Teenager dies after horse fall
A 16-year-old teenager has sadly passed away following a fall from the horse he was riding. For reasons unknown, the horse bucked near the Glashaboy river bank in Glanmire, Co. Cork, throwing the teenager into …
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Sitting on a pot’o’gold: Fine Gael and Labour ministers €30m pension fund
Coalition Government ministers will one day merrily walk a Yellow Brick Road paved with euro notes laid down by all of us, whether or not they do any good for the people they are meant …
22-year-old man missing in Cavan
Gardai in Cavan have called for help in trying to locate 22-year-old Donal Greene, who was last seen in Ballyconnell town yesterday. Donal is described as being 6’ 3” in height and of slim build. …
Joan Burton vows to ‘bring back’ full employment within three years
Talk is cheap, there’s no denying that, and politicians sure do a lot of it, especially in pre-election times, when hard promises roll off their mouths as easy and fleetingly as water through a sift. …
Limerick woman arrested for drink driving after stopping to assist Garda with flat tyre
A Co Limerick woman has appeared before Limerick District Court charged with drink driving. The woman in question was arrested after she pulled over to offer assistance to a plain clothes Garda with a flat …
300 people gather to protest against Irish Water outside the Labour Party conference in Kerry
The people of Ireland continue on their defiance against the imposition of water charges. Hundreds of people demonstrated peacefully against water charges, and also called for the release of the five protesters who were jailed …
Wind warnings in place for many areas
High winds are expected to hit Ireland in many places from mid-afternoon. There is an orange warning in effect for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo, where gusts of up to 130km/h are likely on …
Thousands of pensioners set to receive tax refunds after Revenue blunder
About 5,000 pensioners are in line for refunds after being charged too much tax by the Revenue Office. The blunder was caused when people who get both a State and a private pension were issued …
Investigation launched into Lotto machine malfunction
A technical issue prevented many customers from buying lotto tickets for almost two hours yesterday afternoon The National Lottery regulator has confirmed that they will launch an investigation into what caused this latest outage. This …
Gardai investigating shooting incident in Ballyfermot
Gardai are currently conducting an investigation after a man was shot in an incident in Ballyfermot last night. It is understood that the shooting occurred at approximately 8.45pm on the Ballyfermot Road. It is believed that …
