Tech merger could affect 5,000 Irish jobs
Dell’s proposed deal to buy EMC could have significant implications for Ireland’s tech sector, with the two companies employing more...
View ArticleBoy entered blaze in attempt to save family
A teenager who ran into the Carrickmines halting site blaze on Saturday morning to save his nephew’s life was released from...
View Article‘He served with dignity, pride and distinction’
The victims Garda Tony Golden served with “dignity, pride and with distinction”, Nóirín O’Sullivan, the Garda commissioner said yesterday. “Tony...
View ArticleTrying time for fans in quarter-final build-up
On Sunday, Irish rugby fans were pushed to the emotional limit. This week, their finances are set to come under...
View ArticleHunt for source of garda killer’s handgun
Gardai are investigating how Adrian Crevan Mackin, the dissident republican who shot and killed a garda in Omeath in Louth...
View ArticleUBS moves first fund from Cayman Islands
UBS is set to be the first of a number of financial firms to move hedge funds from offshore havens...
View ArticlePensioners to get boost in Noonan’s €1.5bn budget
Pensioners will get €3 more per week in their payment, the government will announce today, as it targets pensioners with...
View ArticlePIA applications up 25% as economy revives
The number of personal insolvency arrangement (PIA) applications were up by 25 per cent during the third quarter of the...
View ArticlePathologist criticised over ‘unsatisfactory evidence’
The evidence of a former deputy state pathologist which led to the quashing of a murder conviction was criticised by...
View Article‘British trying to avoid legacy commitments’
Sinn Fein has criticised the British government for what it claims are attempts to renege on commitments to deal with...
View ArticleJonathan Sexton could yet make Argentina clash but Sean O’Brien in line for ban
Amid the gloom of serious injuries to some of their most important players, along with the citing for Sean O’Brien...
View ArticleSiblings ‘killed man to cover up robbery’
A brother and sister murdered a man in an attempt to cover up a robbery, the Central Criminal Court in Dublin...
View ArticleGarda whistleblower calls for mayor inquiry
A garda whistleblower has called for an independent review into an alleged drink-driving incident involving the metropolitan mayor of Limerick city...
View ArticleMartin O’Neill still looking for his best team
The FAI plan to acknowledge Martin O’Neill’s two-year anniversary as Ireland manager next month with the most generous gift they...
View ArticleWomen are encouraged to be waifs, says Saoirse Ronan
Women today feel pressured to have “waif-like” bodies, as opposed to those in the 1950s who could have curves, Saoirse...
View ArticleTax progressively
It should be possible to say objectively whether a country has a progressive tax system or not. However, this does...
View ArticleSeeding system stiffens Ireland’s play-off task
The play-offs may be familiar territory for Ireland but not for this current group of players, who are still sore...
View ArticleCaptain courageous is denied the chance to fulfil his destiny
There were thin scars scratched on to his cheek, a gift from an opponent’s hand. An oxygen mask covered his...
View ArticlePoland setback cannot hide sense of progress for Martin O’Neill’s Ireland
It is no longer appropriate to paint Irish football in shades of dismay. Sullenness has settled on them for much...
View ArticleInjury-plagued Kevin Reilly is set to hang up his boots
Kevin Reilly, the longest-serving player on the Meath football panel, is set to join Stephen Bray in retiring from the...
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