Provides the latest RSS feeds for Dublin News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Dublin News.net http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/cat/7344653b7bc16d1e/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 11:59:36 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:59:36 -0400 30 Four priceless pieces of art have returned to Dublin's Hugh Lane Gallery after six years on display in the National Gallery London. The paintings, Les Parapluies ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214716980/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 10:59:48 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214716980/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Reuters © Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland in this October 6, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Michael ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214715485/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:56 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214715485/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The Giraffe childcare centre in Belarmine near Stepaside in south Dublin confirmed a complaint was made against it after an RTE researcher went undercover as an edu-carer and secretly filmed the centre. The broadcaster also informed gardai of the alleged mistreatment of children at the centre, and a complaint was filed with the HSE in late ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214715486/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:34 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214715486/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Phil Hogan has expressed concern over the loss of Blue Flag status for some Irish beaches over what he called a "statistical glitch" and has asked his department to raise the matter with the European ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214714086/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 08:34:31 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214714086/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e For the second week running, we have a very silly film directed by ace US director Baker Smith. In last week's Ad Break, he presided over a sordid scene in a winery so it's a relief to see that his latest film is altogether more wholesome: the Aflac duck's recovery after an injury is improved by the peace of mind provided by the insurance company that gave it its name... and a ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214713803/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:54 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214713803/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Aidan O'Brien has declared a team of four as he goes for a ninth triumph in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday. A field of 10 is set to line up for the colts' Classic, with the Ballydoyle trainer responsible for ante-post favourite Magician, Flying The Flag, George Vancouver and Gale Force Ten. Johnny Murtagh was aboard three of the eight O'Brien ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214712770/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 07:40:03 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214712770/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Arlene Foster attended South America's largest healthcare exhibition.The company currently employs around 110 people and exports to 55 countries including the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214712223/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 07:28:32 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214712223/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e It notes that a report into St Patrick's Institution for Young Offenders "described ill-treatment, intimidation and harsh punishment of the young men and boys detained ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214712773/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 07:24:03 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214712773/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e David Miliband has said a British departure from the EU would be bad for Ireland.The former British foreign secretary said the Anglo-Irish alliance within the EU is strong and both countries are frequently on the same side when it comes to policy issues.Speaking in Dublin this morning Mr Miliband said Britain is better in the EU than out."The Anglo-Irish alliance is pretty special; we came ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214712443/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:03 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214712443/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Bank of Ireland has confirmed that it will become main sponsor of Munster Rugby from July 2013. The sponsorship includes exclusive branding of all playing and training kit for the Munster senior and "A" teams.The agreement, which is set to run for five seasons, continues a long relationship with the bank dating back 15 years to 1998, firstly as main sponsor and more recently as official ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214712445/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:02 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214712445/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Click here for live coverage of Ireland v Pakistan. Cricket Ireland have teamed up with Google via YouTube Live to broadcast both matches in the RSA Insurance ODI Series against Pakistan this week. In a first for Irish cricket, both games will be live streamed across the globe via the Cricket Ireland TV channel on YouTube (www.youtube.com/cricketirelandtv). This mean cricket fans from right ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214711756/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 06:29:10 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214711756/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The European Stability Mechanism could be used to provide further capital to banks in Ireland according to IMF director Ajai Chopra. He said the ESM was a workable, feasible and created the right incentives. He said "our view is that is should be ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214711247/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 06:29:08 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214711247/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Ireland made two changes to the team that played the United Arab Emirates in their last one-day game in March with Tim Murtagh and Andrew White replacing Max Sorensen and the banned John ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214711467/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 06:09:05 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214711467/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The human rights agency warned of problems around prison conditions for young offenders, violence against women and girls and a lack of clarity over Ireland's abortion ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214710623/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 05:05:33 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214710623/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Liam Manley's body was discovered when a maintenance man at the North Gate Apartments on Bachelor's Quay attempted to clear a blocked refuse chute. Image: Google ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214709482/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 03:55:22 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214709482/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e They eventually used flares to highlight their distress and they were spotted by the French trawler, Bikain who tried to get a tow rope aboard the stricken ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214709483/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 03:55:21 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214709483/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Amnesty International has warned that until