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4:37pm UK, Saturday November 21, 2009 Alison Chung, Sky News Online More than 100 Irish troops have been drafted in to support the emergency services in battling Ireland's worst floods in 30 years. Cork city centre under water...
the latest weather forecast The Taoiseach has said that local emergency plans in place are working well to deal with the effects of flooding. The Army has been deployed to some of the worst hit areas, including Cork city,...
Utility firm says it wasn't its job to warn local residents By Grainne Cunningham, Ralph Riegel and Edel Kennedy Saturday November 21 2009 A STATE of emergency was declared in Cork last night after the ESB was forced to open...
By Claire O’Sullivan and Sean O’Riordan Saturday, November 21, 2009 SEVERAL hundred households were without power last night after the ESB was forced to cut off power because of safety concerns. On Thursday night and early...
Further rain has been forecast for County Fermanagh The Rivers Agency in County Fermanagh has been pumping water and laying sandbags in Enniskillen as Lough Erne continues to rise to record levels. Flooding has caused...
Twenty-nine years ago, Keith Johnson had just completed his undergraduate studies at Wayne State University and was headed to law school. "Being a teacher was the last thing I thought I'd ever do," he said. But his mother, a...
By Eoin English Friday, November 20, 2009 A MAN has been arrested and questioned by gardaí about what they believe was a sexually motivated assault on a woman in Cork city centre earlier this week. The Asian man, who is aged...
There is serious flooding in many parts of the South and West tonight after another day of torrential rain. Gardaí are reporting extensive flooding in Ennis, Co Clare. Houses in several villages in Galway and Cork have had to...
love visiting shrines. I find them fascinating. One of my favorites is Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal. But one in particluar, the Knock Shrine near Dublin in Ireland, has had recent news. Recently almost 10,000 pilgrims showed...
By Catherine Shanahan Thursday, November 19, 2009 THE doctor tasked with overseeing the reconfiguration of hospitals in the Health Service Executive (HSE) South has pledged to end the use of trolleys within two years. Director...
