2015-01-01 Ireland More Top Stories

BBC News   

Shanghai new year crush kills 35   
BBC News
A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 35 people and injured some 42 others, Chinese state media report. The crush happened in Chenyi Square in Shanghai's historic Bund district overlooking the Huangpu river. Thousands of people ...

2015-01-01 Ireland Health

Irish Independent   

Ebola nurse now 'sitting up and talking' as she gets treatment   
Irish Independent
The British nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone has been treated with an experimental antiviral drug along with blood plasma from survivors of the disease, specialist doctors said last night. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments.
Ebola Still Spreading, WHO Reports   New York Times
Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey's experimental treatment taking her into 'unknown ...   Mirror.co.uk
Risk of disease spreading 'very low'   Irish Examiner
Herald Scotland   
Deutsche Welle   
Khaleej Times   
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Irish Examiner   

Grieving families ask for donations   
Irish Examiner
The families of Michael and Valerie Greaney, who died as a result of a murder-suicide, have asked for donations to be made to a group which works with people who are considering suicide. Michael Greaney, 53, stabbed his wife, Valerie, 49, at the family ...

2015-01-01 Ireland Science

Los Angeles Times   

Six science stories we can't wait to follow in 2015   
Los Angeles Times
Some serious groundwork has been laid. Some amazing instruments are turning on. Some incredible destinations are in sight. If you ask us, 2015 is going to be an awesome year in science. From solar system exploration to new adventures in particle physics ...

2015-01-01 Ireland Sports

Irish Independent   

Munster rolling out big guns in effort to claim hat-trick   
Irish Independent
David Kelly Twitter · Email. Published 01/01/2015 | 01:00. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Simon Zebo in action during squad training. CONNACHT have lost direction in more ways than one during this festive period. Share. Facebook ...

2015-01-01 Ireland Entertainment

Irish Times   

Festive capital: Dublin begins three-day New Year's party   
Irish Times
Nobody could accuse the organisers of Dublin's New Year's Festival of lacking ambition. The capital's reputation as a party city did not traditionally extend to New Year's Eve as witnessed by the drab show which heralded the millennium 15 years ago. Now in ...

2015-01-01 Ireland Technology

Irish Independent   

How our distracted drivers are now major reasons for accidents   
Irish Independent
Published 31/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Drive safety concept illustrated with man texting while driving. Distraction could be a factor in 20pc to 30pc of fatal crashes. Our chief executive Moyagh Murdock recently ...

2015-01-01 Ireland Business

Irish Independent   

Plane search resumes as seas calm   
Irish Independent
The search for victims of the AirAsia crash has resumed, with better weather helping teams in their hunt for the fuselage of the plane that plunged into the sea. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Two more bodies have been ...

2015-01-01 Ireland Ireland

Irish Examiner   

Seven years on, father renews plea to find missing Amy   
Irish Examiner
The father of missing schoolgirl Amy Fitzpatrick has made an emotional appeal for information about his daughter's mysterious disappearance exactly seven years ago. Dubliner Amy was 15 when she vanished on New Year's Day 2008, as she walked home ...

2015-01-01 Ireland World

BBC News   

Shanghai new year crush kills 35   
BBC News
A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 35 people and injured some 42 others, Chinese state media report. The crush happened in Chenyi Square in Shanghai's historic Bund district overlooking the Huangpu river. Thousands of people ...

2014-12-31 Ireland More Top Stories

Irish Independent   

Nine dead in western Canada city from linked murders - reports   
Irish Independent
Nine people have been killed in three related incidents in the western Canadian city of Edmonton, Canadian media has reported. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. CBC TV said seven people were killed in a home in the Albertan ...

2014-12-31 Ireland Health

Irish Independent   

Ebola nurse 'should have been kept at Heathrow'   
Irish Independent
An Ebola patient is transferred on to a Hercules transport plane at Glasgow Airport in Scotland December 30, to be transported to London. A healthcare worker has been diagnosed with Ebola a day after flying home to Glasgow from Sierra Leone, the Scottish ...

