Ireland’s Flora
Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera), a small, pretty orchid that mimics a bumblebee visiting a pink flower. (Photo – www.plantlife.org.uk)
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Irish Times- Unions refunded €1m to State on foot of partnership payments controversyDáil committee hearing today into a recent report on how State funding ended up in an account controlled by two people associated with Siptu […]
- Flanagan attacks Coalition’s Dáil reform effortsTD warns of irrelevancy […]
- Man to be sentenced for breaking into Minister’s homeBurglar on bail for having sawn-off shotgun when he broke into Shatter home […]
- Abe and Akie at the Áras: whistle-stop tour runs over as couples chatCulture shock as Japanese diplomats politely but openly ponder the Irish interpretation of ‘schedule’ […]
- Ireland’s example as a peacemaker celebrated in Kennedy lectureMaryland governor spoke warmly about the influence Ireland has had around the globe […]
- ‘Voyage’ songwriter takes complaint against solicitor to the Law SocietyJohnny Duhan claimed he was not supplied with an estimate of costs by Eddie McGarr […]
- Adrian Bayley sentencing: revulsion seeps out of every page of judgmentBackground: Jill Meagher moved to Australia at the age of seven in 1990, the year Bayley committed his first offence […]
- IMF warns against using promissory note deal proceeds to ease budgetLatest progress report says maintaining fiscal retrenchment performance essential […]
- Students upbeat about musicJunior Cert music, Junior Cert Technology […]
- Japanese prime minister praises Ireland’s efforts to reduce debtTaoiseach backs ‘Abenomics’ and Japanese growth stimulus […]
- Unions refunded €1m to State on foot of partnership payments controversy
- Irish Independent
- Slaughter of stray horses costs €12.5m in five yearsALMOST 6,000 stray horses have been put down after being seized by local authorities at a cost of €12.5m in the last five years. […]
- Shatter transfers book censorship powers over his racy novelJUSTICE Minister Alan Shatter has transferred responsibility for censoring books to Arts Minister Jimmy Deenihan to avoid a conflict of interest over his racy novel ‘Laura’. […]
- Guerin killer Brian Meehan caught out as he smuggles drugs into jailKILLER Brian Meehan smuggled drugs inside his body into prison after they were passed to him by a relative. […]
- Violent high-risk teen denied bail ahead of extradition hearingA teenage fugitive described as a violent high-risk offender has been denied bail at the High Court pending a hearing against his extradition to Northern Ireland. […]
- Murder accused breaks down describing self-harm upon victim's body discoveryA FAS worker accused of murdering a woman in Co Clare two years ago broke down as he explained to a Central Criminal Court jury why he stabbed himself in the stomach when the woman’s body was discovered. […]
- Three rescued as fishing boat sinksThree fishermen have been rescued off north Donegal after their boat sank. […]
- Sale of harvesting rights abandonedThe sale of the harvesting rights for the country's state-owned forests has been abandoned. […]
- Trial hears two men accused of Daniel McAnespie murder blame each other for killing the teenagerTHE trial of two Dublin men accused of the murder of teenager Daniel McAnespie, who was in the care of the State at the time of his death three years ago, has heard that each accused blames the other for killing him. […]
- Coalition decides against selling off forestry rightsTHE Government has decided against selling off the harvesting rights of Coillte, the State forestry agency. […]
- Three fishermen rescued off the north Donegal coastTHREE fishermen were being treated in hospital last night after a dramatic rescue off the north Donegal coast. […]
- Slaughter of stray horses costs €12.5m in five years
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