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Teaching unions to rejoin pay talks

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:05:47 GMT

Two teachers' unions have agreed to go back into talks on Croke Park II.

Schools 'shun special needs pupils'

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:29:55 GMT

Some schools put up barriers to stop parents from enrolling children with special needs, inspectors have claimed.

Men held after armed raid on store

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:55:56 GMT

Two men have been arrested over an armed hold-up at a suburban supermarket.

Abortion law 'may increase demand'

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:55:56 GMT

The master of one of Ireland's main maternity hospitals has warned new legislation loosening Ireland's strict abortion laws may lead to an increase in demand for abortion.

Defamatory video must be removed

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:36:06 GMT

Global internet giants Google, YouTube and Facebook have been slapped down by a judge and ordered to remove a defamatory viral video from websites around the world.

Jobs boost from services company

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:36:04 GMT

Some 800 jobs are to be created as a services company plans to double its workforce.

Kenny refutes abortion law claim

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:33:09 GMT

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has refuted a claim from the Archbishop of Dublin that new abortion laws give less protection to the unborn than in liberal regimes.

Penalty points complain considered

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:21:22 GMT

One of the whistleblowers behind the penalty points controversy is considering asking the Garda ombudsman to launch an independent investigation into his allegations.

Ocean liner QM2 docks in Dublin

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:08 GMT

One of the world's largest ocean liners has berthed off the coast of Dun Laoghaire.

Man killed in 'hit-and-run crash'

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:01:17 GMT

A man has been killed in a suspected hit-and-run.

Senior employees to take pay cuts

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:01:13 GMT

One fifth of the five million euro savings at Bus Eireann will come from the top executives and management.

Economy 'set to expand by 2.7%'

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:06:10 GMT

The economy could grow by as much as 2.7% next year if forecasts of a global revival materialise, a leading think-tank has claimed.

Women 'traumatised by abortions'

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:39:20 GMT

Hundreds of Irish women are left traumatised, depressed and suicidal after they have an abortion, it has been claimed.

Parties seeking Boylan answers

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:30:16 GMT

Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein have joined forces in attempts to grill the Justice Minister over allegations of Garda collusion with a convicted drug trafficker.

Probe gardai 'cleared 600 licences'

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:34:50 GMT

Three senior Garda officers under investigation over the quashing of penalty points had cleared more than 600 driving licences in the last few years, an internal inquiry has found.

Mobile phone measures for G8 summit

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:29:12 GMT

Mobile phone providers in the Irish Republic could be asked to cut signals during the G8 summit being held in Northern Ireland amid fears terrorists may use them to detonate bombs.

Probe after man found dead in flat

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:13:58 GMT

The body of a man has been discovered in a flat.

City to host international flypast

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:04:42 GMT

A Second World War Spitfire and a B-17 Flying Fortress will take to the skies above Dublin city as part of an international flypast.

Landing crash plane 'was too fast'

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:52:43 GMT

Pilot inexperience and excessive speed have been blamed for a passenger plane veering out of control for more than a kilometre during landing at one of Ireland's busiest airports.

City to improve cruise ship access

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:43:53 GMT

Cruise ships visiting Dublin are to be brought further up the Liffey than ever before in a new plan to develop deep water berths.