Understudies take centre stage for the next act of the World Cup
The void left behind by Ireland’s injured players on Sunday could not be measured in flesh and bones but in...
View ArticleVictory gives Joe Ward dream Olympic place
Joe Ward will fight in the World Championship light-heavyweight final on Thursday night after his semi-final victory in Doha last...
View ArticleDrumm may not be granted bail, judge says
David Drumm, the former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank, appeared before a Boston court yesterday in the first stage...
View ArticleIrish workers take more home after USC cut
The marginal rate of tax for employees earning €70,000 and under has dropped below 50 per cent for the first...
View ArticleElectric Ireland expands into the North
Electric Ireland is expanding into the residential market in the North. The energy company said it will invest £5 million...
View ArticleBoost for entrepreneurs in budget tax cut
The government has sought to encourage entrepreneurs and attract multinational companies to Ireland with a series of tax cuts and...
View ArticleIt’s bye bye austerity, hello spending growth
Each of us will have reacted to the budget by first considering its implications for ourselves and for our families....
View ArticleSomething for Everyone?
From a purely economic perspective, the budget does not make sense. Ireland is still running a budget deficit and the...
View ArticleWelfare rises for pensioners and families
Most social protection payments, including pensions and child benefit, were increased in the budget, but critics insisted the measures did...
View ArticleOnly better off will benefit, claims opposition
Fianna Fail claimed the government was “delusional”, “had failed to get the balance right” and produced a budget that “benefitted...
View ArticleWe can’t cope with more free visits, claim doctors
Doubts have been cast over the government’s ability to deliver on one of its key budgetary initiatives — the extension...
View ArticleChildcare bill cut by €1,500 for Irish families
Families will benefit from an average of €1,500 a year in savings on childcare fees under proposals unveiled yesterday. All...
View ArticleGiveaway budget ‘ends the era of austerity’
The government has announced the most generous budget of the past five years as it seeks to convince the electorate...
View ArticleNew site for fire survivors blocked by locals
A group of local residents blockaded the construction of a new halting site to accommodate the survivors of Saturday’s fire in...
View ArticleGarda killer ‘was rejected in jail by the IRA’
Adrian Crevan Mackin, the killer of Garda Tony Golden, was first admitted into the republican wing of Portlaoise prison before...
View ArticleKerry braced to lose James O’Donoghue for six months
James O’Donoghue, the 2014 Footballer of the Year, has admitted he could miss back-to-back Allianz football league campaigns because of...
View ArticleNew script is written for the unlikely lads
Ballerinas and metal detectors are now more familiar to Donnacha Ryan and Rhys Ruddock after their painful journeys to this...
View ArticleFirst pay-out over drug blamed for soliders’ suicides
The manufacturer of Lariam, a drug that has been blamed for causing suicides and illnesses among Irish soldiers, has agreed...
View ArticleFans tackle TV3 over Rugby World Cup ad breaks
TV3 has defended itself against accusations that its Rugby World Cup coverage is being spoiled by advertising breaks. The independent...
View ArticleSean O’Brien given one-match ban as Paul O’Connell bows out
Sean O’Brien, the Ireland flanker, will miss the World Cup quarter-final against Argentina on Sunday after being given a one-week...
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