December 28, 2008
DEALS in other sectors of the economy may have ground to a halt but leading energy players swelled their coffers through sell-offs in 2008 amid hints that the government could ...
December 28, 2008
Ali Bracken
Crime Correspondent
Gardaí in Athlone, who are investigating a series of sex attacks, are continuing to carry out voluntary DNA testing over Christmas in a bid to catch the man believed ...
December 28, 2008
Claims by workers that they are being denied their basic rights reached record levels last month with over 50 claims a day landing on the desks of the 14 rights ...
December 28, 2008
There will be no more punts on dodgy shares. Next year I hope to win back all the money I lost in the banks and pension debacle with another high-risk ...
December 28, 2008
From Brian Roberts
The government's decision to add a legally binding clause on abortion to the Lisbon Treaty may well end up backfiring on it. An opinion poll carried out by the ...
December 28, 2008
From Paul Doran
The latest scandal in Anglo Irish Bank unfortunately adds to the long and weary list of problems within Ireland Inc. Particularly galling is the fact that as soon as this ...
December 28, 2008
Scottish Premier League Stats of the day
Quickest Goal
4:50 mins Daniele Invincibile (Kilmarnock v Hibernian).
Latest Goal
91:06 mins Adam Rooney (Inverness CT v Motherwell).
Quickest goal ...
December 28, 2008
The Jonathan Ross 'I Wish I Hadn't Said That' Award
To the normally sure-footed Seán FitzPatrick for his advice to government on how to frame the budget ...
December 28, 2008
John Downes
THE Health Insurance Authority (HIA) warned Minister for Health, Mary Harney, last August that there could be a significant increase in demand for public hospital services among older people arising ...
December 28, 2008
Ken Foxe
Public Affairs Correspondent
MORE than 150 suspected explosive devices have had to be defused or made safe by army bomb disposal units in the past two years.
The Defence Forces said there had ...