2014-12-31 Ireland Science

Irish Examiner   

13 of the biggest dinosaur discoveries in 2014   
Irish Examiner
It's been a big year for dinosaurs – quite literally when the new “biggest dinosaur ever” Dreadnoughtus was uncovered in South America. We run through some of the top dino discoveries that have been challenging what we know about the scaly (and ...

2014-12-31 Ireland Sports

Irish Independent   

Bowe: Ireland may change style but not at expense of winning habit   
Irish Independent
David Kelly Twitter · Email. Published 31/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Tommy Bowe Bowe has stressed that Ireland won't forfeit their winning habit in pursuit of a more expansive style of play. TOMMY Bowe has ...

2014-12-31 Ireland Entertainment

Irish Mirror   

Take a glimpse inside TV3's new soap Red Rock as it explodes onto our screens ...   
Irish Mirror
It's set to rival RTE's veteran soap Fair City when it makes it's debut on TV3 on Wednesday the 7th of January. Red Rock is already shaping up to be addictive viewing. Based around a busy Dublin Garda station in a coastal town, the brand new soap ...

2014-12-31 Ireland Technology

Irish Independent   

Losing weight is big New Year's resolution for 2015   
Irish Independent
Nearly half of Irish people plan to make a New Year's resolution with health, weight loss and well-being top of their list of aspirations. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Of the 49pc of people planning to make a change in the new ...

2014-12-31 Ireland Business

Irish Independent   

Bank lending to companies here down more than anywhere else in Euro zone   
Irish Independent
Thomas Molloy Twitter · Email. Published 31/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. The ECB has forced banks to clean up their balance sheets. Photo: Bloomberg. Lending to companies in Ireland contracted faster than ...

2014-12-31 Ireland Ireland

Irish Independent   

I have no regrets over Cahill affair - McDonald   
Irish Independent
SINN FEIN'S deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald can no longer speak "credibly" on issues such as abuse and women's rights, rape victim Mairia Cahill has claimed. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The Belfast woman has reacted ...

2014-12-31 Ireland World

Irish Independent   

Canada police probe nine deaths   
Irish Independent
Nine people, including seven adults and two young children, were found dead at three separate crime scenes in what a Canadian police chief called a "senseless mass murder". Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Chief Rod Knecht ...

2014-12-30 Ireland More Top Stories

Irish Independent   

Health chiefs to probe care of father in family stab horror   
Irish Independent
Michelle Greaney (second from left), pictured with parents Valerie and Michael Greaney on Michelle's graduation day in UCC. Michael Greaney. THE HEALTH Service Executive is to review the case of father-of-two Michael Greaney, who died along with his ...

2014-12-30 Ireland Health

Irish Independent   

First case of Ebola found in UK as nurse quarantined   
Irish Independent
A health care worker has been diagnosed with Ebola a day after flying home to Glasgow from Sierra Leone. The patient is being treated in isolation at Glasgow's Gartnavel Hospital (pictured). REUTERS/Stringer. The first case of Ebola was diagnosed in ...

2014-12-30 Ireland Science

Irish Independent   

Plan to grow lettuce on Mars   
Irish Independent
A team of science students have created a plan to land lettuce on Mars, and it has been short-listed to be included in a future space flight to the red planet. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The project, being run at the University of ...

2014-12-30 Ireland Sports

Irish Independent   

Watch the goals: Adam Lallana shines as Liverpool score four for the first time ...   
Irish Independent
Carl Markham. Published 29/12/2014 | 21:24. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. 01 of 2. Previous; Next. Liverpool's Adam Lallana (C) celebrates his second goal against Swansea City with Alberto Moreno (R) and Jordan Henderson ...

2014-12-30 Ireland Entertainment

Irish Independent   

One Direction fans sent into blind panic as Niall Horan leaving rumours abound   
Irish Independent
Louise Kelly Twitter · Email. Published 29/12/2014 | 19:09. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Niall Horan seen at a recording studio on November 5 in London. One Direction fans were sent into a frenzy yesterday as rumours that Niall ...

