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 06:39:24 +0100 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:39:24 +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 meet in Luxembourg today 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 06:39:24 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0620/457642-eu-budget/ 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 will arrive in Ireland this morning on board an Aer Lingus flight from New York. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:53:49 +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 at age 51. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:22:45 +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 06:10:10 +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 group of people gathered at a roadway leading to a bog designated as a Special Area of Conservation in Co Galway last night. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:02:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457632-turf-cutting-galway/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457515-abortion-legislation/ Taoiseach Enda Kenny has reiterated that there will be no free vote for Fine Gael on the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:00:05 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457515-abortion-legislation/ 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/ http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0619/457513-oecd-corporation-tax/ The head of tax for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has told Ireland it must charge 12.5% tax and not 2% if it wants to retain its tax regime. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:14:18 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0619/457513-oecd-corporation-tax/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457434-afghanistan-attack/ US talks with the Taliban are likely to be held within the "next few days" in Qatar, a senior US official said tonight. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:25:55 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457434-afghanistan-attack/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457474-obama-to-unveil-nuclear-reduction-plan/ US President Barack Obama wants to reduce deployed nuclear weapons by up to a third and revive negotiations with Russia. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:09:18 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457474-obama-to-unveil-nuclear-reduction-plan/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457564-daniel-mcanespie-court/ Two Dublin men accused of the murder of a teenager in the care of the State at the time of his death three years ago have blamed each other for his death. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:09:53 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457564-daniel-mcanespie-court/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457596-cork-togher-drugs/ Two men have been arrested following the seizure of drugs worth over €150,000 in Co Cork. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:53:42 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457596-cork-togher-drugs/ http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457538-seanad/ Labour TD Joanna Tuffy has strongly criticised the Taoiseach during a debate on the abolition of the Seanad, accusing him of "populist nonsense". Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:10:31 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0619/457538-seanad/