Category: News

People living under flight paths at Dublin Airport have revealed their daily nightmare as negotiations are planned on limiting the noise impact of a second runway. Aviation chiefs have offered to buy 40 homes, believed to be in the St Margaret’s area 2-3km from the airport, ahead of the planned 320 million euro expansion in… Continue reading Dublin flight path residents tell of noise exposure as second runway talks due

A teenage camogie player who collapsed and died while training has been described as a fantastic person. Ciara Ryan was at her club, Kilanerin and Ballynestragh Gaels, near Gorey, Co Wexford on Thursday evening when she took ill.

Dublin Airport chiefs have offered to buy at least 40 homes as they push ahead with plans for a second runway by 2020. Aviation bosses said the deal for homeowners worst affected by noise and flight paths will be kept on the table for at least one year.

Police are becoming increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of two young people from Co Armagh. Seventeen-year-old Chelsea McGarry and Daire McIlroy, 21, have been missing since Tuesday, March 29.

Six more strikes have been threatened by Luas workers. Union chiefs at Siptu said the operations company Transdev were being given lengthy notice in the hope of creating a window for talks.

US drugmaker Pfizer has confirmed the biggest pharmaceutical deal in history has been pulled after the US unveiled new measures to stop tax avoidance. Pfizer abandoned the 160 billion US dollar (141 billion euro) deal to merge with Irish rival Allergan, the maker of Botox, following a clampdown by the US Treasury on so-called inversion… Continue reading Pfizer drops merger with Irish Botox maker Allergan after US tax clampdown

A passenger has been cleared of molesting an air stewardess while drunk on a London-bound flight. Artur Niewolik , 37, was accused of touching the attendant’s waist from behind and then whispering “nice legs” as she served drinks from her trolley on the Dublin to London Gatwick flight.

March was the second worst month on record for overcrowding in hospitals, a major union has warned. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) said analysis of its daily reports from accident and emergency units showed 9,381 patients spent time waiting on trolleys for a bed in a ward.

Acting premier Enda Kenny has issued a second plea for his arch rival to accept a ground-breaking coalition government. Fianna Fail’s Micheal Martin flatly dismissed the first offer to join a partnership with old civil war enemies in Mr Kenny’s Fine Gael and end a six-week political stalemate.

Top government officials charged with tackling the flooding crisis did not meet for up to six years, a watchdog has revealed. During the period from 2009 until the middle of last year there were five major incidents, two people died in floods and thousands of homes, farms and businesses were destroyed.