Top Stories: Dec 1 2009 David Cameron is to pledge a crackdown on Britain's "over-the-top" health and safety culture. The Tory leader is to hit out at Labour for allowing a "blanket of bureaucracy, suspicion a... Loughborough Echo Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:12:42 -0500BEDS, linen and other household goods for flood victims have packed eight SVP warehouses across the country from "floor to ceiling". The society's president,... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:11:01 -0500A DENTAL nurse who was looking forward to her wedding in the summer and a young welder's apprentice were killed in separate horrific road crashes yesterday.The floods and a cold snap exacerbated drivi... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:11:00 -0500Judge Yvonne Murphy found hundreds of child abuse allegations were covered up over a 30-year period because senior clergymen were obsessed with secrecy and upholding the reputation of the Church.And t... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:10:59 -0500Research paper says production subsidies boost Chinese exports; Wen says pressure to raise value of yuan/remminbi "unfair" By Finfacts Team Dec 1, 2009 - 6:41:09 AM >... Finfacts Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:09:39 -0500BELFAST: An unexploded bomb was found Monday near a police station in Northern Ireland, officers said, in the latest threat to the troubled British province's fragile peace. The device was found outsi... Channel News Asia Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:06:24 -0500Dec 1 2009 Police are set to learn whether a dog that killed a four-year-old boy was a breed banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act. John-Paul Massey was attacked by the animal while he was at his gr... Loughborough Echo Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:49:36 -0500Dec 1 2009 The European Union's pledge on the amount it will cut its emissions by 2020 is "woefully unambitious" and could easily be doubled as part of efforts to avert a climate catastrophe, envir... Loughborough Echo Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:49:35 -0500Dec 1 2009 Social workers will need a licence to practise under sweeping Government reforms due to be announced in an attempt to transform the demoralised and over-stretched profession following th... Loughborough Echo Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:49:35 -0500Dec 1 2009 Five British sailors are being detained in Iran after their racing yacht was stopped by the Iranian navy, the Foreign Office has said. Their boat, the Kingdom Of Bahrain, owned by Sail ... Loughborough Echo Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:49:34 -0500Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement should be at an end within four to six months.He said a file would then be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who would determine if cri... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:48:02 -0500PRISON officers were taken aback yesterday when a lorry driver about to collect refuse skips from a jail asked them to mind his loaded handgun until he came out again.The driver, in his 30s, was makin... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:48:00 -0500SOME pupils are coming to school hungry while a sizeable number are suffering from emotional and sleep problems, research shows.But poverty is only one reason for the lack of food, according to the re... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:59 -0500A HAUL of stun guns disguised as mobile phones and a viable explosive device were seized during a planned operation by Customs officials and gardai near the border yesterday.The guns were found in pac... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:57 -0500A COMPANY being sued for €32m over supplying dioxin-polluted animal feed has claimed the product was grossly contaminated by recycled 40-year-old fuel oil.The oil was allegedly supplied by a bus... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:57 -0500Bishop Donal Murray more credit for his overall tackling of child abuse rather than concentrating on one investigation of a complaint which it described as "inexcusable." Dr Walsh also said that his d... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:56 -0500Co Wicklow , last week.As the funeral cortege made its way to St Gabriel's Cemetery, it paused for a moment at the murder scene outside the shop where Mr Deasy had worked for 20 years.Speaking directl... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:55 -0500FORMER Eurovision winner and presidential candidate Dana is in mourning following the death of her mother after a long illness.Mother-of-six Sheila Brown (91) died on Sunday night, surrounded by her f... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:54 -0500The country's two top banks warned yesterday that they face the threat of nationalisation if shareholders do not back their plans to participate in the State's 'bad-bank' scheme.However, shares in... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:53 -0500Carrick-on-Shannon may be left in the dark this Christmas.The town, locally dubbed as Shannon-on-Carrick, because of the floods that engulfed it over the past 10 days, has begun to count the cost, as ... