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Liam Adams in extradition hearing

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:16:08 +0000

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams's brother Liam is due before the Irish High Court for the first stage in an extradition hearing.

Police quotas not being devolved

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:36:29 +0000

The Northern Ireland executive will not be allowed to set quotas for recruitment of Roman Catholics to the Police Service of Northern Ireland when policing and justice are devolved next month, the Government has disclosed.

Hospital has 58,000 X-ray backlog

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:16:21 +0000

One of the country's largest hospitals has admitted to massive backlogs which left almost 58,000 X-rays unreviewed by consultant radiologists.

Cowen: Impossible to scrap leases

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:56:15 +0000

Brian Cowen has said it was impossible to overthrow controversial shop leases struck during the boom years which bar rent reductions.

Warning over obesity surgery delays

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:16:08 +0000

Deadly obesity is ballooning in Ireland while the only hospital equipped to treat dangerously overweight patients has no available beds, it was revealed.

Assembly passes justice devolution

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:21:10 +0000

The decision of the Northern Ireland Assembly to agree to the devolution of policing and justice powers will build on the gains of the peace process, the British and Irish governments have said.

Bid to serve writ on McGuinness

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:51:34 +0000

A leading victims campaigner attempted to serve a High Court writ on Martin McGuinness for his alleged part in IRA violence during a break from the heated justice debate at Stormont.

Marathon race for Galway

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:16:17 +0000

Athletics fanatics in Galway are attempting to follow in the footsteps of Dublin and Cork with a new marathon in the city.

Seven held over 'cartoonist plot'

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:21:02 +0000

Seven Muslims arrested in the Republic are being questioned over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog.

Watchdog slams the political class

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:11:20 +0000

A respected state watchdog has launched a withering attack on the political class, claiming they have abandoned the republican ideals of the Constitution.

Drivers protest over regulations

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:11:17 +0000

Taxi drivers have staged protests across the country over regulations they claim are crippling the industry.

Ryanair in talks over mainland jobs

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:11:07 +0000

Ryanair is finalising talks with two mainland European airports over the creation of 300 jobs after a controversial bid to site them in Ireland failed, it has been revealed.

Paisley Jnr to fight father's seat

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:51:22 +0000

Unionist figurehead Ian Paisley who is stepping down as an MP passed the political torch to his son, with their party pledging that Ian Junior would also fight "Dublin rule" if elected to Westminster.

Pc's widow makes power-sharing plea

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:51:14 +0000

The widow of a Northern Ireland police officer murdered by dissident republicans has made a dramatic plea for politicians to back the deal to secure the region's power-sharing government.