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Campaigners have said up to 2,000 travellers could find themselves in the same position as families evicted or threatened with eviction from illegal sites in Dundalk and Galway. About 100 people protested at the Louth County Council offices after 23 families were forced to leave the Woodland Park site after officials raised health and safety… Continue reading 2,000 travellers at risk of eviction, campaigners warn

A range of Government websites were shut down for up to 12 hours in the latest in a series of cyber attacks. The distributed denial of service (DDoS) targeted the Department of Justice, the Courts Service, the Oireachtas and the Central Statistics Office among others.

Hospitals are being forced to cancel routine surgeries after a near 5,500 increase in the number of people attending A&E. Cork University Hospital cancelled 30 operations on Thursday while Beaumont and the Mater in Dublin were also forced to limit scheduled theatre work due to exceptional demand.

Ireland’s emergence from economic meltdown provides a model for other nations, the Taoiseach has told the World Economic Forum. Enda Kenny also defended his country’s tax arrangements with multinational companies, telling the audience past claims that it was a tax haven for big businesses were without foundation.

The island of Ireland may be seen as a “safe haven” destination for overseas visitors this year due to security concerns about other parts of Europe, a tourism chief has predicted. Tourism Ireland’s chief executive Niall Gibbons said volatility elsewhere in the world is not a basis upon which to market the Irish brand, but… Continue reading Ireland 'could be safe haven for overseas tourists'

A mother who disappeared with her week-old baby has been found safe and has asked for privacy. Paige Holland, who also goes by the name Abbie Goodier or Paige Goodier, and her daughter Nevaeh Goodier or Tighe were found in Tipperary, Gardai said.

A man in his 20s was killed when the car he was travelling in struck a wall in Co Galway. The crash happened on the Baile Liam road outside the village of Spiddal, which sits on the shores of Galway Bay.

Health chiefs have set out significant failings in the care of a baby and his mother six years after the newborn’s death. Baby Joshua Keyes died in the maternity unit of Portlaoise hospital on October 28 2009 with a review revealing concerns over how the foetal heart rate monitor was interpreted, the delay in delivery… Continue reading Portlaoise baby death report finds significant failings

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has denied “widespread” spying on the public amid revelations State authorities secretly request as many as 1,000 phone and internet records every month. A day after ordering a judge-led probe into Garda and Garda Ombudsman powers to access journalists’ mobile phone records, she said snooping on private communications in Ireland was… Continue reading Snooping level 'relatively low', says minister, after access figures revealed

Anti-water charge campaigners are banking on 100,000 people taking to nationwide protests on Saturday. At least 30 demonstrations have been organised in towns and cities up and down the country as part of the sixth day of action by the Right2Water movement.