Latest Irish and international news supplied by RTE.ie Copyright © RTÉ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:57:15 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:57:15 +0000 General News http://www.rte.ie/images/logo_rss_goog.gif http://www.rte.ie Bank of Scotland Ireland is to close its Irish Halifax operation, with the loss of 750 jobs at its 44 branches. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:52:57 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/bankofscotlandireland.html Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has said he was very saddened and disappointed by George Lee's resignation from the party and the Dáil. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:53:38 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/finegael.html The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to approve the next European Commission. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:53:57 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/eu.html A man accused of murdering a 28-year-old woman at a flat in Dublin city has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:23:28 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/hobanr.html Hundreds of plastic butter containers, washed up on a beach in east Cork, may be from one of seven containers lost off a ship in stormy seas last month. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:23:06 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/cork.html Drugs, cash and a number of imitation firearms have been seized during searches in Cork. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:26:19 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/stantong.html Heroin with an estimated street value of €85,000 has been seized in Dublin city centre. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:26:42 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/drugs.html Fine Gael Finance Spokesperson Richard Bruton has criticised the Government's decision to exempt some public servants from pay cuts. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:54:35 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/pay.html Ireland’s commercial banks need to refocus their attention on lending to small and medium enterprises, says the Central Bank governor. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:55:27 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/economy.html The Taoiseach has confirmed that the Heads of the Bill providing for the election of a Dublin mayor were approved by the Cabinet today. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:22:52 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/dublin_mayor.html The Competition Authority is investigating Dublin City Council's contract for the Poolbeg incinerator following a complaint from commercial waste operators. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:55:51 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/poolbeg.html The High Court has approved a settlement of €500,000 to an eight-year-old girl who was born with disabilities allegedly caused by prescription drugs. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:56:15 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/mcgillinr.html Peter Robinson has warned that he is prepared to collapse the Stormont Assembly if Sinn Féin does not honour the devolution agreement. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:56:41 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/northpolitics.html D&B, formerly known as Dun and Bradstreet, is to create 100 new jobs in Dublin as it sets up a business operations centre in the city. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:15:07 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/dandb.html Two men have been arrested following the seizure of cannabis plants and cannabis herb during a planned house search in Ashbourne. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:31:24 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/ashbourne.html Three people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Constable Stephen Carroll in Craigavon, Co Armagh, last year. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:59:38 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/carrolls.html The HSE has announced that ambulances will no longer take trauma patients to Our Lady's Hospital in Navan in emergencies from Friday. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:57:05 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/navan.html A report from the CSO says women are more likely to have a third-level qualification. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:34:13 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/cso.html Some of the world's most iconic buildings will be turning green as part of this year’s St Patrick's Day celebrations. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:29:10 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/stpatricksday.html Survivors of clerical sexual abuse have written an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI as Irish bishops prepare to meet him in the Vatican. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:40:39 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/abuse.html Dublin City Council is to debate a motion to drop the 30km/h speed limit in Dublin's core city centre area. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:19:37 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/dublin.html A man has been killed and another man is in a serious condition in hospital following a road accident in Co Westmeath. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:58:52 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0209/rta.html George Lee has resigned from the Dáil and from Fine Gael, just nine months after his election. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:40:12 +0000 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0208/leeg.html The republican paramilitary organisation, the INLA, has announced that it has decommissioned its weapons. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:31:15 +0000 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0208/inla.html The Garda Commissioner has said he supports the decision to escort a witness to and from giving evidence at the trial of Eamonn Lillis. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:31:49 +0000 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0208/court.html