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Fianna Fáil table motion of no confidence in the Justice Minister

by 24/05/13 1:13pm

Fianna Fáil is to table a motion of no confidence in the Justice Minister in the Dáil next week.The Finance Minister said that he believes Alan Shatter has addressed the issue of his stopping at a Garda check point and...

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MEP urges Coveney to access EU funds to ease fodder crisis

by 24/05/13 12:37pm

An Independent MEP said the Minister for Agriculture should access special EU funds to help farmers affected by the fodder crisis.Marian Harkin is strongly criticising Simon Coveney's efforts to ease the fodder situation.The North West MEP said that the Minister's...

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Bray garda faces trial for allegedly forging a letter from DPP

A garda based in Bray, Co Wicklow is facing trial for allegedly forging a letter from the Office of the...

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Varadkar: those with access to garda records must respect confidentiality

The Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has said that anyone with access to garda records needs to respect confidentiality and keep...

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PAC chairman suggests civil servants are leaking information

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee has suggested that civil servants may be leaking information to the media. John...

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Hayes: Shatter has ‘done a very good job’ answering questions

The junior Finance Minister said the Justice Minister has answered questions about why he failed a breathalyser test at a...

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Taoiseach criticises commentary on Ireland’s corporate tax rate

The Taoiseach has criticised much of the commentary around Ireland's corporate tax rate.Speaking at the second EU Asia conference in...

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CSO reveals 85% rise in price of potatoes in just over a year

The weather is being blamed for the rising cost of potatoes. According to figures released by the Central Statistics Office,...

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US child beauty pageant ‘not telling parents to tan their kids’

One of America's most controversial child beauty pageants is promising the parents of would-be Irish contestants that they do not...

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RBS and Ulster Bank apps hit by technical glitch

RBS was today scrambling to fix another embarrassing IT glitch that left customers using its popular mobile app unable to...

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Meath granny helps in getting men locked up during break-in

Three men have been arrested and charged after a quick-thinking grandmother locked up thieves as they tried to break into...

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SF lodges complaint against BBC over SF/IRA label

Sinn Féin has lodged a formal complaint with the BBC after the party's Education Minister in Northern Ireland John O'Dowd...

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Bruton hails jobs boost for indigenous firms

More than 100 jobs are to be created over the next three years at three Irish firms in Galway and...

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Hayes: Negotiations have ‘concluded’ on Haddington Road deal

The junior Finance Minister Brian Hayes has said unions that do not accept the Haddington Road agreement will not avail...

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Shatter to face Dáil grilling on incomplete breathalyser test

The Minister for Justice Alan Shatter will face further questions today over his failure to complete a breathalyser test.The Minister...

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Wexford Gardaí release woman in Dublin burglaries probe

Gardaí investigating a series of burglaries in Dublin have released without charge a woman in her thirties, whom they questioned...

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Transatlantic deal to benefit Marine Institute in Galway

The Marine Institute in Galway looks set to become one of the leading oceanic research centres in the world after...

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Elderly man dies after car collides with truck in Tipperary

A man in his early 80s has died in a road crash in Co. Tipperary.The man died when the car...

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Group calls for compulsory malnutrition screening in hospitals

The problem of under-nourished patients in Dublin hospitals is being ignored, according to the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and...

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Donegal man due in London court in connection with Hyde Park bombings

A Donegal man is due to appear at the Old Bailey in London today charged with the murder of four...

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