• Sole survivor of Tit Bonhomme tragedy gives evidence at inquest

  The sole survivor of the Tit Bonhomme fishing tragedy, 44-year-old Abdelbaky Mohamed has told an inquest into the deaths of his five crewmates that he had sufficient sleep and rest on the ill-fated ...

• Apple shifted profits to ‘ghost companies’ in Ireland US Congressional panel says

  Apple "quietly negotiated" an income tax rate of less than 2 per cent with the Irish Government and shifted the lion's share of the company's worldwide profits to "ghost companies" in Ireland to avoid paying taxes in the United States, a US Congressional panel has ...

• Ireland rejects blame for Apples low tax rate

  1 of 3. Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland in this October 6, 2011 file ...

• Gilmore Apple tax avoidance report not an issue for Irish govt

  The Tnaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore says a US senate report which found Apple used Ireland to avoid paying tens of billions of euro in tax is not an issue for the government.Gilmore says the matter relates to international agreements and is nothing to do with the Irish Taxation system.He was responding to questions after a US Senate committee report found Apple exploited a ...

• The Irish loophole behind Apples low tax bill

  By Tom Bergin LONDON | Tue May 21, 2013 10:15am EDT LONDON May 21 (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has hinged on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. Senate investigation revealed on Monday that Apple, maker of iPhones, iPads and Mac computers, had ...

• Author Dan Brown hints at novel set in Ireland

  The international best-selling writer Dan Brown has hinted he may set a new novel in Ireland. The author of The Da Vinci Code was in the capital last night as part of the Dublin Writers Festival. It was his first time to visit Ireland. Last night, he addressed an audience at the National Concert Hall, which was not a sell-out. He told the crowd that his interest in science and religion ...

• Great chance to show what Ireland can do- OBrien

  Kevin O'Brien , the Ireland allrounder, has said the upcoming ODIs against Pakistan are a welcome chance for his team to match skills with a Full Member side. Ireland, who last played a top team during the 2012 World T20, are set to play Pakistan in two one-dayers in Dublin on May 23 and 26. "It'll be a great chance for me personally and for the team to show what we can do ...

• Primary school IT tests in Northern Ireland no longer compulsory after litany of glitches

  John O'Dowd has announced that schools would not be compelled to complete the evaluations next autumn but could do so voluntarily using software from a range of providers. Last autumn a number of schools reported difficulties in using the programmes, with some teachers feeling under pressure and pupils distressed, the minister told the Assembly. "In moving forward I am determined to ...

• The questions surrounding Shatter’s use of confidential Garda information

  Despite the continuing row surrounding his disclosure of confidential Garda information neither of the two rules seem to apply to him. The controversy is five days old and running. Furthermore, Shatter spend an excruciatingly long 16 minutes yesterday making a "few comments" of explanation. And still the Minister's self-confidence that he is right and everybody else is wrong ...

• Geoghegan murder accused seeks more time for defence

  John Dundon is seeking more time to prefer his defence in the case where he is charged with the murder of Limerick rugby player Shane ...

• Celebrities fail to lift centenary Chelsea Flower Show

  The Trailfinders Australian Garden has won the gold medal and Best in Show at the Chelsea Flower Show 2013 at Royal Hospital Chelsea in London today. Photograph: Tim P. Whitby/Getty ...

• Calls for Fianna Fail to allow free vote on abortion

  Fianna Fil finance spokesman Michael McGrath has publicly called on his party leader Micheal Martin to allow a free vote on abortion ...

• Abortion legislation ‘incompatible with the core values of human rights’

  Abortion legislation is incompatible with the core values of human rights, Prof William Binchy, legal adviser to the anti-abortion campaign, has told ...

• Apple CEO Tim Cook faces grilling on Irish tax scandal

  Apple CEO Tim Cook will face questions from U.S. lawmakers Tuesday about how his company managed to keep its tax burden so low in Ireland. (Robert ...

• Apple saved billions in taxes using Irish subsidiaries

  Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the keynote address during the Apple 2012 World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Moscone West on June 11, 2012 in San Francisco, California. As Apple CEO Tim Cook awakens Tuesday morning to prep for a hearing on Capitol Hill about corporate taxes, the lawmakers set to question him are armed with a report saying his company kept billions in profits in Irish ...