Ireland's laws allow for abortion in certain circumstances, this country will be out of line with international human rights standards.The human rights organisation has launched its annual report today into the state of human rights in 159 countries around the world, including Ireland.The report highlights the plight of the growing numbers of ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214709213/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 03:42:35 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214709213/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Retail Ireland - part of employers group IBEC - says retailers are now focusing more on their online operations. In its online retailing survey, Retail Ireland says the Irish online market spend is €4.1 billion and this is predicted to grow to €21 billion by 2017. But it also says there are barriers to this expansion like delivery costs, set-up costs, poor broadband speeds and a lack ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214708178/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:38 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214708178/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to Athens today to meet Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. The two men are expected to discuss the economic situation in the eurozone, as well as negotiations on the EU's seven-year budget. Greece will take over the rotating EU presidency at the beginning of next year. Mr Kenny will also meet representatives of the Greek business community during his ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214708428/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:36 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214708428/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Retail Ireland have said the Government have a major part to play in stabilising the retail market.The group are holding their first annual conference today in a bid to put a strategy in place to boost the sector.Director of Retail Ireland, Stephen Lynam, said the Government needs to offer reassurances to people in relation to the economy in order to encourage spending.He said when people know ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214708260/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 02:32:15 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214708260/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e British military have been ordered to step up security dramatically following yesterday's brutal attack in southeast London in which a soldier was killed and partially decapitated by two machete-wielding ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214707499/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 01:37:27 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214707499/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Last Sunday, my wife decided to pack me, Liam and Walter into the car and head to the beach. Summer was making one of its occasional, fleeting passes through Ireland, and she thought we should take advantage of the sunshine while we ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214707498/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 01:37:26 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214707498/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e A Donegal man has been charged with murdering four British soldiers over 30 years ago in one of the most notorious IRA atrocities of the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214707632/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 01:37:25 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214707632/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST people could have over EUR700 billion hidden from international tax authorities - keeping it shielded in Irish financial institutions. That's according to Oxfam Ireland, which has warned that the new focus on corporate tax avoidance should not distract from the methods used by wealthy individuals to avoid income tax payments. The charity says wealthy individuals ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214707250/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Thu, 23 May 2013 01:32:01 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214707250/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e At its recent public meeting, Donegal Township's board of supervisors voted down a resolution requested for adoption by Westmoreland County's board of commissioners in support of the commissioners' pursuit of increased transportation ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214705199/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 23:06:51 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214705199/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e British prosecutors have charged a 61-year-old Irishman with the 1982 I. R. A. attack on the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214706119/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 23:01:01 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214706119/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Taoiseach Enda Kenny received a delegation of senior tobacco industry figures in Government Buildings a fortnight ago, the first time any Taoiseach has conducted formal talks with the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214704462/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:28 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214704462/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e There was renewed criticism yesterday of the commissioner passing on the information, of Mr Shatter's decision to disclose the private information on national television and of the treatment of two Garda whistle-blowers who alleged irregularities in how penalty points were ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214704464/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:17 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214704464/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The European Commission's Innovation Union 2010 sets a clear target of an extra million researchers in Europe by 2020 if the EU is to meet research investment ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214704605/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:17 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214704605/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e "I am still baffled at the inertia shown with regard to removing the education of so many of our children from the control of the Catholic church." Photograph: Scott Smith/Getty ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214704465/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:16 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214704465/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Have you ever tried digging a hole with a stick? Or chopping down a tree with a stone axe? How about living on porridge for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a month? Reading about the way people lived in Stone Age and Mesolithic (10000-5000 BC) times gives only a very limited understanding of how things were in the distant past. Actually recreating everyday life introduces a sense of empathy and ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214704466/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:16 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214704466/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Dead horses covered up and wrecked cars at the scene of carnage in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, after an IRA bomb exploded as the Household Cavalry was passing. John Anthony Downey, 61, has been charged with the murders of four soldiers in the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703324/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:32 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703324/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e It was an uncomfortable day for the Irish presidency of the European Council. Ireland's corporate tax rate has long been a source of friction in its