Dublin News news Dublin News news Rss feed

  • Elderly cyclist killed in collision with car Elderly cyclist killed in collision with car

    A man in his 80s has been killed in a road traffic accident in Co. Kildare. The man was riding a bicycle when he was struck by a car on the Dublin Road at Clane on Sunday afternoon. The driver of the car, reportedly in his twenties, attended Naas Garda Station for questioning but left the station on Sunday night without any charges being laid. A post-mortem is expected to be carried out on ...

  • Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny has spent the weekend in Boston, Massachusetts furthering the strength of U.S. -Ireland relations. The head of Ireland's government attended a function on Saturday at the JFK Library to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland At the ceremony Kenny addressed an audience of U.S. lawmakers and representatives of the business ...

  • Gardai appeal for information on death of young man in Dublin Gardai appeal for information on death of young man in Dublin

    Gardai have issued an appeal to the public for any information concerning a man whose body was found on Friday night in Dublin. The 37 year-old man, whose identity has not yet been disclosed, was reportedly shot in the back of his head. The man whose body was found in a field near Killanarden Hill around 9:00pm on Friday night had been missing for some weeks. Gardai have begun a murder ...

  • Irish cricketers could be heading to Pakistan Irish cricketers could be heading to Pakistan

    Ireland has given hope of reviving international cricket in Pakistan after it reportedly agreed to consider visiting the country to reciprocate Pakistan's one-day international (ODI) tour of Ireland. At a time when all the Test playing nations have written-off touring Pakistan, the International Cricket Council's (ICC) associate member Cricket Ireland (CI) gave a positive response on that ...

  • Apple accused of using Ireland as tax haven

    Apple has been accused of using Ireland as a way of avoiding billions of euro in tax.A US senate report said the iPhone set up companies in Ireland which paid little or no tax on sales of the company's products outside America.The 40 page report said that Apple agreed tax at a rate of just 2% with the Irish government - well below the corporation tax rate of 12.5%.Apple executives will be ...


mostlycloudy
Dublin Weather
9°C Mostly Cloudy
Winds: From the NW at 15 MPH
Wed
partlycloudy
15° 10°
Thu
partlycloudy
15° 5°
Fri
partlycloudy
11° 4°
Last Updated on May 21, 9:00 AM IST
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

A Life Less Ordinary

"A Life Less Ordinary" premiered in theaters with heavy anticipation as the follow-up film by director Danny Boyle, screenwriter John Hodge, and actor Ewan McGregor, the team that brought the wildly entertaining "Trainspotting" (1995) to life. Unfortunately, the film was ransacked by critics and, worse, lost on audiences. Its love story of a kidnapping-gone-wrong mixed with heavenly angels and ear ... ...

On Facebook

  • 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 ...

More Dublin News news