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Irish Times- Dáil uproar over Tallaght revelationsThere were rowdy scenes in the Dáil and the House was suspended this morning amid repeated Opposition demands for a debate to clarify reports that there were thousands of unopened referral letters from GPs to consultants at Tallaght hospital. […]
- Banks need 'enforcement threat'The new Head of Financial Regulation, Matthew Elderfield, has said there needs to be “assertive risk-based regulation underpinned by the credible threat of enforcement” in a wide-ranging speech on plans to overhaul financial supervision in Ireland. […]
- Innovation 'central' to recoveryAn ambitious report by the innovation taskforce appointed by the Government in June last year, was launched this morning by the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen. […]
- Calls for board to appear at Dáil CommitteeFine Gael Health Spokesman, Dr James Reilly has called for the relevant board members of Tallaght Hospital to appear before an Oireachtas Committee to explain how GP referral letters were left unopened for years. […]
- Oireachtas to be hit by strike actionMembers of three public services unions have said they will refuse to deal with email between offices within the Oireachtas from this afternoon. […]
- Two remanded in 'murder plot'Two people have been remanded in custody in connection with an international investigation into an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist. […]
- Gardaí seek missing Dublin manGardaí in Dublin are seeking the public’s help in tracing the whereabouts of a man who has been missing from his home since last week. […]
- Concern over legalities of unopened referral lettersThe Tallaght GP and Trinity College Dublin public health specialist who first drew attention to the failure to review large numbers of X-rays in Tallaght hospital has also revealed a large number of referral letters were not processed. […]
- Man charged with Dublin murderA man has been remanded in custody after he appeared in court in Dublin charged with the murder of another man in a pub over a year ago. […]
- Reports of Obama visit deniedThere are no confirmed plans for a state visit to Ireland by US President Barack Obama, the Department of Foreign Affairs and US embassy have said. […]
- Dáil uproar over Tallaght revelations
- Irish Independent
- Taxi drivers vow to ramp up protests if demands aren't metTHOUSANDS of air passengers and commuters face further traffic disruptions as militant taxi drivers threathen more protests next week. […]
- Taxi drivers vow to ramp up protests if demands aren't metTHOUSANDS of air passengers and commuters face further traffic disruptions as militant taxi drivers threathen more protests next week. […]
- Can we trust an operator that loses track of safety?THAT no one was killed when the Malahide viaduct collapsed into the sea in August last year is a miracle. […]
- Gleeson gives father and son act a shotACTOR Brendan Gleeson spoke last night of the conflict he felt calling for his own son to be shot in a new Irish gangster film. […]
- Weekend jackpot heading for €4.5mTHERE was no winner of last night's €2m Lotto jackpot and Saturday's prize is heading for €4.5m as €2m is added to celebrate the St Patrick's Festival weekend. Last night's winning numbers were 9, 18, 22, 26, 27, 39. The bonus number was 33. […]
- Bus services suffer second round of cutbacksBUS services across the country are to be further reduced as part of Bus Eireann's multi-million euro cost cutting plan, the company said yesterday. […]
- Managers ignored warnings over X-raysSENIOR executives at the hospital at the centre of the X-ray scandal ignored repeated demands for answers from a patient safety watchdog for almost a year. […]
- Staffing pressures forced the backlog to explodeHOW can a backlog of just a few thousand unread X-rays -- which was supposed to be "under control" in August -- suddenly become a mountain of almost 58,000 by Dec-ember? […]
- Suspect in cartoonist death plot spent two weeks here'Jihad Jane', the mastermind behind the alleged plot to murder controversial Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, spent two weeks in Ireland on a fact-finding mission. […]
- Lenders get picky as credit card rate hike dueTHE two biggest banks in the country are to hike their credit card rates, the Irish Independent has learned. […]
- Taxi drivers vow to ramp up protests if demands aren't met
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