otherwise harmonious relationship with Europe. When Ireland first assumed the rotating presidency in January, the tax question had threatened to spill on to the European political agenda. Michael Noonan's first finance ministers' ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703325/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:29 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703325/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e "On a whole range of issues where Britain and Ireland have common interests and common cause, we get left behind. This is the more serious ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703327/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:26 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703327/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Simon Harris said the council was showing less concern for the people of Wicklow than it would for people in Dublin if they were affected. He called on Minister for the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703326/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:26 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703326/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Mr Gilmore said he had made a statement to the Dil and responded to questions. "He has apologised and has said he was sorry. And frankly I think you should accept that," he said to Mr ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703328/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:24 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703328/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e There was sharp criticism of the manner in which the State marked the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966 during a debate on centenary ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703329/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:23 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703329/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Details of births, deaths and marriages will be accessible online for the first time as a result of legislative changes introduced by Minister for Social Protection Joan ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703330/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:22 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703330/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The Dil chamber. "A reformed Dil both can and should perform all of the roles of the Seanad more effectively and more cheaply." Photograph: Alan ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703331/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:21 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703331/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e There is "no point" in the Government spending money on treating chronic illnesses without tackling the obesity epidemic underlying these health problems, a scientific conference has been ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703332/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:20 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703332/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The troika has said the Government remains obliged to cut the public pay bill by EUR300 million this year, an intervention which follows indications that the revised Croke Park II deal will fall short of target by up to EUR20 ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703333/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:19 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703333/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Work to replace the paving on Grafton Street is to begin within weeks at a cost of EUR4 million. The red brick surface is to be replaced with more durable granite ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703334/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:19 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703334/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Elective Caesarean sections are far more common among pregnant women who attend private consultants than among mothers delivering in the public health ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703335/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:16 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703335/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Prof Siobhan Mullally, who spoke on behalf of the people appointed to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Photograph: Alan ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703336/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:15 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703336/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The Dil has granted the Minister for Justice powers to order mobile phone companies to shut down parts, and where necessary, all of their networks across the State in the event of a security ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703338/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:14 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703338/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Tnaiste Eamon Gilmore was standing in yesterday for the Taoiseach, who was in Brussels explaining that an Apple a day helps the multinationals stay. Photograph: Dara Mac ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703337/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 20:58:14 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214703337/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The Football Association of Ireland says Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy have agreed to let forward Robbie Keane play in exhibition games against England and Georgia that are not on FIFA fixture ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214700839/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:07 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214700839/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The 35-year-old Ahern was found guilty of conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice in relation to bets placed on five horses between September 2010 and February ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214701540/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 18:52:30 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214701540/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's hopes of convincing workers to agree to a revised public sector pay deal received a boost on Wednesday when a teachers' union who threatened strike action urged members to accept the proposals. Ireland's government agreed draft proposals with trade unions on Tuesday as it seeks to make fresh budget cuts and avert the threat of strikes in a country that ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214700840/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 18:42:56 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214700840/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Robbie Keane is available to play for the Republic of Ireland in next week's international friendly at Wembley, as his LA Galaxy bosses belatedly granted him permission to link up with Giovanni Trapattoni's ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214700841/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 18:42:09 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214700841/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e While any residual threat to Shatter's position receded following the hour-long debate on the issue on Tuesday night, a number of questions still remain about how a relatively trivial encounter between garda and a Dil TD percolated its way to the very top of the force and formed part of a briefing to the Minister for ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214700842/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:37 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214700842/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e TEMPE, Ariz. - US Airways customers now have convenient access to a second destination in Ireland as the