2008-04-30 12:37
The two leaders of Pakistan's new coalition government have begun urgent talks in Dubai on meeting their election pledge to restore judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf.Nawaz Sharif… Read More
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2008-04-30 11:04
Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has said it is "actively in negotiations" with the Department of Health "to obtain funds to meet the needs of homeless people in Ireland". (The langu… Read More
2008-04-30 02:14
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, has criticised City of London banks who reward their staff with huge sums of money for taking risks.Speaking before the Treasury Committee o… Read More
2008-04-29 19:43
ZANU-PF, the party of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (right), has failed to regain its parliamentary majority after a partial recount of votes from polls that took place last month. Zimb… Read More
2008-04-29 17:14
A recent study suggests that anti-depressant drugs - such as the widely used Prozac - could be largely ineffective. The Public Library of Science Medicine journal examined all available data… Read More
2008-04-29 14:22
On a Sunday morning between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. I listen usually to Marian Finucane on RTÉ Radio 1, in order to hear what the Irish nation is talking about. But yesterday I had an outs… Read More
2008-04-28 00:35
A Japanese communications company is currently working on a strange new "aromatherapy phone service", which is expected to be available to customers sometime next year. According to the comp… Read More
2008-04-27 23:17
The latest nation-wide opinion poll in Ireland shows a dramatic swing against the Lisbon Treaty, with the 'Yes' side leading by only 6% when undecided voters are excluded.The Red C poll in t… Read More
2008-04-27 12:25
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has escaped unhurt after an assassination attempt on him took place earlier today during a military parade in Kabul. A source inside the presidentia… Read More
2008-04-27 10:32
The United States' Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead, has announced the re-establishment of the US 4th Fleet and assigned Rear Admiral Joseph D. Kernan (right), currently comm… Read More
2008-04-26 21:56
There are meanwhile more mobile phones in Ireland than people. According to one statistic the 4.25 million people living in the Republic of Ireland own a total of more than six million mobil… Read More
2008-04-26 20:53
Lithuania has rejected the proposed compromise which would have paved the way for further talks on a partnership between the European Union (EU) and Russia. Lithuania insists that any EU man… Read More
2008-04-26 09:25
An American cargo ship contracted by the US Navy has fired warning shots in the direction of two unidentified speedboats in the Persian Gulf today. According to US military officials, the in… Read More
2008-04-26 08:39
The United Nation's nuclear control authority has said that it will investigate recent American claims that Syria was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korean help.The Internation… Read More
2008-04-26 06:51
The embalmed body of the mystic monk Padre Pio (right), one of the Catholic world's most popular saints of modern times, has gone on display in the Madonna delle Grazie Church in San Giovann… Read More
2008-04-24 01:41
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has recommended the top US military commander in Iraq, General David H. Petraeus, as the next head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), which covers an area fro… Read More
2008-04-22 23:19
A directly elected regional Mayor for Dublin, as well as elected Mayors for all Irish cities and counties, are among the many new proposals for the reform of local government published today… Read More
2008-04-22 15:49
Among the more than 200 heads of state we have now on this planet, there are only a few who stand out from the crowd, as individuals as well as through their words and deeds. One of them, an… Read More
2008-04-21 22:08
There is a saying that one scandal comes seldom alone. Well, after the immense blunder at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin (see entry below) that came to light earlier today… Read More
2008-04-21 20:25
King Gyanendra of Nepal has dismissed reports that he will go into exile after the unexpectedly clear election success of the country's former Maoist rebels. The Maoists say that their main… Read More
2008-04-21 16:20
A young child has had the wrong kidney removed, following a medical error at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, one of Ireland's leading children's hospitals. The "mistake" th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has appointed a new senior official responsible for the day-to-day management of the House of Lords, the upper house of the UK Parliament. The position, popularl… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Is there anyone in the incompetent Irish government who understands at least the basic rules of Economics, and how markets and societies work? Obviously not.The latest example of a goat made… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Health unions and patient campaign groups in Ireland have raised concerns about plans by the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) to review full-time Accident & Emergency (A&E) servi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
On this day - 105 years ago - the world's first power-driven heavier-than-air machine in which man made free, controlled and sustained flight lifted off its starting block on the beach at Ki… Read More
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