• Bank of Ireland reverses mortgage rate increase for 1200 borrowers

  In February, Bank of Ireland told 13,500 customers on tracker mortgages it planned to increase the margin on their loans. Photograph: Luke ...

• Apple tax row Ireland says its tax regime is not to blame

  Deputy prime minister Eamon Gilmore insists any loopholes in international tax rules exploited by Apple were 'issues that arise from other ...

• New UK power plants carry low risk for Irish people study says

  The Radiological Protection Institute said that eight new nuclear power plants being built in the UK carry a very low threat to the health of Irish people. The group carried out a study of the potential risks of these plants during their day-to-day operations, and in the event of severe accidents taking place.It found that they hold a risk of one in 33 million per year. However, CEO of the RPII ...

• New northern Ireland prisoner ombudsman named

  Tom McGonigle, a Criminal Justice Inspector, is to be the new Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman.The 58,400-a-year appointment was confirmed today by the Justice Minister David Ford. Mr McGonigle takes over from Pauline McCabe at the beginning of next month.Mr McGonigle, 56, joined the Northern Ireland Probation Service in 1980 where he worked in a variety of custodial and community settings.He ...

• Search resumes at home of murdered former garda

  Work on excavating the rear patio of a house where gardaí believe a murder victim may be buried has resumed in Cavan. The home at Cornaveigh near Bailieborough belonged to former detective garda John Kerins who was murdered there last November. Two men, both in their 30s, were arrested yesterday in connection with the fatal shooting. They remain in garda custody in Carrickmacross garda ...

• UK nuclear accident would have impact on Ireland

  An accident at one of eight proposed new nuclear power plants in Britain would have a socio-economic impact on Ireland, a new study claims. But the report by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland found that even in the worst accident scenario, health effects on people living here would be limited. The study was commissioned by the Minister for the Environment, on foot of plans by ...

• Novice hurdlers stand out in 2012-13 Anglo-Irish Jumps Classifications

  Jump racing has a collection of potential new star steeplechasers to sustain it in the post-Kauto Star era, according to ratings published on Tuesday. The sport can also take pleasure in a fine crop of novice hurdlers, promising high-quality action in the years to come.The news comes from the 14th annual Anglo-Irish Jumps Classifications, which offer handicap marks for the best horses that took ...

• New Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland appointed

  Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has played down suggestions he wants Rafael Benitez to be the club's new head coach and claimed the delegation that visited England on Monday was hoping to secure an exchange deal with Manchester City for Edinson ...

• Barrister contests Taoiseach claim

  A leading barrister has rejected claims from the Taoiseach and Health Minister that proposed legislation to change Ireland's strict abortion regime does not alter existing ...

• Emigration story by far the most important of modern Ireland

  Waterford cities put together. They amount to about 400,000 people. That's about the number of people who will be absent from the Republic of Ireland in 2026 if things continue as they are going. If emigration remains at the levels it has reached because of economic collapse and so-called austerity, the long-term effect will be ...

• Allowing abortion for suicidal women marks change in law committee told

  Barrister Paul Brady says draft legislation creates for the first time a statutory basis in Irish law for what may be a direct and intentional termination of an unborn child’s ...

• Water treatment plant workers in Wicklow go on strike

  Workers at a water treatment plant in Co Wicklow have gone on strike after management failed to refer a dispute relating to pay and shift premium payments to the Labour ...

• Smoking at home may kill as many as road traffic collisions

  Smoking in the home can generate pollution six times higher than the World Health Organisation's outdoor recommendations. Photograph: Susana ...

• New proposals for teachers and nurses as marathon pay talks continue

  Teachers who lose supervision and substitution payments as part of a revised Croke Park II agreement would receive the money back as part of their core pay within five years, under the terms of new proposals drawn up ...

• Harte warning for Donegal ahead of Ulster clash

  Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has warned Donegal of the tough challenge they face in Ulster and beyond after becoming All-Ireland champions. Donegal meet Tyrone in the Ulster SFC quarter-final in Ballybofey on Sunday, and Harte knows only too well how hard it is to continue winning following All-Ireland success. Tyrone were beaten in Ulster following their All-Ireland successes in 2003 and 2005 ...

