.
Consumers are being urged not to purchase any meat sold from unregistered outlets or unregistered door-to-door sales as any break in the cold chain between the time the meat was stolen and when it may be sold could result in a serious health risk to...
Amazon to create 100 jobs
Good news on the job front as online retailer Amazon announces that it is to create 100 jobs in Dublin.
The new jobs will include posistions as support engineers, system engineers, network engineers, software devolopers and technical managers.
Meanwhile, the Central Bank has ordered one of the country’s best-known stockbrokers to cease trading immediately, after the company’s management...
Gardaí renew appeal for missing Dean Reynolds
Gardaí are appealing for the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 28 year old Dean Reynolds who has been missing from Rathfarnham since 19 May.
Dean’s last known location at Massey Woods, Rathfarnham at about 9am on 19 May 2012.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact Rathfarnham Garda Station on 01 666 6500.
Irelands population is aging
Irelands population is aging, with the number of young adults in the country falling by 10 per cent,according to recently released figures by the Central Statistics Office.
The latest census results showed that the 19-24 year old age group was the only category to show a fall, with a decrease of 12 per cent since the last Census in 2006.
In contrast, the number of older people (aged over 65) has...
St.James's reveals plans for new national...
St James’s Hospital has published the details of its bid for the new national children’s hospital.
The hospital is pitching for a tri-located paediatric, maternity and adult hospital on its campus.
It says it can build the new hospital for €510m euro and could have it operational in three years time.
Government set to crack down on those refusing to...
The Government is to crack down on those refusing to pay motor tax by claiming their car is off the road. New laws are to be drawn up banning the practice where people can declare their car was not in use for a period of months. The practice is thought to cost the taxpayer up to €55m a year. Instead, people will be able to ask gardaí to certify a car is going to be off the road for a period in...
St Vincent de Paul see increase in those seeking...
The Society of St Vincent de Paul says that one in four calls received last year were from people looking for help who had not contacted the charity before. About 60%of the calls were from homes with children, with a quarter requesting food. Some 16% of callers were looking for help with bills and energy costs. The SVP said it expects the 35% increase in 2011 in people seeking assistance to be...
Body discovered in Dublin this morning
Gardaí are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in Dublin this morning. The man was found at the Cookstown Industrial Estate at around 9am, and the scene has been preserved for a technical examination. His remains are still at the scene, and a post mortem will be carried out later. Gardaí say they are not treating his death as suspicious.
Dublin man sentanced to life for murder
Dublin man Wayne Kinsella has been found guilty of the murder of Adel Essalhi in Tyrellstown last year.
The victim was violently killed with a machete in West Dublin in January of last year.
There was clapping and cheering in the court as the jury returned their unanimous guilty verdict.
Kinsella has been sentenced to life in prison.
New phone service offers parents complete control...
Parents will soon be able to read their children’s text messages, control who they speak to, and turn their phones on or off, no matter where they are.
A new mobile service Bemilo is promising parents complete control over how their kids use their phones.
It’s expected the new service will be available in Ireland on the Vodafone Network soon.
More than a third of childlines calls go...
More than 800 phone calls from youngsters in desperate need of support went unheard every day last year, a children’s charity has revealed.
The ISPCC’s Childline helpline received about 2,360 calls and messages a day in 2011, but more than a third of calls went unanswered.
The charity claimed poor funding was the biggest barrier to manning the phones and taking every call.
Suspect arrested over Sherrard Street death
Gardai are continuing to question a man in his 40s in connection with the death of a woman in Drumcondra.
The 37-year-old died at the Mater Hospital on Saturday after she was found savagely beaten at an apartment on Sherrard Street.
The suspect was arrested in the city yesterday afternoon and he’s been held at Mountjoy Garda Station.
The results of a post mortem will be made known later.
Jamie Oliver to open first Irish restaurant
British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has announced plans to open his first Irish restaurant.
Jamie’s Italian will open here in the Pembroke area of Dundrum Town Centre this autumn.