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:52 -0500DEVELOPERS will be forced to pay for flood defences if they build homes or commercial units in areas at risk of flooding.And large land banks in "at-risk" areas are likely to be dezoned, next year, wh... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:51 -0500TRUCKLOADS of fodder have been making their way to farmers worst-hit by the flooding crisis.Yesterday, two trucks carrying 100 bales of silage and hay and one tonne of animal meal donated by 30 farmer... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:50 -0500Limerick city in a bid to prevent high tides from causing any devastation to homeowners this week.Emergency workers have completed the defence system in the Corbally suburb of the city from Hampstead ... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:49 -0500Irish Farmers Association were all advising home and property owners to remain on alert as further flooding is now inevitable.And adding to the woes of families in parts of... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:47 -0500LOCAL authorities are facing an overtime bill of millions of euro because of the effort involved in rescue and clean-up operations. Council officials say that the majority of the money being spent on ... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:45 -0500British Prime Minister Gordon Brown .Mr Cowen said talks between Sinn Fein and the DUP would be held in the "next few days" to restart the stalled process. "We now need to proceed to the final steps s... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:43 -0500Letterkenny on Sunday night after a heated row between both camps over the election of local party officers.In a letter emailed to Government chief whip... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:42 -0500John O'Mahony , to oversee a team examining how the complaints of sex abuse were handled by church and state authorities. After he had studied a report from Mr O'Mahony, he would then consult w... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:40 -0500Limerick to resign continued to grow last night after a government TD said it would be in the best interests of the Catholic Church for the beleaguered clergyman to go. Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:39 -0500THIS is the second time in recent years that Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray has been at the centre of a controversy over clerical sex abuse. Abuse victim... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:38 -0500Dublin .In 1989 a priest identified in the Murphy report as Fr Horatio approached Bishop Murray and told him he was attracted to a young girl. Horatio denied there was anything physical in the relatio... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:37 -0500PUBLIC sector workers would be forced to take 12 days' unpaid leave, saving over €800m for the cash-strapped Government, under proposals being considered last night. But a stumbling block lies i... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:36 -0500LARGE parts of the country at risk of flooding could become uninsurable in the future because of soaring premiums.Insurance companies expect to pay out up to €400m to flood victims, and this will... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:34 -0500Sallins, Co Kildare , wept as they assessed the flood damage to their homes yesterday in the wake of heavy rain on Sunday. A total of 300 residents will not be able to return to their homes in the Wat... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:47:33 -0500Dr. Peter Morici: Obama confronting the consequences of bureaucracy and corruption By Professor Peter Morici Dec 1, 2009 - 4:19:30 AM >... Finfacts Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:46:09 -0500Dec 1 2009 The British and Irish governments have said they are optimistic that a crisis can be avoided in the Northern Ireland political process. They called for the devolution of policing and ju... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:15:13 -0500Dec 1 2009 US President Barack Obama is set to announce a major troop surge in Afghanistan, after Gordon Brown said the UK's military commitment will top 10,000. Up to 35,000 more American forces ... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:15:12 -0500DUBLIN -- Ireland's top two banks hope to get about 28.2 billion euros (US$42.5billion) in return for soured property loans which will be transferred to a “bad bank” scheme, they said in statement... The China Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:10:04 -0500Dec 1 2009 Health chiefs are investigating two deaths linked to a surge in food poisoning cases. The number of cases has trebled in the last year as investigators examine links to eggs sourced fro... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:42:54 -0500Michael O'Leary, the outspoken chief executive of budget airline Ryanair, has said he expects to stand down within the next "two or three years", but only when his company has succeeded in taking cont... The Independent Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:40:27 -0500 he did not “feel in the right position” to reply to the draft report of the commission which was sent to him earlier this year, as he only became the papal nuncio in April 2008.Speak... