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7 February, 2012 - 03:36
Members of a group lobbying for the laws on prostitution to be tightened meet independent TDs today.
7 February, 2012 - 03:31
RNLI lifeboats had another busy year in 2011, with almost one thousand calls for help according to the charity's annual 'launch statistics' released today.
7 February, 2012 - 02:31
The Greek Prime Minister is to meet with the leaders of the countries three coalition partners later today to decide whether to agree to the terms of the proposed 130 billion euro bailout.
7 February, 2012 - 00:23
The United States is closing its embassy in Damascus as Syrian state forces continue the bombardment of the city of Homs.
6 February, 2012 - 23:44
Leitrim County Council has passed a motion to ask the Minister for the Environment to ban fracking in the Republic of Ireland.
6 February, 2012 - 23:38
Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has said the inspection fee for septic tanks will be reduced from €50 to €5 for three months from April.
6 February, 2012 - 23:09
Freezing temperatures in Europe have claimed another 33 lives, while melting snow has caused a dam in Bulgaria to burst.
6 February, 2012 - 23:08
A Galway man has successfully completed seven marathons on seven continents in less than five days.
6 February, 2012 - 23:07
Ian Paisley has been admitted to a hospital on the outskirts of east Belfast after becoming ill at the weekend.
6 February, 2012 - 23:06
Public servants who applied to leave under the Govt's retirement scheme have been urged to have their final benefits independently checked.
6 February, 2012 - 22:33
A report suggests that the majority of families dependent on Jobseeker's Benefit do not have an adequate income for a basic standard of living.
6 February, 2012 - 22:32
The remaining 11 workers at Galway Airport are staging a sit-in at the facility.
6 February, 2012 - 22:14
Gardaí investigating the murder of Ciaran Noonan have arrested a man in his 20s.
6 February, 2012 - 21:57
An Bord Pleanála has expressed concern that the proposed Luas link-up in Dublin city centre would interfere with future development of the DART Underground and Metro North.
6 February, 2012 - 21:51
Dr James Reilly and others have agreed to settle a case taken against them in relation to the purchase of a Co Tipperary nursing home.
6 February, 2012 - 21:50
Bord na Móna workers are to be balloted on industrial action over the refusal of management to pay a 3.5% pay increase.
6 February, 2012 - 21:48
Two men have been arrested in connection with a death in Cork city over Christmas.
6 February, 2012 - 21:47
The US President has played down the threat to the US from Iran, saying, our preferred solution here is diplomatic
6 February, 2012 - 21:42
The Chairman of media group TCH has said there is a tsunami of information coming from new media, some of which has "the capacity to destroy civil society".
6 February, 2012 - 21:35
A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 12-year-old boy in Tallaght in 2001.