The restaurant will create around 75 jobs and is now recruiting for senior chefs and managers. Oliver said he would be working with independent Irish food producers to get the finest ingredients Ireland offers,...
Gardaí investigating the death of a woman appeal...
Gardaí investigating the death of a woman in Dublin city centre at the weekend have appealed to a woman in her 20s to contact them.
The victim was involved in an altercation outside a fast food takeaway on Parnell Street at 3.20am yesterday morning. She was found dead in a flat at Liberty House on Railway Street yesterday evening at about 7pm. Gardaí are keen to speak to a woman in her 20s who...
6,000 training courses announced for the...
6,000 new college places have been announced for people out of work.
36 universities, institutes of technology and privately run colleges will be offering the places under the Springboard initiative.
The courses will be available in areas such as ICT, medical devices and the green economy
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Aung San Suu Kyi to Visit Dublin Next Month
Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to visit Dublin next month, as part of her first trip abroad in 24 years.
The one-day visit to the City will take place in June, in between her trips to Norway and Britain.
Ms Suu Kyi, who recently took her seat in parliament after years of house arrest, is coming to Ireland following an invitation from a group of NGOs.
There are no reports yet...
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EU Fiscal Treaty Opinion Poll Shows Small Shift To...
Results of a new poll released today, on the EU Fiscal Treaty shows a slight move towards the NO side - especially among voters who were previously ‘undecided’.
However the shift is not enough to defeat the treaty, as the Red C /Paddy Power Opinion Poll reveals that 50 per cent say they’ll be voting YES in the referendum on the 31st of May.
31 per cent are planning to vote NO,...
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Bank of Ireland and AIB Announce Plans for...
Bank of Ireland has announced details to staff of a new voluntary redundancy scheme that will see up to 1,000 jobs being lost.
It was originally expected 750 people would leave the company, but that figure has now been confirmed as in excess of 1,000.
The bank says the scheme will affect staff in the Republic, Northern Ireland and Britain.
The redundancy scheme were being discussed at a...
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First Quarter Mortgage Lending Down From Last year
Mortgage lending between January and March this year is down fromt the same period last year.
Over 2 and a half thousand new issues were issued in the first quarter of this year – 19.3 per cent lower than the same period 2011.
A new report by Price Waterhouse Copper puts the value of the loans at 450 million euro.
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IBM Announce 200 New Jobs for Dublin
Computer and technology giant IBM has announced 200 new jobs at a new international services centre in Co. Dublin. The multinational which already employs about 3,000 people in Ireland, is to open the centre in Mulhuddart. It is understood the new site will house IBM’s global-services integration hub.
Irish Boxer Katie Taylor secures Olympics...
Following her qualification for the London Olympics this morning, Irish Boxer Katie Taylor thanked all the people who had supported her along the way. The 25-year-old, three time World Champion from Bray in County Wicklow was due to take on Michaela Lacatus of Romania in the last eight of the AIBA World Boxing Championships in China when she received the news that her opponent would not be able to...
Government hopes to use 3 billion from sale of...
In a new development, the Government is to advance talks with the Troika regarding the use of the 3 billion euro it hopes to realise from the sale of state assets.
The Minister for Public Expenditure, Brendan Howlin hopes to use all of the 3 billion for a new stimulus plan to boost economic growth. The initiative would include more use of loans from the European Investment Bank and increased...
Rehab to create 400 new jobs in Ireland
The Rehab Group, which provides support services for disabled people, has announced that it plans to recruit 750 new staff over the next three years. Rehab currently employs over 3,500 people, with 2,500 based in Ireland and another 1,000 in the UK, Poland and the Netherlands. The new positions, over 400 of which will be based in Ireland, are in a number of different areas including education,...
€500m DIT campus at Grangegorman gets go-ahead
The €500m development of a centralised DIT campus in Grangegorman has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.
The Grangegorman Development Agency says it plans to proceed with the development through its own private funding despite the government withdrawing its financial backing.
Its plans to have 10,000 students - about half of all DIT’s total - on the site by 2017.