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:55 -0500CAROL COULTER THE COMBINATION of the collapse in conveyancing and other legal business, and the crisis in professional indemnity insurance, is leading many solicitors to question whether they can cont... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:54 -0500CAROL COULTER Legal Affairs Editor EXCESSIVE COMPLIANCE obligations may stifle innovation, a Law Society conference on new opportunities for the profession heard yesterday. Aidan Horan of the Institut... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:53 -0500FIONA GARTLAND A POSSESSION order has been granted at the High Court against a woman who, the court heard, could afford to pay her mortgage but was sending the money to her sons in Australia instead.A... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:53 -0500ELAINE KEOGH A MAN and a woman were arrested by gardaí yesterday after a Customs operation led to the seizure of a pipe bomb, stun guns and imitation firearms in a house in Co Louth.They were fou... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:52 -0500BARRY ROCHE Southern Correspondent AS THE lights were switched off at the Kino Cinema for the last time, there was a strange air of unreality. For many regulars, it still had not sunk in that Cork was... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:49 -0500The remains of John Deasy, who was stabbed to death outside his shop in Arklow last week, are taken from St Mary and St Peter's Church in the town yesterday afternoon past his shop after the funeral M... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:47 -0500LORNA SIGGINS Western Correspondent THE GOVERNMENT must develop a “coherent” strategy for retraining construction workers, many of whom should be equipped to work in a “green economy... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:46 -0500 HOMEOWNERS ACROSS the lower Shannon are on flood alert today ahead of a spring tide this evening.The highest tide following the new moon is set to see the Shannon rise by a further 1m (3ft)over ... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:44 -0500 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Cork (UCC) welcomed back about 18,000 students yesterday after it was closed for a week.The flood damage is estimated to have cost up to €25 million as a total of 29 bui... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:43 -0500 CONNACHT REMAINS on flood alert today, as a combination of weather and high tides continues to have an impact on a heavily swollen Shannon river and tributaries.Galway County Council has also ex... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:42 -0500 THE GOVERNMENT and local authorities will move to “dezone” lands that have been rezoned for development on flood plains or where there is a vulnerability to flooding.Minister for the... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:41 -0500 ABOUT 1,500 people have been evacuated from their homes as a result of flooding throughout the State in the past week, according to the emergency body co-ordinating the response.Chairman of the ... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:40 -0500 DONEGAL COUNTY Council came in for criticism yesterday after motorists were caught up in accidents caused by ungritted icy roads.The local authority admitted it failed to grit roads in areas suc... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:39 -0500 THE COASTWATCH non- governmental organisation has called for “natural, cost-effective flood management schemes”, similar to those pursued now in the Netherlands and Britain.Engineeri... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:39 -0500SEAN FLYNN Education Editor TEACHERS’ UNIONS and student representatives have raised concerns about a possible cap on student numbers at third level.The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) says it w... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:38 -0500McDaid expected to back budget despite row A “PORNOGRAPHY addict” who was caught with over 1,000 images and videos of children being raped and posing naked will be sentenced next month at ... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:37 -0500STEVEN CARROLL A PROGRAMME which will see about 800,000 primary and secondary school students offered the swine flu vaccination got under way yesterday.The Health Service Executive (HSE) said reports ... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:36 -0500MARK HENNESSY London Editor ALTERATIONS TO next year’s United Kingdom census rules could allow several million people of Irish decent to declare themselves as Irish – even if they were not... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:35 -0500British prime minister Gordon Brown greets Taoiseach Brian Cowen as he arrives at 10 Downing Street, London, yesterday. During two hours of discussions, the two men refused to set a deadline for an ag... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:35 -0500SEÁN FLYNN Education Editor THE NUMBER of Vocational Education Committees (VECs) nationwide should be reduced from 33 to 20 under plans unveiled by Fine Gael education spokesman, Brian Hayes.Mr H... