Further protests greet the Taoiseach in Sligo
There was a heavy Garda presence around the Sligo Park hotel in Sligo this evening, as the Taoiseach arrived for an event there. A large crowd, estimated at around 400 plus, had been gathering since …
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OPINION: Floundering And Deluded, It’s Time To Go, writes Jessica Donovan
It’s rare that an experienced politician makes a faux-pas like that made by Minister Michael Noonan earlier today, but to make two in one day would suggest that his time in Dáil Éireann is up. …
Man’s body found at St Conal’s hospital in Letterkenny
Gradai in Donegal say that a body of a man has been discovered in the grounds of a hospital in Letterkenny. It is reported that discovery was made by staff at St Conal’s Hospital in …
Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly receives bomb threat
Public anger against Irish Water and water charges is rising to new heights. Alan Kelly’s constituency office in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, received a bomb threat this morning. It is believed a female member of staff …
Young man died after knife attack at all-night rave
It is believed that a man in his late 20’s has died after being knifed a number of times at an all-night rave in Ballyfermot in West Dublin. A party was organised on Facebook at …
Elderly woman killed in road collision
An 82-year-old woman lost her life yesterday after being struck by a car as she attempted to cross the road. The incident happened at around 7:15pm last night, on the N20 near Ballinabanouge, Croom, Co. …
Joe Higgins: ‘Protests (against water charges) will intensify’
Socialist TD Joe Higgins has said that popular protests against the introduction of water charges will continue and indeed intensify, despite claims by the Government that a new, improved set of charges will be announced …
Woman almost strangled to death in deserted park
It is believed that this digital image that has been computerized by the gardai is the face of the man that attacked a woman on her way to work with a belt. A woman in …
Gardai in Dublin arrest two men in dissident republican operation
Gardai have arrested two men over the weekend after a number of weapons were found in an operation targeting dissident republicans in Dublin. Gardai say the searches were carried out as part of an ongoing …
19 year old man killed in car crash in Co Roscommon
A 19-year-old man has sadly died following a car crash in Co Roscommon last night. It is believed that the young man was fatally injured when the car he was a passenger in crashed into …
