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 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:32:09 +0100 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:32:09 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/images/logo_rss_goog.gif http://www.rte.ie/news/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451961-woolwich-london/ British Prime Minister David Cameron has said there are "strong indications" that a violent killing in Woolwich, southeast London is terror related. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:32:09 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451961-woolwich-london/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451769-eu-summit-tax/ European Union leaders are reported to have made progress at a summit in Brussels on several initiatives to crack down on tax fraud and tax evasion. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:19:09 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451769-eu-summit-tax/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451853-hyde-park-bomb/ John Downey from Co Donegal has appeared in court in London charged with the murders of four soldiers in the IRA's Hyde Park bombing on 20 July, 1982. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:19:59 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451853-hyde-park-bomb/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451948-kerry-bog-murder-court/ Two men have been found guilty of the murder of a Brazilian man whose body was found in a north Kerry bog. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:07:44 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451948-kerry-bog-murder-court/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451994-croke-park-extension/ The leadership of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation is to recommend its 32,000 members accept the revised Labour Relations Commission proposals on public sector pay. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:09:26 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451994-croke-park-extension/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451939-boston-marathon-explosion/ An FBI agent has shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:21:32 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451939-boston-marathon-explosion/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451876-tit-bonhomme-inquests/ The jury has returned accidental death verdicts at the inquest into the deaths of five fishermen on board the trawler Tit Bonhomme in west Cork last year. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:22:31 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451876-tit-bonhomme-inquests/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451943-bill-carney-court/ A former priest who faces 34 charges of child sex abuse has no right to anonymity in court proceedings, a District Court judge has ruled. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:24:16 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451943-bill-carney-court/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451920-abortion/ Up to 11 organisations have said that there are defects in the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:17:55 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451920-abortion/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451971-animal-welfare/ A Bill that provides for micro chipping of all dogs by 2015 has passed through the Oireachtas. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:57:33 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451971-animal-welfare/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451949-ash-dieback-ireland/ The Department of Agriculture has confirmed 82 cases of ash dieback disease in Ireland. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:25:04 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451949-ash-dieback-ireland/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451768-oklahoma-tornado/ Oklahoma City officials say they are almost certain that no more bodies or survivors will be found in the debris following the huge tornado that devastated the suburb of Moore. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:29:40 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451768-oklahoma-tornado/ http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0522/451846-central-bank-review/ Only a quarter of owner occupiers in arrears of three months or more have had their mortgages restructured by lenders, according to the Central Bank. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:46:20 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0522/451846-central-bank-review/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451919-drugs-psni-down/ Drugs and cars with a combined value of more than £450,000 (€525,000) have been seized in Co Down by detectives investigating a suspected organised crime gang. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:52:04 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451919-drugs-psni-down/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451865-regional-quality-of-life/ Co Mayo has the fewest drivers with penalty points, while Co Kildare has the highest, according to a new report looking at life in Ireland today. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:55 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451865-regional-quality-of-life/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451977-suicide/ The coroner for Co Westmeath has said the economic crisis is one of the factors that have led to a sharp increase in the incidence of suicide in the county. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:48:10 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451977-suicide/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451910-norwegian-couple-navy/ A Norwegian couple, who were found on a dismasted yacht 160 miles off the south coast early yesterday morning, are being towed back to shore by the Navy. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:45:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451910-norwegian-couple-navy/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451907-sweden-stockholm-rioting/ Groups of youths have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural centre in a third night of rioting in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:51:46 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451907-sweden-stockholm-rioting/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451805-tax-ireland-apple/ IDA Ireland Chief Executive Barry O'Leary has strongly denied the assertion that Ireland is a "tax haven". Wed, 22 May 2013 17:59:46 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451805-tax-ireland-apple/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451771-us-immigration/ A US Senate panel has approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:03:50 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0522/451771-us-immigration/