http://www.rte.ie/news/ Latest Irish and international news supplied by RTE.ie Copyright © RTÉ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:35:30 +0000 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:35:30 +0000 General News http://www.rte.ie/images/logo_rss_goog.gif http://www.rte.ie Activists in Syria have said that more than 200 people have been killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:40:33 +0000 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0204/syria.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0204/syria.html A week-long cold snap across Europe in which temperatures plunged to new lows has now claimed more than 220 lives. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:46:00 +0000 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0204/weather.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0204/weather.html At least 105 people have been killed by shelling in the city of Homs in Syria, according to reports. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:59:43 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/syriashelling.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/syriashelling.html SIPTU has referred issues around a controversial HSE-funded account to the Garda Fraud Squad, according to correspondence published on the website of the Public Accounts Committee. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:38 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/siptu.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/siptu.html Dublin solicitor Thomas Byrne has been charged with fraud offences totalling more than €52m relating to more than 20 residential properties and six banks. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:27 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/byrnet.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/byrnet.html A man and a youth have appeared in court charged in connection with the manslaughter of publican John Kenny in Oughterard, Co Galway. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:37:40 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/kennyj.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/kennyj.html Around 700 people attended a protest against education cutbacks in Bantry, Co Cork. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:48:45 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/cork.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/cork.html A Traveller family have lost an appeal against a Christian Brothers school in Clonmel which they claimed had discriminated against their son when it refused him admission. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:34:44 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/clonmel.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/clonmel.html Gardaí in Wexford have issued an appeal to trace a 16-year-old boy who has been missing since Wednesday afternoon. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:09:41 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/mcguinnessc.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/mcguinnessc.html The religious congregations that ran residential institutions where children were abused are to be asked to contribute more towards the €1.2bn bill for compensating victims. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:17:28 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/abuse.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/abuse.html Protesters fought riot police through clouds of tear gas near Egypt's Interior Ministry on a second day of clashes triggered by the deaths in Port Said of 74 people. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:34:09 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/egypt.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/egypt.html Hungary's Malev airline has grounded its fleet after running out of money. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:35:54 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/airline.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/airline.html Drinking water supplies are being restored to households in west Limerick, however a temporary boil water notice remains in place Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:23:11 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/limerick.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/limerick.html Hacker group Anonymous has released what it claims is a recording of a conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard last month. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:56:32 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/anonymous.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/anonymous.html 64% of Iarnród Éireann's InterCity fares will increase from tomorrow following changes to the fare structure Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:15:28 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/rail.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/rail.html The cold snap has now claimed 101 lives in Ukraine, as temperatures plunge to new lows in Europe. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:12:32 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/weather.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/weather.html UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has resigned from Cabinet over allegations that he asked his ex-wife to take a speeding penalty for him. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:33:11 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/huhnec.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/huhnec.html A loyalist paramilitary has had his jail sentence reduced after he agreed to identify the killers of Sunday World reporter Martin O'Hagan to police. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:47:32 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/hyden.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/hyden.html A search of Glandore Harbour for two fishermen who have been missing since their trawler sank nearly three weeks ago is to be wound down gradually. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:28:18 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/glandore.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/glandore.html A Sligo accountant has been found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation in relation to the purchase of a development site in 2006. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:14:04 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/sligo.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/sligo.html Lawyers for a man convicted of murdering two British soldiers at an army base in Co Antrim have told a court he had a maximum of four or five years to live because of a medical condition. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:14:56 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/massereene.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/massereene.html The Justice Minister is considering demands for an investigation of the former Protestant-run Bethany Home. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:29:10 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/bethany.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/bethany.html Libya's former ambassador to France Omar Brebesh died in the custody of a militia from possible torture, Human Rights Watch has said. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:02:53 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/libya.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/libya.html Independent TD Stephen Donnelly is introducing a Family Home Protection Bill, aimed at helping people who find themselves in mortgage arrears and negative equity. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:45:47 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/property.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/property.html A new study suggests that malaria kills twice as many people around the world than had previously been thought. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:39:02 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/malaria.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0203/malaria.html