Leixlip News

(2 Sep 2010) An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for developer Liam Carroll's company to complete the new Anglo Irish headquarters in Dublin's docklands.

(2 Sep 2010) The newest stretch of railway in the country has been officially opened in Co Meath.

(2 Sep 2010) The funeral of murdered Dublin schoolgirl Michaela Davis has taken place at St Mochta's Church in Porterstown.

(2 Sep 2010) The Minister for Finance has said the early signs of growth are visible in the Irish economy.

(2 Sep 2010) A consultant surgeon has blamed 'human error' for a mistake which led to the wrong kidney being removed from an eight-year-old boy.

(2 Sep 2010) A Dublin criminal who fled Ireland after the murder of Veronica Guerin is in police custody in the Netherlands.

(2 Sep 2010) A Dublin bank official's wife was held hostage this morning while the official was forced to hand over a large sum of money.

(2 Sep 2010) A man has died after a collision between a train and a tractor in Co Roscommon.

(2 Sep 2010) Minister Eamon Ryan has rejected claims that a 5% rise in electricity prices will result in job losses.

(2 Sep 2010) The cost of policing the riots in the north Belfast area of Ardoyne during four days in July was £1.1m.

(2 Sep 2010) Family and friends of actor Mick Lally have gathered for his funeral in Dublin.

(2 Sep 2010) The inquest into the death of a woman has heard that she complained of 'abdominal discomfort' five days after a hysterectomy.

(2 Sep 2010) Over 100 people protested in the towns of Longford and Roscommon today over plans to cease publication of local newspapers.

(2 Sep 2010) The internet services company, AOL, has announced it is to create 20 new software engineering jobs in Dublin.

(2 Sep 2010) A Dublin-based priest has been jailed for four years for sexually abusing three sisters nearly 50 years ago.

(2 Sep 2010) The Labour party has called for spending on sport to be refocused from capital to current spending.

(1 Sep 2010) The remains of boxer Darren Sutherland have been reinterred at St Finian's Cemetery in Navan.

(1 Sep 2010) One man has been killed and three more people have been injured in a road crash in Co Roscommon this evening.

(1 Sep 2010) New figures show that more than 800 people a week gave up private health insurance in the second quarter of this year.

(1 Sep 2010) Official figures show that the number of people on the Live Register rose again last month, but the increases were not as big as in July.

(1 Sep 2010) All acute and emergency surgery will cease at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan with immediate effect.

(1 Sep 2010) Fianna Fáil and Green ministers have denied that they are split over the future of Anglo Irish Bank.

(1 Sep 2010) Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has said Exchequer returns to be published tomorrow would indicate that the public finances have stabilised.

(1 Sep 2010) The way learner drivers are trained, tested and licensed is being overhauled as part of new measures announced today.

(1 Sep 2010) Four men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Aidan Byrne in February.