Fear of rejection deters SMEs from seeking loans
Irish small and medium enterprises are among the least likely to apply for bank loans because they fear rejection (Philip...
View ArticleShatter cleared in McCabe report
The former justice minister Alan Shatter and the garda commissioner Martin Callinan have both been cleared of any wrongdoing in...
View ArticleTory candidate fires back over dead antelope
A Conservative party candidate in the Northern Ireland elections has defended posing with an antelope he shot dead in Africa. Roger...
View ArticleMan ‘gutted’ his stepson with carving knife
A 46-year-old Dublin man has been charged with murdering his stepson by “gutting” him after he interfered with his bicycle. David...
View ArticleExams at risk until teacher tax exemption
The State Examination Commission warned the government that this summer’s Leaving and Junior Certificate exams were under threat unless teachers...
View ArticleFirst candidate joins Seanad as count begins
Sinn Fein’s Fintan Warfield became the first candidate elected to the 25th Seanad as counting began to fill 43 of...
View ArticleSales rep died at restaurant suicide spot
A Vodafone sales representative fell to his death from a seventh-floor London restaurant after becoming “bored with life”, an inquest heard...
View ArticleTrinity in EU court over ex-lecturer’s rights
Trinity College Dublin will appear before the European Union’s top court this week to defend claims that it discriminated against...
View ArticleThieves put athlete’s hopes for Rio at risk
An athlete’s preparations for the final qualifying races for the Rio 2016 Paralympics have been disrupted by the theft of...
View ArticleRestore pay or face protest, garda union says
The president of the union that represents rank-and-file gardai has warned that a major protest is brewing over pay levels...
View ArticleMartin: talks have 50-50 chance of success
Talks to form a government remain deadlocked over water charges, with Micheál Martin, the Fianna Fail leader, claiming that there...
View ArticleFraudster and partner ‘died in suicide pact’
An inquest into the deaths of a serial fraudster and her innocent partner has heard that the couple deliberately tried...
View ArticleQuinn condemns intimidation at wind farm
A European renewable energy company has welcomed Seán Quinn Snr’s “belated” condemnation of intimidation of workers on a wind farm he...
View ArticleEaster growth will melt away, retail sector fears
Productivity in Ireland’s retail sector was up by 4.9 per cent in the first quarter of this year, according to...
View ArticleWealth Writ in Water
A copy of The Sunday Times Rich List, which revealed the 250 wealthiest Irish people, should be sent to the TDs...
View ArticleLuas drivers urged to accept new pay offer
Luas drivers have been urged to join their colleagues in accepting a 13 per cent pay increase in order to...
View ArticleMore drink-drivers found despite fewer tests
The number of motorists found over the drink-driving limit has risen in the first quarter of the year, despite a...
View ArticleMeteor fined €25,000 over discount error
Meteor Mobile has been fined €25,000 for removing discounts from customers’ phone contracts without telling them. In the first prosecution...
View ArticlePetroNeft strikes deal to end Natlata dispute
PetroNeft has agreed a deal with Natlata Partners, its biggest shareholder, to end the long-running dispute over control of the...
View ArticleErasmus arrival puts Foley’s future in doubt
Munster have confirmed that Johan ‘Rassie’ Erasmus will become the province’s first director of rugby, but that news was only...
View Article$3bn acquisition deal is in the can for Ardagh
An Irish glass and metal packaging group is set to become the world’s third largest drinks can manufacturer having agreed...
View ArticleOMG: the selfishness of tragedy on social media
Some of the recent terror attacks across the world — Europe in particular — have really cemented an idea which...
View ArticleTeams quake in their boots at sight of Dublin
Shortly before the 2014 All Ireland hurling final, a decorated former Kilkenny player recalled a newspaper article he had read...
View ArticleDublin’s dominance ‘a problem for the game’
Trevor Giles, the two-time All Ireland medal-winner with Meath, agrees that Dublin’s dominance of Gaelic football could potentially be damaging...