airline begins daily, non-stop, summer service from its international gateway at Philadelphia today following a four-year hiatus. The airline will operate flights to the "Gateway to the West of Ireland" on 176-seat dual-class Boeing 757-200 aircraft until Sept. 6, 2013. The seasonal ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214700379/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 18:29:44 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214700379/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The leadership of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) this evening said it will be recommending their members accept the revised Croke Park II proposals agreed upon with the Labour Relations ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214699409/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:26 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214699409/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Veterinary nurse Lorna Carr with a microchipping "gun" and a microchip at the DSPCA sanctuary in Rathfarnham, DubliPhotograph: Frank Miller/The Irish ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214699408/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:25 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214699408/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Patricia Oliver . The classification of the bathing water is now based on water samples from a four year period instead of results from a single bathing season. "As a result, there was a predicted decrease in Blue Flags awarded in 2013," said Ms Oliver. The awards were presented by Minister for the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214699410/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:25 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214699410/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Verdicts of accidental death have been returned by a jury at the inquest into the deaths of five fishermen who died when their trawler, the Tit Bonhomme collided with an island at the entrance to Glandore Harbour in West Cork 15 months ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214698074/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:05 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214698074/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e William Carney , aged 62, is charged with 34 counts of indecent assault of eight boys and two girls, at locations in Dublin and north east Leinster from 1969 until 1989. Yesterday at Cloverhill District Court, Judge Grinne Malone lifted an earlier gag order prohibiting the media from naming the 62-year-old who currently has no fixed address. Her ruling came following submissions from lawyers ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214698076/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:04 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214698076/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e In seeking the delay Dundon claims that he cannot get a fair trial because his lawyers have not been given sufficient time to go through the large volume of material, including CCTV footage and documentation, about the case furnished to them by the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214698075/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:04 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214698075/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said on Wednesday he planned to issue a long-term economic plan aimed at keeping the country on track after the strictures imposed by a bailout are removed next year. Rescued by Europe and the IMF in ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214697552/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 16:14:43 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214697552/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed May 22, 2013 3:52pm EDT * Irish government calls Senate report "wrong and misleading" * Ireland forced to defend tax system for second day * Minister calls for clampdown on multinational tax planning By Carmel Crimmins and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said the country would not be the "whipping boy" for what he called a flawed U.S. ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214698078/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:47 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214698078/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e A Brazilian man and an Irish man have been found guilty of the murder of a 28-year-old Brazilian man who had been living in Gort Co. Galway and whose body was found floating in a bog in north Kerry in March ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214696618/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:48 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214696618/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny defended his country's tax code as European leaders gathered in Brussels to discuss corporations that dodge taxes. "I'd like to repeat that Ireland's corporate tax rate is statute based, is very clear and very transparent, and we do not do special deals with any individual companies in regard to that tax rate," Kenny told reporters ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214696619/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 14:49:15 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214696619/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Unilever has said it is to seek around 40 redundancies from its Irish operations in Citywest, Dublin. In a statement, the company said it was seeking the cuts in an attempt to create a "more competitive organisation... in response to an unrelentingly challenging retail environment". Unilever currently employs 190 people in Ireland. It operates a number of brands including; Lyons Tea, ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214694292/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 14:12:12 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214694292/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Donegal have been given 1,000 extra tickets for Sunday’s Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final with Tyrone in Ballybofey after the Red Hand failed to sell their full allocation. Tyrone had argued that their 5,750 tickets allocation would not be enough to satisfy demand but after returning 1,000 tickets, 40 Donegal clubs will now benefit. Tyrone PRO Eunan Lindsay originally ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214693446/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 12:58:56 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214693446/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Enda Kenny has brushed off attacks on Ireland's tax regime for helping multinationals avoid billions in tax - insisting he was backing plans for global tax transparency and an end to tax ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214693160/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 12:51:44 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214693160/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Taoiseach Enda Kenny has brushed off attacks on Ireland's tax regime for helping multinationals avoid billions in tax - insisting he was backing plans for global tax transparency and an end to tax ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214692852/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 12:46:24 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214692852/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Joe O'Malley and his sheep dog Floss check on his sheep grazing on the common land on Clare Island, County Mayo, Ireland September 23, 2009. (Cathal McNaughton/Reuters) While being grilled in a Senate committee hearing ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214693450/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:30 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214693450/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Ireland faced further questions over its corporate tax rate on Wednesday after US senators branded the country