Author: Angela Nurse

Former Anglo Irish Bank boss David Drumm has walked free from custody for the first time in five months after securing bail in Ireland when his parents-in-law stumped up 100,000 euro. The ex-banker, charged with 33 fraud-related offences linked to his running of the doomed lender, blew a kiss to his family in court when… Continue reading Ex-Anglo Irish Bank boss David Drumm bailed as parents-in-law stump up surety

A garda officer is among two drivers who were taken to hospital after an early morning crash involving a patrol car in Co Donegal. The collision happened at around 3.45am on a stretch of road at Meencargagh, Ballybofey, locally known as McGrorys Brea.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a dissident republican shot dead while sitting in his car on a suburban street last month. The suspects, aged in their 30s, were detained during early morning Garda raids in north and west Dublin by investigators probing the killing of Vincent Ryan.

Irish blood supplies may not be maintained over St Patrick’s Day and Easter, the transfusion service warned. Hospitals have been asked to conserve the use of some blood groups and reserves are down to four or five days.

Facebook is to create 200 jobs at its international headquarters in Dublin. The company said the full-time roles in sales, engineering and online operations will be filled by the end of the year.

Spending in Ireland by overseas visitors rose by nearly a fifth last year. An additional 661 million euros were spent in Ireland compared with 2014, tourism authorities said.

Ireland should secure a better deal on its international debt as part of the next Programme for Government, campaigners said. The Social Justice Ireland think tank warned the Republic still faced a 64 billion euro burden and claimed it impeded long term economic prospects.

Ireland’s undocumented migrants are living in fear of deportation, campaigners said. A group of 1,400 workers and their families called for immigration reform at home as the political elite champions the cause of the Irish in the shadows in the US this St Patrick’s Day.

An elderly woman passenger has died after her vehicle collided with another car in County Louth. The victim, aged in her early 70s suffered serious injuries when the car she was travelling in crashed at Clonmore, Togher, on Saturday night.

Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe has said the hiring of private buses by the Luas operators was an exceptional measure to cover the St Patrick’s Day tram strike. He claimed it was a fall back to provide for the public holiday. Unions criticised the move.