2014-12-30 Ireland Technology

Irish Independent   

Battery problems top the list of car breakdowns   
Irish Independent
Faulty or worn-out batteries are the top cause of car breakdowns with almost one in four motorists succumbing to the problem this year. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. An analysis of more than 100,000 drivers also revealed that ...

2014-12-30 Ireland Business

Irish Independent   

Businesses benefit from wholesale gas price drop this year   
Irish Independent
Gavin McLoughlin. Published 30/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Businesses are to benefit from a drop in wholesale gas prices. Irish businesses have benefited from a fall of more than a quarter in wholesale gas ...

2014-12-30 Ireland Ireland

Irish Independent   

Health chiefs to probe care of father in family stab horror   
Irish Independent
Michelle Greaney (second from left), pictured with parents Valerie and Michael Greaney on Michelle's graduation day in UCC. Michael Greaney. THE HEALTH Service Executive is to review the case of father-of-two Michael Greaney, who died along with his ...

2014-12-30 Ireland World

Irish Independent   

Seven killed, 414 rescued as evacuation of Greek ferry that caught fire completed   
Irish Independent
Two more bodies have been recovered from the Greek ferry fire, according to the Italian coastguard, bringing the death toll to seven. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. There was no immediate word on where the two bodies were ...

2014-12-29 Ireland More Top Stories

Irish Independent   

Cork harbour to get €1bn 'Sydney of Europe' makeover   
Irish Independent
This is the first image of how Cork harbour will look after a massive €1bn makeover that will transform it from an industrial eyesore, into one of the world's great maritime and tourism centres. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments.
Triple stabbing horror in Cobh   Irish Examiner
Couple die in home stabbings   Leitrim Observer
Gardaí not looking for anyone else in connection with Cobh deaths   Irish Times
Sunday World   
Newstalk 106-108 fm   
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Washington Post   

Indonesian official says missing AirAsia jet is believed to be at the bottom of the ...   
Washington Post
BEIJING — Search officials in Indonesia said Monday morning that they believe a vanished AirAsia commercial jet with 162 people on board is at the bottom of the sea. “Based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the estimated crash position is ...

2014-12-29 Ireland Health

Irish Times   

Hospitals told to tackle trolley crisis ahead of New Year havoc   
Irish Independent
Hospitals have been ordered to review their operational plans for the New Year period after a senior HSE official voiced "very serious concern" about the number of patients lying on trolleys. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments.
Beaumont cardiac intervention unit unused due to staff shortage   Irish Times

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Irish Independent   

Nadia Forde's mum given life-extending drug in her final stage of cancer   
Irish Independent
Niamh Horan Twitter · Email. Published 28/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Nadia Forde 1 Nadia Forde. Model and singer Nadia Forde is celebrating a Christmas miracle after her cancer-stricken mother was given a ...

2014-12-29 Ireland Science

A Huge Solar Flare Unleashed By The Massive Sun   
SMN Weekly
Active_Sun_Unleashes_Massive_Solar-0a82a82e0dd66fc1daa378f19746357f A massive amount of solar flare was fired by the sun on Friday, after a few days of great storms from the nearest star. This amazingly intense solar flare was one of the most ...

2014-12-29 Ireland Sports

Irish Independent   

'Grumpy' Jennings keeps the faith after Munster massacre   
Irish Independent
Ruaidhri O'Connor Twitter. Published 29/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Leinster players Shane Jennings and Isaac Boss following their defeat to Munster. THE HAUNTED look on Shane Jennings' face as he trawled ...

2014-12-29 Ireland Entertainment

Irish Independent   

IFTA chief hits out at RTE over decision to axe awards   
Irish Independent
Niamh Horan Twitter · Email. Published 28/12/2014 | 02:30. 14 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Aine Moriarty. The CEO of the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Aine Moriarty has launched a scathing attack on RTE, accusing the ...