as a ‘tax haven’. Those remarks came during ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214693451/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:09 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214693451/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Tasoieach Enda Kenny has brushed off attacks on Ireland's tax regime for helping multinationals avoid billions in tax - insisting he was backing plans for global tax transparency and an end to tax havens.Ireland's low corporate tax rates have been identified in inquiries into how companies such as Google and Apple arrange their tax affairs to reduce liabilities to a minimum.But, heading ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214693076/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:04 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214693076/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The group that has been appointed as a provisional liquidator to a Co Tipperary hotel with 75 weddings on the books, including one tomorrow, has said it is "business as usual" at the hotel.PREM Group has been appointed to manage the Ballykisteen Hotel and Golf Resort, Limerick Junction, Co Tipperary, which has been placed into provisional liquidation. Jim Murphy, Managing Director, PREM ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214692809/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:01 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214692809/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Winners in this year's Texaco Children's Art Competition pictured with their artwork at the awards ceremony was held in CityWest today. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/The Irish ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691802/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 11:30:00 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691802/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The work will take 18 months to complete. The street will stay open to pedestrians during this period but access for delivery vans will be ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691803/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 11:30:00 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691803/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e This week an inquest into the deaths of the five men heard evidence from marine surveyor, Eoghan O'Toole from the Dept of Transport that the Tit Bonhomme was on its correct setting for Union Hall up until it was about half a nautical mile from Glandore ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691804/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:58 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691804/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Ireland continues to have the second worst long-term unemployment figures in the European Union. New figures from EuroStat show that the rate of long-term unemployment in Ireland in 2012 was 61.7%. That is compared to the EU average of 44.6%, and only Slovakia with a figure of 67.3% is worse.Alicia O' Rourke of the EU said youth unemployment in Ireland continues to be an ongoing problem.She ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691418/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 11:16:35 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691418/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he will be making clear at a European Council meeting today that Ireland is not a tax haven.Mr Kenny is attending a summit of EU leaders in Brussels where tax evasion and fraud are being discussed.The meeting comes after the Apple Chief Executive, Tim Cook, told the US Senate his company had negotiated a 2% tax rate with the Irish Government.However the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691131/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 11:16:34 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691131/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e A Fianna Fil MEP is welcoming efforts to support the establishment of an Irish-language version of the official European Parliament website.Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher has said the President of the European Parliament's position will reverse what he said was "a matter of discrimination" against the Irish language.The Parliament's website is currently produced in 22 out ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691806/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 11:16:34 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214691806/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e This illustration from 1846 shows a starving boy and girl raking the ground for potatoes during the Irish potato famine, which began in the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214690134/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 10:30:53 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214690134/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The unidentified couple's wedding reception will be able to proceed at Ballykisteen Hotel and Golf Resort, following the appointment of a provisional liquidator to the hotel. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214690135/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 10:16:51 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214690135/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Alan Shatter about Independent TD Mick Wallace, Mr Gilmore also insisted he had confidence in the Minister, in the Garda Commissioner and the Garda ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214690136/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 10:16:51 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214690136/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Leading health experts say obesity is costing the Irish economy more than EUR1bn every year. That is according to data being examined at a conference at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in Dublin today. More than 60% of Irish people are now overweight or obese, an issue delegates say is causing a number of diseases including diabetes, heart disease and multiple types of cancer. Dr Anne ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214689521/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 10:03:29 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214689521/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e British Defense Secretary Phillip Hammond said he's seen key improvements in the ability of Malian forces to take on Islamic militants. Hammond arrived in Mali to visit British forces deployed to help Malian forces ensure territorial integrity from threats by foreign rebels and al-Qaida fighters. Nomadic fighters and al-Qaida militants took control over parts of Mali after a 2012 coup. The ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214690026/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 09:55:31 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214690026/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Central Statistics Office . The capital has the highest disposable income per person, the greatest rates of 3rd level educational success, the lowest rates of Medical Card ownership, the highest average house prices and the most extensive reach of domestic broadband internet services. Dublin also has among the lowest rates of unoccupied housing, the highest proportion of people in the upper ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214688641/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 08:59:36 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214688641/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Two men arrested in relation to the murder of a former Garda have been released without charge. The men, both in their 30s, were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of former ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214688642/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 08:59:18 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214688642/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Meanwhile two men in their 30s remain in custody at Carrickmacross Garda station after being arrested yesterday where they face questions about Mr Kerins' murder. A number of searches are now taking place in the Baileborough area in connection with the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214688643/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 08:59:13 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214688643/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Reuters © Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland in this October 6, 2011 file photo. Ireland said on May 21, 2013 it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments after the U.S. Senate said the company paid little or nothing on tens of billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiaries. ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214687237/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 08:07:15 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214687237/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Filipino operator Globe Telecom, backed by the Ayala Group, has selected Irish firm Nasc Technologies (Nasctech) to optimise and enhance the efficiency of its recently ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686950/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 08:06:08 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686950/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Output prices in the Irish manufacturing sector rose at the strongest pace in five month during April, data released by the Central Statistics Office showed Wednesday. Factory-gate prices rose 1.9 percent year-on-year, following 1.1 percent rise in the previous month. The latest increase was the biggest since November, when output prices grew 2.7 percent. Month-on-month, output prices in the ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686760/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:58 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686760/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e William Binchy: the Government "falsely claims that it is bound to take this step because of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, whereas, in fact, the judgment merely requires clarity in our law.'' Photograph: Brenda ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214687243/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 07:48:19 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214687243/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The sale of Irish Life by the government helped push the value of mergers and acquisitions in Ireland over the past quarter to its highest level since 2010. The sale of Irish Life for €1.3 billion to Canadian firm Greatwest Lifeco accounted for almost a quarter of the €5.57 billion in deals completed here between January and ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686007/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 06:54:58 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686007/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll has rejected speculation that he may extend his international career to the next Rugby World Cup. The 34-year old announced last week that he had signed a new one-year contract with Leinster and the IRFU, seeing O'Driscoll link up with soon-to-be Ireland boss Joe Schmidt at Test level.However in a move to quell speculation about one more further season ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686184/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 06:54:16 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686184/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Apple was criticized in a Senate hearing Tuesday for using a complex accounting to minimize the corporate taxes it pays. One key piece of the company's tax strategy: It funnels lots of its profits through subsidiaries in Ireland. Offering low corporate tax rates has been a fundamental part of Ireland's economic strategy for decades -- a way to get foreign companies to set up operations ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686185/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 06:52:50 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686185/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The figure includes an estimated 39 million contribution per annum through the provision of facilities - such as around 750 Orange Halls in the region - and the undertaking of community and volunteer work and fundraising, according to the Stormont funded study.The report by consultants RSM McClure Watters said the sector boosts the economy by another 15 million a year through direct expenditure, ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686014/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 06:44:07 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686014/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Staff leaving the Apple factory at Hollyhill, Cork in January 1999 after 500 job losses were announced at the plant. Photograph: Mark Kelleher/News ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686015/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 06:40:05 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686015/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e (8 mins ago) Prosecutors have charged an Irish man with four murders stemming from a bomb attack in Hyde Park on July 20, 1982. The attack killed four members of the Royal Household Cavalry as they travelled from their barracks to Buckingham Palace during a time of political violence related to the conflict in Northern Ireland, AP reports. Prosecutors said Wednesday that Anthony Downey, 61, ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686016/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 06:34:30 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214686016/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e DUBLIN (Reuters) - The international community needs to work together to stop large multinationals aggressively playing one country's tax code off against another, Ireland's Minister for Enterprise said on Wednesday."They play the tax codes one against the other, that is tax planning and I think we do need international cooperation through the OECD to deal with the aggressive ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214684646/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 05:51:09 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214684646/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e The Irish are famed for their hospitality and the D Bar&Grill confirms that they now export it, too. The lively atmosphere in McGettigan's Irish pub downstairs was shut out as we climbed the softly carpeted, wrought-iron and oak spiral staircase, complete with a beautifully twinkling chandelier, into the world of Irish fine dining. What a treat awaited us. No attention to detail has ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214685054/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 05:50:53 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214685054/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Karl Lacey speaks to Damien O'Meara ahead of the Ulster quarer-final Tyrone’s Ronan O’Neill has been ruled out of Sunday’s Ulster SFC quarter-final against Donegal due to a hamstring strain. The 20-year-old attacker, who missed most of last season with a cruciate injury, damaged the hamstring in training. Meanwhile, midfielder Aidan Cassidy, who has been sidelined ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214685055/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 05:47:44 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214685055/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e A forklift, six vehicles and other equipment were seized. Some seven tonnes of toxic waste - the by-product of the laundering process - were also ... http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214685057/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e Wed, 22 May 2013 05:31:49 -0400 http://www.dublinnews.net/index.php/sid/214685057/scat/7344653b7bc16d1e