Phoenix Park Site proposed for Children's Hospital
An eight-acre site at the Phoenix Park Racecourse in Dublin has been put forward as a potential location for a new National Children’s Hospital.
Dublin-based firm Flynn & O’Flaherty says the hospital could be built on this site for €200m less than the proposed development at the Mater Hospital site.
A review group set up to examine locations for the National Children’s...
€330,000 drugs seized in Dublin Port
Customs officers and gardaí have seized drugs with an estimated street value of €330,000 at Dublin Port yesterday.
Around 22kg of herbal cannabis and 1kg of cocaine were discovered concealed in a 40-foot trailer which arrived at Dublin Port from Holyhead, Wales.
Quinn announces €40m funding for St.Patricks...
The Minister for Education Ruari Quinn has announced a €39.7 million upgrade plan for St Patrick’s teaching college in Drumcondra.
The existing facility was built to accommodate 800 pupils, but currently has over 2,000 students.
It is expected that up to 400 direct and indirect jobs would be created in the construction project over 2 years.
Final Day to register to vote in Fiscal Treaty
Today is the last day it is possible to be added to the supplementary voting register in time to vote in the fiscal treaty referendum on 31 May.
All adult Irish citizens can register. Voters can check their details on the register in all local authority offices, post offices, garda stations and public libraries.
People can also check they are registered by logging onto www.checktheregister.ie
Ryanair fails to tell customers website will be...
The Ryanair website will be down for maintenance this weekend between Friday May 18th and Sunday May 20th.
Anyone travelling with the Irish airline must have checked in on-line before these dates to avoid paying a €60 surcharge per person per flight.
Students urged to register to vote in upcoming...
The Union of Students in Ireland is urging those not registered to vote in the upcoming referendum to do so by this Monday, May 14th.
Students living away from home who are already registered to vote also have until the 14th to complete a change of address form andreturn it to their local authority if they wish to move their vote
Calls made for establishment of independent...
Calls have been made for the establishment of an independent regulator for the ambulance service in Ireland following reports that a Carlow footballer waited for several hours for treatment of a broken leg because of delays.
David Hall, managing director of Lifeline Ambulance Service, has said that the ordeal experience by the footballer raises important questions about the level of service...
Road Safety syllables proposed for Junior Cert
The Minister for Transport Leo Vardakar has said that there is a possibility of including road safety on the Junior Certificate curriculum.
Responding to a question in the Dáil Minister Vardakar said that while the Junior Cert is a matter for the Department of Education there is scope to consider making road safety educational programmes compulsory.
RDS Job Fair kicks off
Hundreds of Jobseekers poured through the doors of the RDS today as another job Fair kicked off.
Canadian and Australian companies have immediate vacancies for over 1,000 jobs and are hopeful that these positions will be filed over the weekend.
Meanwhile, Irish backpackers are being warned by Australian Police that visas will be revoked if individual’s continue to disturb the peace.
Tánasite warns of chaos that will ensue if Ireland...
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has warned that the political turmoil seen in Greece could be repeated here if Ireland votes NO in the upcoming referendum treaty.
Speaking this morning the Tánaiste said that those who choose to vote against the treaty are advocating we take the same route as Greece.
Meanwhile campaigning for the NO vote Joe Higgins said that the problems of Greece are caused by the...
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Dublin South TD Olivia Mitchell Cleared After...
Dublin South TD Olivia Mitchell has been cleared by a Fine Gael disciplinary committee examined findings of the Mahon Report.
Ms Mitchell said she was ‘pleased but not surprised’ after the disciplinary committee cleared her name following a £500 donation to Ms mitchell made by lobbyist Frank Dunlop at the time of the 1992 General Election.
Another Fine Gael member, South Dublin...
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ICTU Asks Government To Delay Fiscal Treaty...
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has called on the Government to delay the Fiscal Treaty referendum.
The group says there have been huge shifts in Europe, following the the recent elections in Greece and France.
ICTU General Secretary David Begg is urging the Coalition to stand four square behind the New french President elect Francois Hollande and to ensure a new growth strategy for Europe,...