2014-12-29 Ireland Technology

BreakingNews.ie   

Donohoe: New roadside drug tests will save lives   
Irish Examiner
Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe said new roadside drug tests will save lives over the Christmas period. Minister Donohoe's comments come as the Gardaí and Road Safety Authority take part in a major clampdown on drug and drink-driving. The new ...

2014-12-29 Ireland Business

Irish Independent   

AIB credit approval to small business up by 52%   
Irish Times
AIB approved €5.6 billion in credit to Irish SMEs in the first 11 months of this year, according to latest data from the bank. This was 52 per cent ahead of same period in 2013. In November, the bank approved €586 million in loans to SMEs. AIB said that the ...

2014-12-29 Ireland Ireland

Irish Independent   

Cork harbour to get €1bn 'Sydney of Europe' makeover   
Irish Independent
This is the first image of how Cork harbour will look after a massive €1bn makeover that will transform it from an industrial eyesore, into one of the world's great maritime and tourism centres. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments.
Triple stabbing horror in Cobh   Irish Examiner
Couple die in home stabbings   Leitrim Observer
Gardaí not looking for anyone else in connection with Cobh deaths   Irish Times
Sunday World   
Newstalk 106-108 fm   
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Irish Independent   

Water protesters gather at gates of Aras as bill signed   
Irish Independent
Dermot McGuckin of Kingswood/Tallaght Water Protest Group hands a petition into Aras an Uachtarain at The Phoenix Park in Dublin yesterday. Photo: C. O'Riordan. Around 50 people gathered outside Aras an Uachtarain to protest at President Michael D ...

2014-12-29 Ireland World

Washington Post   

Indonesian official says missing AirAsia jet is believed to be at the bottom of the ...   
Washington Post
BEIJING — Search officials in Indonesia said Monday morning that they believe a vanished AirAsia commercial jet with 162 people on board is at the bottom of the sea. “Based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation that the estimated crash position is ...

2014-12-28 Ireland More Top Stories

Irish Independent   

Two inmates die of suspected drug overdoses in two Irish prisons   
Irish Independent
Two prisoners have died separately - of suspected drug overdoses - in two Irish prisons in the last four days. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. A 25-year-old prisoner was found dead in his cell at Limerick Prison earlier today.
Drugs suspeced in two prison deaths   Laois Nationalist
Two inmates die in Limerick and Wheatfield prisons   Irish Times
25 year old dies in Limerick Prison   98FM
Limerick Leader   
Irish Examiner   
Limerick Post   
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Irish Examiner   

Christmas Day baby delivered on roadside in Co Cork   
Irish Times
Proud parents Rachel Harte and Matthew Cheung are relaxing after the dramatic delivery of their baby girl on the side of a road on Christmas morning. The couple from Rosscarbery in west Cork were driving through Clonakilty, on their way to Cork University ...

2014-12-28 Ireland Health

BBC News   

Family embrace as court rules to turn off life support for mum   
Irish Independent
The father and fiance of a brain-dead pregnant woman, who both gave evidence in support of her life support being switched off, embraced after the High Court ruled the mother be allowed to die. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments.
International media covers case of clinically dead pregnant woman   Irish Times
Court rules life support machine may be turned off   RTE.ie
Life-support of woman being kept alive because she was pregnant can be ...   Telegraph.co.uk
New York Times   
The Globe and Mail   
Belfast Telegraph   
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The year ahead will be the big test of Leo Varadkar's metal as the health minister   
Irish Independent
The Irish health service starts off 2015 in a better place to where it was a year ago. There are two new, bright, competent, younger men in charge. Leo Varadkar as minister and Jim Breslin as Secretary General in the health department. Share. Facebook ...

