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Concern grows at allocation of houses

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Resentment is being caused in communities in Cork county as people, residing up to 70km away, are edging out locals on a waiting list for council houses.

Landlords use antisocial behaviour ‘excuse’ to evict young addicts’ families

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

The families of some children accessing a HSE adolescent addiction service allegedly faced eviction as landlords were using the “excuse” of child antisocial behaviour so as to vacate the property.

Children's Hospital project rises like phoenix from difficult past

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Ireland’s long-awaited National Children’s Hospital has been named after the phoenix, and like the mythical firebird, it has risen from its difficult past.

Legal briefing for PAC on ‘Grace’ abuse scandal

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is to meet in private today to receive a confidential legal briefing on the ‘Grace’ foster abuse scandal.

Leo Varadkar and Emmanuel Macron to discuss Brexit and Europe’s future

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar travels to Paris today to hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on Brexit and the future of Europe.

Social media may be fined for allowing posts prejudicial to trials

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook could be fined if they fail to take down posts likely to prejudice a criminal trial.

Confidence in tourism businesses at four-year low

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Confidence among tourism businesses here is at its lowest in four years as concerns over Brexit begin to bite.

Cork landmark Bunnyconnellan’s back in business after storm

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

They were poised to reopen on Saturday, with diners confirmed, staff rostered, and food and stock ordered in.

High levels of manganese in Cork village's water baffling

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Environmental experts are baffled at the cause of high concentrations of a metal in the drinking water of a Cork village.

Alcohol addiction worse than drug addiction in Cork/Kerry

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Alcohol addiction is far more serious in Cork and Kerry than drug addiction, according to an expert from the HSE.

Fire victim’s son pleads with arsonist to give himself up

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

The son of an elderly man killed in an arson attack on the family home has appealed directly to the arsonist to give himself up.

Flats not viable to build or buy, say surveyors

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Apartments are currently not viable to build and too expensive to buy for too many people, according to a new report published by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland.

Cars to be fitted with emergency callout system

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Ireland’s emergency call-out services will be automatically linked to a hi-tech safety system in all new cars and other vehicles over the coming months.

Watchdog destroys over 700 Halloween products

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

The consumer watchdog has warned parents to make sure they purchase safety- approved costumes for their children after confirming it has seized and destroyed more than 700 imported Halloween products which could pose a public risk.

Man held after eight-hour crime spree

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

A man brandishing a firearm was dramatically arrested by armed gardaí at a shopping centre after an almost eight-hour crime spree across west Dublin involving six carjackings.

Couple brought two young children with them to carry out carjacking

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Gardaí are searching for a couple who brought two young children with them as they carried out a planned assault and car theft in Co Meath.

Calls for review of Cork city’s tree policy after Ophelia knocks up to 600 trees

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

There have been calls for a full review of Cork City’s tree policy after it emerged that Storm Ophelia may have knocked up to 600 trees citywide — with the clean-up expected to cost millions.

Enda Kenny backs Michael D Higgins and rules out run for Áras

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Former taoiseach Enda Kenny has ruled out any possibility of running for the presidency and said it is entirely a matter for Michael D Higgins if he wants to remain at Áras an Uachtaráin.

Garda faces trial on 212 charges

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

A date was set yesterday for the trial, by judge and jury, of a member of An Garda Síochána facing 212 charges related to alleged deception, theft, and receiving corrupt payments.

Judge warns man to co-operate with the Probation Service

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

A man who had most of his two-year jail sentence suspended in a case following a teenager’s death at an orgy of drink and drugs has failed to co-operate with the Probation Service, it emerged yesterday

Radiotherapy a keystone of €77m expansion for Bon Secours Hospital in Cork

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Upto 50 clinical and nursing jobs will be created at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork as part of an ambitious €77m expansion.

Military archives: Kevin Barry’s mother was refused payment

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Kevin Barry is probably one of the most famous names in republican history but it was not enough to earn his mother any payment for his death. She applied in November 1937 for a special allowance owing to the loss of her son, who was hanged on November 1, 1920.

Military archives: Mum got award after IRA teen’s death

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

It took the intervention of his brother to make sure that the mother of a teenage IRA officer killed in the infamous 1920 Kilmichael ambush received a financial award.

Military archives: Civil War victim, 10, could be IRA’s youngest member

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

A 10-year-old boy killed in a Civil War shootout in Tipperary may have been the youngest IRA member during the Irish revolution.

Military archives: Volunteer’s mother denied payout as he was illegitimate

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Thomas Greehy was just 19 when he died in the Civil War trying to remove guns from an IRA arms dump in Co Waterford.

Military records relate to ‘the 90% of people not known at all’

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Women and children feature alongside household names in the files of more than 1,500 people whose War of Independence and Civil War roles are disclosed in historic records published today.

Military archives: Burdock tried to batter Black & Tans

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

His name may be best known for fish and chips, but Leo Burdock was trying to batter Black & Tans in the War of Independence.

After ‘dragging their feet’, banks to offer customers compensation

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Banks involved in the tracker mortgage scandal are expected to make fresh pledges to compensate affected customers after the Government gave company bosses a dressing down over “dragging their feet”.

Limerick social housing plan will lead to ‘stigmatisation’

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

The construction of 16 social houses in the “middle” of an existing private estate will lead to new council tenants being “stigmatised”, according to a former Fianna Fáil mayor of Limerick.

Philip Lane: No cap on compo for mortgage customers

IrishExaminer.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Compensation for customers wrongly removed from their tracker mortgages will not be capped, the governor of the Central Bank has said.