http://www.rte.ie/news Latest Irish and international news supplied by RTE.ie en-ie Copyright © RTÉ Publishing, see http://www.rte.ie/extra/rss.html for terms and conditions of reuse News Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:19:20 +0100 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:19:20 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/images/logo_rss_goog.gif http://www.rte.ie/news/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457642-eu-budget/ Eurozone finance ministers are meeting in Luxembourg to decide on when and how the European Stability Mechanism bailout fund can invest in a bank to save it from failure. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:19:20 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457642-eu-budget/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457654-abortion-legislation/ The Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 will be introduced in the Dáil this morning. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:34:52 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457654-abortion-legislation/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457693-savita-halappanavar-rosters/ The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland has requested Galway University Hospital to provide the duty rosters for nursing and midwifery staff at the hospital during the care of Savita Halappanavar. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:35:43 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457693-savita-halappanavar-rosters/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457645-afghanistan/ Preliminary Afghan peace talks in Qatar between the US and Taliban officials are unlikely to take place as expected today. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:26:35 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457645-afghanistan/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457640-ulster-bank/ British Chancellor George Osborne has raised the possibility of Ulster Bank's assets being sold off from its parent, Royal Bank of Scotland. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:36:42 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457640-ulster-bank/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457679-alan-shatter-laura/ Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said he found it odd that a novel, which he wrote in 1989, has become the subject of a complaint to the Censorship of Publications Board. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:26:44 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457679-alan-shatter-laura/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457641-brazil-protests/ Brazil's two biggest cities have agreed to revoke an increase in public transport fares that set off nationwide protests against poor public services, inflation and corruption. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:40:04 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457641-brazil-protests/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457684-cancer-drugs/ Independent Senator and oncologist John Crown has said it is a great scandal that some private health insurers have decided not to provide an approved cancer drug to their patients. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:46:04 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457684-cancer-drugs/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457643-jfk-eternal-flame/ Fire taken from the Eternal Flame at the graveside of former US President John F Kennedy has arrived in Ireland this morning on board an Aer Lingus flight from New York. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:38:20 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457643-jfk-eternal-flame/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457638-james-gandolfini-sopranos-star-dies-at-51/ Actor James Gandolfini, who made the ruthless mob boss Tony Soprano one of the great television characters of all time, has died aged 51. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:24:07 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457638-james-gandolfini-sopranos-star-dies-at-51/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457637-british-irish-lions-team-for-brisbane-named/ British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has named his team to play Australia in the first Test of the series in Brisbane on Saturday. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:40:10 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457637-british-irish-lions-team-for-brisbane-named/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457408-jill-meagher-killer-to-serve-at-least-35-years/ The husband of Jill Meagher has said the sentence handed down to the man who raped and murdered her in Australia last year was a "disgrace". Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:57:42 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457408-jill-meagher-killer-to-serve-at-least-35-years/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457632-turf-cutting-galway/ A stand-off near a bog designated as a Special Area of Conservation in Co Galway has ended without incident. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:46:21 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457632-turf-cutting-galway/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457625-aer-lingus/ The Government does not think the time is right to sell its 25% stake in Aer Lingus, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin said tonight. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:59:02 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457625-aer-lingus/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457569-coillte-harvesting-rights/ The Cabinet has announced it will not go ahead with the sale of Coillte harvesting rights as part of its plan to sell State assets. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:05:30 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457569-coillte-harvesting-rights/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457595-censorship-of-publications-board/ Responsibility for the Censorship of Publications Board is to be transferred from the Minister for Justice to the Minister for Arts after a member of the public lodged a complaint about a novel by Alan Shatter. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:42:20 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457595-censorship-of-publications-board/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457615-imf-bailout-review/ Ireland has a good chance of exiting its bailout this year, the International Monetary Fund said this afternoon. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:29:31 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457615-imf-bailout-review/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457606-france-flooding/ Heavy flooding in southwestern France has left at least one woman dead and forced the closure of the pilgrimage site at Lourdes. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:04:42 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457606-france-flooding/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457504-cuts-announced-to-special-needs-teaching-resources/ Children with special educational needs will receive just three quarters of the additional teaching resources they are entitled to from this September. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:07:13 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457504-cuts-announced-to-special-needs-teaching-resources/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457416-eu-budget-talks-set-to-resume/ Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has described a tentative agreement reached with the European Parliament on the next EU budget as "very significant". Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:08:47 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457416-eu-budget-talks-set-to-resume/