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GP Says Ireland Is Paying Too Much For Medicine
A leading GP says the Irish state is paying eight times more than it should be for some medicines, compared to the UK.
Dr. Paul Armstrong who’s a GP in Donegal says the ‘It is no wonder Ireland is broke, given the money the State is paying out for medicine.’
Doctor Armstrong says in one example of cholesterol-lowering drug, per month it costs one pound 72 in the UK, but 16...
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Government Launches The Gathering 2013
Members of the global Irish diaspora are being urged to play a role in Ireland’s economic recovery and future growth. The Gathering 2013 is being officially launched today, and it is expected to attract up to 325,000 extra visitors to the country next year through a series of new festivals and other activities. The major tourism initiative is being targeted at 70 million people around the...
Abbey Theatre to close for nine weeks due to...
THE ABBEY THEATRE in Dublin is to close for nine weeks from mid-July to mid September due to the presence of asbestos in the main auditorium. In a statement issued today, the Theatre said that since the discovery of the asbestos during an inspection of the building in January this year, it had worked closely with the Health & Safety Authority to formulate a plan of action and to ensure that...
Olympic Torchbearers announced
The Olympic Council of Ireland has announced the names of 34 of the 41 torchbearers who will carry the Olympic torch when it comes to Dublin next month. The list includes Ireland’s 2012 Chef de Mission Sonia O’Sullivan, Olympic medallists Ronnie Delany and John Treacy, and boxing legends Michael Carruth, Wayne McCullough and Kenneth Egan. These sporting legends will be joined by many...
Sub-committee likely to oversee issues in public...
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he sees no reason why a sub-committee could not be established to oversee issues in public service broadcasting. His comments were made in the aftermath of the Carragher report into the Prime Time Investigates programme - ‘”A Mission To Prey” - which defamed Fr Kevin Reynolds. The Taoiseach was responding to Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin’s assertion that...
Shannon Airport to separate from DAA and merge...
The Government has announced plans to separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority, and merge it with Shannon Development in a new body which will have a commercial mandate in public ownership. The move is expected to be welcomed by businesses and industrial interests in the mid-west, who believe that independence from the DAA is more conducive to the future viability of Shannon...
Confusion on EU Treaty rains
Irish voters may have to decide whether to support or reject the European Union’s new fiscal treaty without being sure of exactly what it requires of them. Following elections Sunday, François Hollande will be inaugurated as France’s new president on May 15. His key pledge throughout the campaign was to renegotiate the fiscal treaty agreed by his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, in order...
US Internet Security firm creates 100 jobs
A US internet security firm is to create 100 jobs with a new operations centre in Ireland. Total Defense is to set up a base in Ballsbridge, Dublin, where 21 people have been recruited to date. Jobs Minister Richard Bruton made the announcement and said the niche web security sector was one area being targeted by enterprise chiefs.
Defence Forces disarm IED
THE DEFENCE FORCES say that an improvised explosive device (IED) was made safe outside a house in Inchicore in Dublin in the early hours of this morning. An Army Bomb Disposal Team was deployed to a residential estate in the Oblate Drive area of Inchicore just after midnight last night following a request from Garda�. The team examined the device located outside a private residence after arriving...
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Sinn Fein Says Fiscal Compact Treaty Will Cause...
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is calling on the Government, to release figures about how much austerity a YES vote in the Fiscal Compact treaty could bring to Ireland.
Sinn Fein claims that a YES vote, could result in a possible 6 to 8 billion euro worth of cuts to the economy.
The party critisized the Government’s Jobs plan, saying further cuts will not create jobs.
Meanwhile, The...
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Mortorists Warned To Take Care Over Bank Holiday...
Motorists are being warned to care this Bank Holiday Weekend.
Gardaí say increased traffic on the roads during Bank Holiday Weekends, leads to a higher chance of collisions and fatalities.
Last year, during the May Bank Holiday four people were killed on Irish roads with nine others were seriously injured.
Gardaí are calling on people to reduce their speed, always wear seatbelts and never drink...