View ArticleMother reported son over child abuse videos
A man whose mother reported him to gardai when she discovered videos of child sex abuse on his phone will be...
View ArticleGay marriage ‘could decide Stormont election’
Same-sex marriage will be an election issue when Northern Ireland goes to the polls on May 5, campaigners have said...
View ArticleGardai find adapted car stolen from Paralympian
A specially adapted car stolen from the home of a Paralympic athlete has been found by gardai (Aaron Rogan writes). John...
View ArticleWater deal can wash away second ballot
An eleventh hour compromise was being hammered out between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil last night as speculation about a...
View ArticleNoonan faces questions over housing crisis
Michael Noonan has been called to appear before the Oireachtas committee on housing and homelessness “as early as possible” next...
View ArticleClerys redundancies ‘should have been illegal’
Workers whose employer suddenly goes out of business need greater protection to avoid the chaos that followed Clerys going into...
View ArticleNo military medal for leading Rising figures
Three leading figures of the 1916 Easter Rising were not awarded a military medal for their role in the rebellion,...
View ArticleMahon ‘threatened to stab stepson’s partner’
A Dublin man charged with murdering his stepson was sent a text by him asking “who you saying you going to...
View ArticleMcManus won $17m at centre of tax row in board game
JP McManus is suing America’s Inland Revenue Service over money he won from a US billionaire playing backgammon. The Irish...
View ArticleSinn Fein candidates top Seanad poll
Sinn Fein has topped the poll for a second time in a Seanad count, bringing in two senators on the...
View ArticleRevenues rise for Icon as it rides currency storms
Icon, the clinical research company which employs more than 1,000 people in Ireland, has reported a 3.2 per cent rise...
View ArticleHouse prices grow at slowest rate of the year
The rate of growth in Irish property prices continued to slow last month. Prices were up by 0.3 per cent,...
View ArticleWarning of global risks to Irish economy
Geopolitical uncertainty and turbulence in global markets could undermine Irish growth, according to new analysis by Friends First. The economy...
View ArticleFilmmakers get their break as tax-free cap is raised
Irish filmmakers will receive a boost next month when the tax credit scheme for the industry jumps to €70 million,...
View ArticleGangland hit ‘under nose of armed gardai’
A senior garda has expressed concern that a nearby armed check point did not deter the gangland hit on Michael Barr,...
View ArticleSixty days and nights in purgatory
We are closer today to a second general election than at any time since polling day on February 26. Sixty...
View ArticleAnglo chief admits ILP deal was unusual
A former Anglo Irish Bank executive told gardai that he had only a peripheral awareness of a billion euro deal with...
View ArticleLuas drivers to strike after rejecting pay deal
Tomorrow’s Luas strike will go ahead after talks to resolve a long-running pay dispute failed when drivers demanded a 26.5...
View ArticleIreland can escape tough group, says Houghton
Ray Houghton expressed belief yesterday that the Republic of Ireland’s European Championship campaign can end in respectability and, quite possibly,...
View ArticleUnsafe levels of radon found in Clare homes
Fourteen homes have been found to have dangerous levels of radon so far this year after a public awareness campaign...
View ArticleGiles’ Dublin barb receives short shrift from McMahon
The day after Trevor Giles suggested that Dublin’s dominance of Gaelic football was bad for the sport, Philly McMahon hit...
View ArticleStander: We must work hard to secure our futures
CJ Stander knows that he and his team-mates are fighting for their futures right now, but Munster’s players are not...
View Article‘I asked myself: could I have done more?’
The middle-aged man, sitting in front of us, looks away. For half an hour now, he has been talking about...
View ArticleMisleading Headlines
Ireland was the fastest growing economy in the EU and one of the fastest growing in the world in 2015....
View ArticleI fell back in love with union at Leinster, says departing Te’o
Eddie Jones, the England coach, can only hope that Ben Te’o is as merciless in a white shirt as he...
View ArticleBest is sick of being Irish rugby’s bridesmaid
Rory Best, the Ireland captain, admits he is becoming frustrated by a career full of near misses and regretful hindsight....
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