Thursday 11th March, 2010
Aer Lingus To Cut 670 Jobs In Cost-cutting Plan
The China PostDUBLIN -- Irish airline Aer Lingus announced Tuesday it will cut 670 jobs as part of its long-postponed plan to slash more than 90 million euros (US$125 million) from annual operating costs and keep t...
Bush Intervened In Northern Ireland Dispute
International Herald TribuneNorthern Ireland in his first known direct involvement in a public policy debate since leaving the White House. Mr. Bush called David Cameron, the leader of the Conservatives in Britain, to urge him ...
Northern Ireland Ratifies Police Deal
CNN"Today the politics of progress have finally replaced the politics of division in Northern Ireland," British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in a statement. "The completion of devoluti...
Skillsoft Announces Receipt Of Irish High Court Directions And Update On Go-shop Process
RedOrbitDUBLIN and NASHUA, N.H., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) provider of on-demand e-learning and performance support solutions for ...
Tds Scan Heavy Schedule Of Harney Globetrotters
Irish Times THE Harney Globetrotters (motto: Martyrs to the Air Miles) are on tour again.This time, Mary Harney and her team will be travelling around New Zealand in a van. For 15 days. In honour of St Patr...
Coalition Unable To Say When Change Will Be Implemented - Chief Whip
Irish Times THE GOVERNMENT has given no commitment as to when it will adopt parliamentary reforms recommended by whips of all parties.Government Chief Whip Pat Carey yesterday outlined to the Oireachtas Com...
Call For Greater Gender Balance Among Envoys
Irish Times THE LACK of women approved by the Cabinet for ambassadorial posts was challenged by the National Women’s Council at the Oireachtas Committee on Justice yesterday.Of the 30 diplomatic candi...
Carey Says Case Of Army Officer Dismissed 40 Years Ago To Be Reviewed
Irish Times A NEW review was being undertaken to determine whether the decision to compulsorily retire Lieut Dónal de Róiste from the Army was a reasonable one, Defence Minister of State Pat Carey...
Call For 'realistic Approach' To Public Service Reform
Irish TimesMICHAEL O'REGANFINE GAEL finance spokesman Richard Bruton called for “a more realistic approach” to public service reform within the Department of Finance.He said that he had read the high...
Lenihan Agrees To Labour Cost-benefit Plan
Irish TimesMICHAEL O'REGAN and HARRY McGEETHE GOVERNMENT yesterday attempted to reverse a mistake made by Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan in letting through a Labour party amendment to the Finance Bill the pr...
Cowen Rules Out Further Action On 'lost At Sea' Report
Irish TimesMARIE O'HALLORANTAOISEACH Brian Cowen has ruled out any further action on the Ombudsman’s report on the controversial “Lost at Sea” scheme and insisted that “it is a matter for...
Cowen Rejects Cover-up Claim In X-ray Debate
Irish TimesMARIE O'HALLORANTHERE IS no question of a cover-up in dealing with the handling of the controversy about the 58,000 X-rays at Tallaght hospital that were never reviewed by a consultant radiologist, Ta...
Taoiseach Steps In To Defend Minister Amid X-ray Fallout
Irish TimesTaoiseach Brian Cowen insisted that the Minister for Health Mary Harney has his full confidence yesterday as he fielded a barrage of questions from Opposition ministers in the Dáil
Rsa Urged To Have Downview Mirrors On All Trucks
Irish TimesBARRY ROCHE Southern CorrespondentTHE ROAD Safety Authority has been urged by a jury to consider again the issue of retro-fitting special downview mirrors to trucks after an inquest into the death of ...
Dry Conditions Spreading Upland Scrub Fires
Irish TimesANNE LUCEY and TIM O'BRIENSCRUB FIRES which have been spreading rapidly in some uplands in Cos Wicklow and Kerry over recent days have been assisted by unusually dry daytime conditions, according to M...
Planning Board Told Of Nra's 'extraordinary Position'
Irish TimesMICHELLE McDONAGHA PROMINENT Irish developer has expressed concern over the influence which the National Roads Authority (NRA) has had on the State’s planning appeals board in a number of strate...
Cocaine Was 'freely Available' At Party
Irish TimesDARA DeFAOITEPEOPLE STARTED having “fits” and “dropping” to the ground at a party where cocaine was “freely available” and where two young men collapsed and later d...
Army Defuses Two Explosive Devices Outside Head Shops
Irish TimesArmy bomb disposal unit on Mardyke Street, in Athlone, use a robot to disarm and remove a device that was left outside a head shop.Photograph: Eric Molloy
Uup And Tories In 'mongrel Relationship', Says Taylor
Irish TimesRICHARD McMEEKINTHE ULSTER Unionists and the British Conservatives are involved in a “mongrel relationship” which will cause damaging confusion in the imminent Westminster election, former...
Law Society To Discuss Loan Guarantee
Irish TimesCAROL COULTER Legal Affairs EditorA SPECIAL general meeting of the Law Society will take place this evening to discuss a guarantee given by the society to the Solicitors’ Mutual Defence Fund for...
Legal Action Over Dismissal Settled
Irish TimesLaw Society to discuss loan guarantee A LEGAL action over the dismissal of former Irish athletics chief Mary Coghlan has been settled on undisclosed terms at the High Court.Mary Coghlan had sued the A...
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