2014-12-28 Ireland Science

VIDEO: NASA captures stunning solar flare   
Irish Independent
NASA captured stunning footage of an X1-class solar flare erupting on the surface of the Sun on December 19th. Although it looks beautiful, it is actually a powerful burst of radiation, but not harmful to humans as it cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere.
This solar flare put on a better show than any Christmas lights   thejournal.ie
Nasa films captivating footage of intense solar flare   Telegraph.co.uk
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captures video of Sun flare with X1.8 intensity   Inferse
Times of Malta   
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Irish Independent   

Stunning Northern lights delight seen on Christmas Eve   
Irish Independent
A stunning display of the Northern lights has been seen across parts of the UK with the dancing lights visible to the naked eye. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The spectacle was seen in the early hours of Christmas Eve, ...

2014-12-28 Ireland Sports

Irish Independent   

Joy for Willie Mullins as 16-1 Twinlight storms home   
Irish Independent
Published 27/12/2014 | 13:42. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. 27 December 2014; Theophilus, with Danny Mullins up, jump the last on their way to winning the Paddy Power 'Number 1 For Live Streaming' 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle.
Twin lights up Dial-A-Bet   Belfast Telegraph
Leopardstown: Twinlight finds right tone in Dial-a-Bet   Racing Post
Monksland: Set for his first outing in 730 days in Leopardstown's Christmas Hurdle   SkySports
Sportinglife.com   
Cheltenhampro.com   
Irish Examiner   
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Irish Independent   

Neil Warnock sacked by Crystal Palace   
Irish Independent
Jack de Menezes. Published 27/12/2014 | 11:59. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Neil Warnock has been sacked by Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace have sacked manager Neil Warnock after just four months since he took over on the ...

2014-12-28 Ireland Entertainment

Irish Independent   

Ray D'Arcy gets new RTE TV show putting celebs and their pooches through ...   
Irish Independent
Kirsty Blake Knox and Alan O'Keeffe. Published 27/12/2014 | 10:32. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. 01 of 2. Previous; Next. Superstar Dogs RT? One Rosanna Davison, Diarmuid Gavin, Ray D'Arcy and Louise Lennox. Superstar ...

2014-12-28 Ireland Technology

Business Today   

Playstation Network Down for Third Day in a Row; Sony Suggests DDoS to Blame   
PC Magazine
Bad news for Playstation gamers looking to get a little time in with their consoles—old or new—this holiday season. As of around 5 p.m. today (PT), the Playstation Network remains down for basically the third day in a row, minus a few brief spurts of service ...

2014-12-28 Ireland Business

Irish Times   

Josephine Feehily: unclear how changes will affect multinationals   
Irish Times
The international tax environment is still too unsettled for one to predict how any changes taking place will affect the State's attractiveness for foreign direct investment, according to outgoing chairwoman of the Revenue Commissioners Josephine Feehily.
Businesses Urge Greater Clarity On BEPS   Tax-news.com

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Irish Independent   

Australian health firm to buy Dublin clinic for €6m   
Irish Independent
Peter Flanagan Twitter · Email. Published 27/12/2014 | 02:30. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. 01 of 2. Previous; Next. Dr David Walsh, SIMS Clinic, Dundrum. Pic. Jean Curran. The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, which operated the ...

2014-12-28 Ireland Ireland

Irish Times   

Ice and low temperatures predicted overnight   
RTE.ie
Widespread frost and ice are predicted tonight with hazardous fog becoming dense in many places by dawn. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow weather warning as temperatures are expected to drop as low as -4 C tonight and -6 C on Sunday night.
Snow in North as temperatures to drop to minus 5 overnight   Irish Times
Careful out there… An overturned truck on the M1, and icy, icy conditions ...   thejournal.ie

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Irish Independent   

Garda killer Pearse McAuley due to be charged in connection with the stabbing ...   
Irish Independent
Pearse McAuley and Pauline Tully pictured signing the register on their wedding day, witnessed by Monsignor Patrick McManus. Pearse McAuley is led away while awaiting trial for conspiracy to cause explosions in Britain in 1995. Garda killer Pearse ...