Leixlip News

(20 Mar 2010) Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has said the country is finished with ‘golden circles and the favoured few’.

(20 Mar 2010) Pope Benedict XVI has described the abuse of children by Irish clergy and religious as 'sinful and criminal'.

(20 Mar 2010) A search for a man missing off the coast of west Cork has been called off for the night. It will resume in the morning.

(20 Mar 2010) A teenage girl thought to be a victim of human trafficking has been rescued from a house in Belfast.

(20 Mar 2010) Two people are due to appear in court on Monday following the discovery of 40kg of cannabis in Co Dublin yesterday evening.

(19 Mar 2010) A Garda, arrested on suspicion of disclosing information that led to Trevor Sargent’s resignation, has been released.

(19 Mar 2010) More than 20 people staged a sit-in at the Passport Office in Dublin over the closure of the public counters due to industrial action.

(19 Mar 2010) Cardinal Seán Brady understood that the oaths used to swear two of Brendan Smyth's victims to silence were not permanently binding, according to a statement.

(19 Mar 2010) Aer Lingus cabin crew are to hold a second ballot on the €97m Greenfield cost reduction programme which they rejected two weeks ago by two to one.

(19 Mar 2010) Sean FitzPatrick has been released from Bray Garda Station after being questioned for almost 24 hours about financial irregularities at Anglo Irish Bank.

(19 Mar 2010) A Co Louth couple, who sought to overturn an inquest verdict into the death of their son just over ten years ago, have lost their High Court Case.

(19 Mar 2010) A controversial workshop advising people how to end their own lives was held in Dublin this afternoon.

(19 Mar 2010) A consultant from Our Lady's Hospital in Navan has been suspended by the HSE after concerns were raised about his work.

(19 Mar 2010) A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to three months in jail for an immigration offence.

(19 Mar 2010) Three Leaving Certificate students were hospitalised yesterday after they became weak and faint in school.

(19 Mar 2010) There has been a fresh call on the Govt to commit funds to the next stage of the ‘western rail corridor’.

(19 Mar 2010) NAMA has begun sending financial institutions acquisition schedules outlining which loans it will buy and how much it is prepared to pay.

(19 Mar 2010) A member of the gardaí has been arrested on suspicion of disclosing information in the case which led to the resignation of the Green TD Trevor Sargent as a Minister of State.

(19 Mar 2010) Former Chairman and Chief Executive of Anglo Irish Bank Sean FitzPatrick has been arrested by members of the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation..

(18 Mar 2010) The Belfast Telegraph has claimed that the Bishop of Derry was involved in a 'secret deal’ over an alleged child sex abuse case.

(18 Mar 2010) Two men have been sentenced for their part in the importation of 1.5 tonnes of cocaine at Dunlough Bay in Cork in 2007.

(18 Mar 2010) Taxi drivers have staged a three-hour protest at several locations around the country.

(18 Mar 2010) Gardaí in Balbriggan are seeking the assistance of the public in locating 17-year-old Marissa Byrne from Balbriggan, Co Dublin.

(18 Mar 2010) The LRC is to meet separately with Aer Lingus management and the IMPACT trade union tomorrow.

(18 Mar 2010) Ireland has received final warnings from the European Commission on four cases over failing to comply with rulings from the European Court of Justice.