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:34 -0500TIM O'BRIEN AN EXISTING risk of flooding in Clontarf, Sandymount and Ringsend would be exacerbated by Dublin Port’s plans to infill 52 acres of Dublin Bay, a Bord Pleanála hearing heard yes... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:31 -0500OLIVIA KELLY PRIVATE CARS must be banned from using Westmoreland Street to cross Dublin city centre during the construction of Metro North, the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) has said.Addressing the... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:30 -0500PAUL CULLEN Consumer Affairs Correspondent RYANAIR CUSTOMERS will be able to avoid the airline’s hefty credit card booking charges following its decision to accept prepaid MasterCards from today... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:30 -0500KITTY HOLLAND ABOUT 5,000 people visited Dublin city yesterday “from all over the country” to take part Dublin City Senior Citizens’ Day.Friends of the Elderly spokesman Dermot Kirwa... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:29 -0500CARL O'BRIEN PENAL REFORM campaigners have called for an end to the practice of locking up teenagers in prison for up to 23 hours a day for their own protection.Last year a total of 161 young people a... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:28 -0500MARY FITZGERALD Foreign Affairs Correspondent DIPLOMACY: THE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs has rejected calls for the papal nuncio to be expelled from Ireland for ignoring requests for informatio... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:27 -0500 PRESSURE ON the Bishop of Limerick, Dr Donal Murray, to resign in the wake of the Dublin diocesan report continued to mount last night, despite a letter of support issued by a group of lay peopl... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:27 -0500 A STATEMENT from the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Dr Jim Moriarty, read at Masses in the diocese at the weekend made no mention of references to himself in the Dublin diocesan report.An auxil... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:26 -0500 BISHOP OF Killaloe Willie Walsh, has said calls for the resignation of Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray were based on a “gross misreading” of the Dublin diocesan report and warned aga... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:25 -0500HARRY McGEE Political Staff THE CABINET is expected to approve the overall expenditure measures for next week’s budget at the weekly meeting of Government Ministers today.While the meeting is ta... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:24 -0500MARY CAROLAN THE CO Wexford recycling company at the centre of the animal feed contamination scare which forced the recall of Irish pork products from shops and export markets yesterday successfully a... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:23 -0500JAMIE SMYTH A MAN driving a waste disposal truck was arrested yesterday at the gates of Mountjoy Prison after handing a loaded gun to prison guards during a security check.The 32-year-old driver stunn... Irish Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:29:22 -0500For the fifth time in the seven years since the inception of the IRB World Rankings in 2003, New Zealand have finished the annual rugby calendar at the top of the list. Only in 2003 (England) and 2... Planet Rugby Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:17:49 -0500The Air Sea Rescue Helicopter from Waterford is en route to a call out on the South Wexford coast following reports that a person has fallen overboard from a Stena Ferry. The call out came just befor... RTE News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:37:02 -0500Nov 30 2009 Britain could be on course for a hung parliament after the next general election, a survey has suggested. The Tories' advantage over Labour has narrowed to 10 points over the past mont... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:32:32 -0500Nov 30 2009 The mother of one of the NatWest Three bankers jailed in the US has said computer hacker Gary McKinnon "will not survive the grave toll of extradition". Mr McKinnon, who has Asperger's... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:32:31 -0500Nov 30 2009 Bono has teamed up with some of the world's top footballers as he aimed to "turn up the heat" on politicians over the HIV and Aids crisis in South Africa. The U2 front-man said it woul... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:55:48 -0500Nov 30 2009 A boxer, a racing driver and an Ashes-winning cricket captain are among those chosen to slug it out for the crown of BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Heavyweight boxing champion Dav... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:55:47 -0500Nov 30 2009 Tony Blair was committed throughout the Iraq crisis to achieving an international solution through the United Nations, his key foreign policy adviser has said. Giving evidence to the o... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:55:45 -0500Nov 30 2009 The Health Secretary has defended the Government's targets for the NHS in the wake of failings at several hospitals. Andy Burnham told the Commons the best hospitals were providing "hi... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:55:44 -0500Shrink JOHANNESBURG - Ireland has asked FIFA to be allowed into the World Cup as a 33rd team after Thierry Henry's handball helped France eliminate the Irish in a playoff. FIFA president Sepp Blatter... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:43:35 -0500OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- It didn't take Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops long to take himself out of the running for the Notre Dame job. Stoops said Monday he plans to stay at Oklahoma "hopefully for a goo... Sports Illustrated Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:40:03 -0500S OUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame players have begun arriving for a team meeting while awaiting word on the fate of coach Charlie Weis. The Monday afternoon meeting will include a vote on whether ... Boston Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:26:48 -0500Paul Doolin has dismissed reports that he is set to resign as manager of Cork City. The Dubliner joined the cash-strapped Leesiders in January of this year on a two-year contract. City finished thir... RTE Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:17:16 -0500Following the third round of the final stage of the European Tour qualifying, five Irish players will rest easier tonight, content to be within the top 70 places on the eve of the fourth round on Tues... RTE Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:17:08 -0500Anglo Irish Bank has begun proceedings against financier Niall McFadden to force him to repay borrowings of more than €15m. The borrowings relate to loans granted in September and November las... RTE News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:16:59 -0500Nov 30 2009 Police knew of concerns about dogs in a house where a four-year-old boy was mauled to death. John-Paul Massey suffered fatal injuries when he was savaged by the family pet in the early... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:11:54 -0500Nov 30 2009 A production company which "routinely misled" viewers with a series of daytime shows, including one fronted by Angela Rippon, has been ordered to pay compensation to the BBC. The BBC T... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:11:52 -0500Nov 30 2009 A British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. The serviceman, from 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, died from the wounds he received in an ex... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:11:51 -0500Fianna Fáil was tonight making frantic efforts to mend a damaging rift with renegade ex-minister Jim McDaid after he withdrew his support for the Government.The Donegal TD’s shock move amid a deepe... Irish Examiner Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:03:09 -0500Desperate residents forced to evacuate their flooded homes tonight claimed they have been abandoned by officials.Homeowners in the aptly named Waterways development in Sallins, Co Kildare, maintain th... Breaking News.ie Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:03:09 -0500Developers will only be able to build on floodplains on strict conditions under new planning rules published today.Construction in areas vulnerable to flooding will only be allowed in exceptional circ... Breaking News.ie Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:03:08 -0500The Monday afternoon meeting will include a vote on whether the players want to play in a bowl game after their 6-6 season. Athletic director Jack Swarbrick has said he will consider the players' wish... Tampa Bay Online Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:07:09 -0500Talks between management and unions on a major cost reduction plan for Aer Lingus have resumed at the Labour Relations Commission. The airline has warned that if agreement is not reached tonight on t... RTE Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:18:37 -0500The former Army barracks in Monaghan town is to be converted into an educational campus. It will accommodate a primary and secondary Gaelscoileanna as well as a higher education institute. The ... RTE News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:18:36 -0500Nov 30 2009 The Prime Minister has announced that Britain's total military effort in Afghanistan will increase to over 10,000 troops. In a detailed Commons statement, Mr Brown confirmed that all t... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:13:49 -0500Nov 30 2009 Detectives investigating an incident where a man was shot by armed officers in a supermarket hours before a woman's body was found in a bedsit will have to wait for him to undergo furth... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:13:48 -0500Nov 30 2009 George Bush raised the issue of Iraq with Tony Blair just three days after the 9/11 attacks, Mr Blair's former foreign policy adviser has said. Sir David Manning told the official inqu... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:13:46 -0500Nov 30 2009 General Motors plans to cut more than 350 jobs at its Vauxhall van plant in the UK, affecting almost a quarter of the workforce, the motor giant has announced. Consultations were launc... Loughborough Echo Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:13:45 -0500 | 
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