Media News
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AIB dismissal not linked to complaint, tribunal told
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010
GENEVIEVE CARBERY THERE WAS no connection between an employee making a whistleblowing complaint and his later dismissal, the Employment Appeals Tribunal heard yesterday. Former AIB Capital Markets employee Brian Purcell...
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Surgeon should have checked X-rays, hearing told
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010
FIONA GARTLAND THE SURGEON who removed a healthy kidney from an eight-year-old boy should have checked the X-rays when he saw the kidney was not diseased, an expert witness told...
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Scientists discover way to halt dementia
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010
DICK AHLSTROM Science Editor THE SEARCH is on for a new type of drug to fight Alzheimer’s disease following an important discovery about how the condition takes hold. Scientists believe...
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Consumer law breached by 57 businesses
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010
PAUL CULLEN, Consumer Affairs Correspondent MORE THAN 50 retail businesses were found to have breached consumer legislation in the first half of the year, the vast majority for failing to...
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Cabinet supports process of orderly wind-down for Anglo
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010
STEPHEN COLLINS, Political Editor AN ORDERLY wind-down of Anglo Irish Bank over a lengthy period has emerged as the favoured option of most Ministers. The Cabinet had a lengthy discussion...
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Out-of-date scanners being used despite warning to HSE
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010
EITHNE DONNELLAN Health Correspondent A NUMBER of out-of-date ultrasound scanners are still being used at hospitals in the northeast despite a warning to the HSE this year that they required...
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All acute surgery ceases at Navan hospital
Newspaper:Irish Times
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010
ELAINE EDWARDS in Navan HSE decision: surgical service ends: ALL ACUTE and emergency surgery is to end at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, Co Meath, with immediate effect, the Health...
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Change in law means acquitted killers can face retrial
Newspaper:Irish Independent
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010
SUSPECTS acquitted of a serious offence by the courts will face a fresh trial if new evidence emerges. The changes in the law, eliminating the rule of double jeopardy, came...
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L-drivers will be hit with double points in crackdown
Newspaper:Irish Independent
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010
LEARNER and newly qualified drivers are to be hit by double penalty points for five key offences in an unprecedented crackdown. This means that if the drivers clock up just...