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Gardaí launch alert system for child abductions

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Images of suspected child abductors and missing children may be flashed up on social networking and media sites as part of a new emergency child rescue system.

Gallagher criminalaction to beconsidered

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Gardaí are examining whether or not they can take a criminal prosecution against double killer John Gallagher, who voluntarily returned to the Central Mental Hospital on May 14 after 12 years on the run.

Shifting up a gear for life in the fast lane

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Sitting in his little1.4-litre Ford, Eamonn McCafferty watched the high-powered rally cars hurtling away from the start line in an almost deafening roar.

‘Code of discipline can’t be changed for exam students’

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

School discipline rules should not be changed for sixth-year students involved in serious misbehaviour or whose pranks get out of hand, a principals’ leader has claimed.

Ireland ‘at cutting edge of space technology’

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Irish firms are at the cutting edge of European Space Agency programmes creating technologies capable of performing in the extreme environment of space.

Hair-raising €2m pledged for cancer

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Today FM’s Shave or Dye annual charity drive has raised a phenomenal €2m for the Irish Cancer Society this year.

Anger as officer tells court about ‘sex guide’

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The angry exchanges on the fourth day of the trial of two men for the murder of Michaela McAreavey developed after police Sergeant Govinder Ramasawmy told the court that he gave a “sex guide” manual to husband John three days after his wife was killed, along with 12 other possessions from their room in the luxury hotel.

Judge warns lawyers as squabbling gives his court a circus air

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Four days into the trial and the judge had clearly had enough.

Gardaí say memorial attack ‘sick, vile’

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Vandals attacked a plaque erected to a garda killed in the line of duty and then dumped it outside his girlfriend’s house.

Customs officials seize signal jammers

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Customs officials have seized 20 signal jammers used by criminals to disrupt monitored security alarms in the first four months of this year.

Survivor of the Manx2 plane crash in charity cycle

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

A survivor of last year’s Manx2 plane crash can expect a hero’s welcome in Cork today when he completes a charity cycle which followed the same route as the doomed flight.

Bride told to repay €10k after faking terminal cancer

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

A New York bride who faked having terminal cancer to swindle well-wishers into funding her dream wedding and honeymoon to the Caribbean has been ordered to repay over $13,000 (€10,000) to her victims, prosecutors said.

Catwalk queens swap the runway for the mountain in charity climb

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Four Irish catwalk queens have told how they felt on top of the world when they made the agonising slog to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Patients in line for ‘game-changing’ cancer drug

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Two cancer patients in their 30s will become the first beneficiaries of a new liver cancer treatment which has been developed on their doorstep.

140 jobs to be created in seafood industry

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

More than 140 jobs are to be created in the seafood processing industry following significant investment by 21 Irish seafood companies.

Two teens questioned over fatal assault

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Two teenagers were last night being questioned in relation to the death of a 22-year-old who was found dead in an abandoned building last Monday.

FG senator faces probes over lack of tax clearance cert

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

A Fine Gael senator is facing separate Seanad and party investigations after failing to provide a tax clearance certificate to the State’s ethics watchdog.

Jedheads to welcome heroes home but no official airport event planned

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Undeterred Jedward fans are expected to descend on Dublin Airport tomorrow evening to welcome their high-haired heroes home from Azerbaijan.

Customs hit ‘ecstasy jackpot’ with seizure of 40,000 tablets

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Revenue’s Customs Service officers, monitoring the illegal importation of cigarettes, hit an “ecstasy jackpot” when they tracked the contraband to a house in Cork city.

Insolvency service to aid home owners

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

New Beginning, the not-for-profit group which has been helping struggling homeowners battle a tide of house repossessions, is to open a specialist insolvency service in the summer.

Quarter of calls to SVP for help were from ‘desperate’ first timers

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Over one in four calls for help to the Society of St Vincent de Paul last year were from people who had not previously contacted the charity.

Teaching posts still filled by retirees

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Department of Education is investigating why seven primary teachers have had consistent work since they retired in February.

Back to class for 400 maths teachers

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Around 400 teachers of maths will go back to college in September to get properly qualified to take classes in the subject, a year after the courses were first announced.

Breathing new life into a brave family

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Lenehans are looking to a brighter future after a ‘torturous’ case against the HSE on behalf of their daughter, writes Noel Baker

Momentum with yes side as poll shows 39%-30% lead

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The yes campaign looks solidly on track to win the fiscal treaty referendum, according to the latest opinion poll.

Kenny ignores blot on the horizon to stabilise ground beneath his feet

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

There was an almost poignant synergy of circumstances evident as Taoiseach Enda Kenny looked out across Cobh harbour.

Adams pledges to remain Sinn Féin leader until next general election

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Gerry Adams has said he intends staying on as the leader of Sinn Féin until the next general election.

Dáil ‘likely to lose 8 TDs’

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Cork, Kerry, and Tipperary could all lose Dáil seats under a redrawing ofconstituency boundaries.

Treaty allows Ireland to set its own rules for budget restraints

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The European Commission has confirmed that Ireland will be allowed to tailor its own rules for the critical budget restraints built into the fiscal compact treaty.

Yes vote to do little to create jobs: economists

IrishExaminer.com — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT

A sizeable minority of economists believe a yes vote on the fiscal treaty will do little to create jobs.