Month: July 2015

UP TO 300 JOBS BEING CREATED IN TIPP Up to 300 new jobs are being created in Cashel in Co Tipperary. US generic drugs giant Amneal has purchased the former…

3 FORMER ANGLO EXECUTIVES TO BE SENTENCED TODAY Three former Anglo Irish Bank executives will be sentenced later after being found guilty of trying to defraud Revenue. Former Chief Operations…

GOREY RESIDENT JAILED FOR 3 YEARS FOLLOWING HIGH SPEED GARDA CHASE A Gorey resident with 108 previous convictions – who led gardaí on a high-speed chase through Dublin city centre…

APPRENTICESHIPS EXPANDED TO FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY Apprenticeships will now be available to people looking to start careers in financial services, the travel industry and cheffing. The move…

PUBLICATION OF FORMER ANGLO BOSS’ STATEMENT SUSPENDED BY BANKING INQUIRY The Banking Inquiry says it’ll suspend publication of the statement of former Anglo boss David Drumm. Last night the DPP…

IRISH ECONOMY GREW FASTER THAN EXPECTED IN 2014 The Irish economy grew faster than expected last year, according to official figures from the CSO. It says GDP grew by 5.2…

MORE TO BE BROUGHT IN TO PROTECT CHANNEL TUNNEL TERMINAL The County Wexford woman who is National President of the Irish Road Hauliers Association has welcomed the British goverenment’s intervention…

MH370 LINK INVESTIGATED AFTER DEBRIS FOUND ON ISLAND Investigators are flying to a remote Indian Ocean island to examine whether wreckage washed up there is from missing Malaysia Airlines flight…

CENTRAL BANK UPGRADES ECONOMIC GROWTH FORECAST The Central Bank has changed its forecast for growth in the economy – saying it now expects it to outperform what it previously thought….

FORMER GARDA STATIONS IN CO. WEXFORD SELL FOR ALMOST 200,000 EURO Two former garda stations in County Wexford sold for almost 200,000 euro at a public auction yesterday. This was…

SURVIVOR HITS OUT AT ABUSE COMPENSATION SCHEME Louise O’Keeffe, who was abused by a teacher in a west Cork primary school in the 1970s, says the government is not doing…

MAN RELEASED WITHOUT CHARGE FOLLOWING ARKLOW ROBBERY A man’s been released without charge from garda custody after an armed robbery at a service station in Wicklow yesterday. A masked raider…

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY APPEALS TO GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE PRICE OF BUILDING HOUSES The Construction Industry Federation is warning the government it must help reduce the cost of building a house if…

GARDAI INVESTIGATE LINK BETWEEN LOUTH DEATHS Post mortem examinations are taking place on a couple in their 60s from Co. Louth, whose deaths are thought to be linked. The body…

PTSB ANNOUNCES COMPENSATION PROGRAMME FOR 1,400 MORTGAGE HOLDERS Permanent TSB has been ordered to compensate over 1,300 mortgage holders who suffered ‘serious failures’ on their accounts. The Central Bank says…

WEXFORD’S OAK TAVERN GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION TO BE REBUILT One of County Wexford’s best known pubs has been granted planning permission to be rebuilt. The Oak Tavern at Ferrycarrig Bridge…

OVER 600 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS VACANT IN CO. WEXFORD 10 per cent of commercial properties in County Wexford are currently vacant according to the latest edition of Geo View. That’s up…

BANKING INQUIRY TOLD NOT TO HEAR EVIDENCE FROM FORMER ANGLO BOSS BY VIDEO LINK The Banking Inquiry’s been told NOT to hear evidence from the former Anglo boss David Drumm…

3 ARRESTED IN CARLOW OVER ALLEGED ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NEGLECT Three people have been arrested in connection with alleged animal cruelty and neglect in the South East. The arrests come…

NEW ROSS GARDAI APPEAL FOR INFORMATION AFTER CAMPILE ROAD CRASH Gardai in New Ross are appealing for information following a road crash yesterday morning. A man is currently in a…

OVER 500,000 EURO IN FUNDING ALLOCATED TO CO. WEXFORD SWIMMING POOLS Over half a million euro has been awarded to two County Wexford swimming pools. Wexford Swimming Pool and Courtown…