• British court to rule on abortion application

  The British High Court will continue to hear evidence today in a case where it is being asked to decide whether a married 37-year-old woman with a mental disorder is capable of making a decision about terminating her ...

• New Croke Park proposals being circulated to unions

  It is understood that key engagements were still taking place between management and unions representing staff in the health and education ...

• Government shows nursing unions draft pay cut law in final bid for agreement

  It is understood that key engagements were still taking place between management and unions representing staff in the health and education ...

• Happy new ear campaign demand meeting with Taoiseach

  The parents of deaf children who are campaigning for cochlear implants are demanding a meeting with the Taoiseach Enda Kenny.The Happy New Ear campaign said the Health Minister James Reilly has refused to meet them.The parents want reassurance from Minister Reilly that EUR7m will be ringfenced to pay for double implants.Currently children in Ireland who receive the treatment - only have cochlear ...

• Bank of Ireland eases mortgage hikes policy

  The Bank of Ireland today partially backtracked on a steep rise in mortgage rates for customers who thought their repayments were fixed for life.It has written to 1,200 of the 13,500 homeowners facing sharp increases - despite taking out tracker deals linked to the historically-low Bank of England base rate - to tell them they will no longer be applied in their cases.The bank said the Financial ...

• Tobacco smoke is biggest home pollutant in Ireland EPA study finds

  Living in a damp and cool climate, it is not surprising that people in Ireland spend 90 per cent of their time indoors, and the majority of that in their own ...

• Gatland expects Irish pair to be fit

  Warren Gatland expects Leinster duo Brian O'Driscoll and Sean O'Brien to be on board Monday's flight to Hong Kong, where the tour opens against the Barbarians on 1 June. O'Driscoll should play in this weekend's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Ulster after making progress in his recovery from the back spasm that ruled him out of Friday's victory over Stade Francais. ...

• Press Digest - Ireland - May 21

  Tue May 21, 2013 3:07am EDT These are some of the leading stories in Ireland's newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy: THE IRISH TIMES - Apple has used a complex web of offshore entities, including two Irish subsidiaries which it claims are not tax-resident anywhere, to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. - The government last ...

• Looted Irish treasures recovered in England

  They include three 'gun money' coins, the emergency war money coined by James II from 1689-91 to pay his forces to fight William of Orange.The items, including a Bronze Age axe and spearhead and hundreds of medieval coins, will go on display today, then be stored for research.They were recovered after a tip-off from ...

• Legal minefield looms if Northern Ireland opts out of new Same-Sex Couples Bill lawyers warn

  A new vaccine is being made available to prevent a disease which causes severe birth defects and miscarriages in livestock, it has been ...

• Irish P.M. Enda Kenny applauded at Boston College graduation

  Boston College graduates gave Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny a standing ovation Monday while a small group of anti-abortion activists protested outside. ...

• Rugby Rewards re-launches with focus on British Irish Lions Tour

  Australian Rugby is set to launch a Facebook-based Rugby Rewards program which aims to foster team advocacy ahead of the British & Irish Lions Tour. Rugby Rewards is a digital engagement program which recognises and rewards fans for their support for Australian Rugby and the Qantas Wallabies. It was first launched in 2011 as an initiative to capture the support for the Qantas Wallabies ...

• Apple called international tax dodger

  A congressional report said U.S. technology giant Apple was using gaps in international tax laws to avoid paying tax on tens of billions of dollars. The report says Apple had moved $74 billion beyond the reach of the IRS from 2009-12 using a variety of loopholes to do so, some of which are used to declare tens of billions of dollars were earned unattached to any country. Apple seems to claim ...

• Sentencing in robbery cases ’relatively consistent’ new report by Irish Sentencing Information System finds

  Sentencing in robbery cases has been relatively consistent, with the offence most commonly attracting a sentence of one to five years, according to a new ...

• Shatter’s robust defence of Wallace revelation causes unease in Labour

  The robust defence by Minister for Justice Alan Shatter of his revelation that Independent TD Mick Wallace escaped penalty points for using a mobile phone while driving has created some unease within ...

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