Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Eoin Burke-Kennedy is a journalist with The Irish Times. He writes on a diverse range of subjects from business and politics to science and health.

Eircom had 37,000m of telephone cable stolen last year. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/Bloomberg
Stolen cables cost Eircom €600,000

Thieves are targeting the cables for their valuable copper content

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times
Shatter denies he was cautioned by gardaí at checkpoint in 2011

Minister admits he was asked to supply breath test on a previous occasion but failed to complete task because of asthma

Screen grab of Minister for Justice Alan Shatter speaking in the Dáil this evening
Shatter says Commissioner told him about Wallace incident

Minister for Justice says ‘nothing sinister’ in getting information on TD

Retailers call on Howlin to publish new lottery licencing terms

Independent traders are worried their margin on sales may be eroded under the new system

Declan Walsh was hired by The New York Times in January 2012.
Pakistan orders expulsion of Irish journalist

Veteran correspondent and New York Times bureau chief in Islamabad Declan Walsh ordered to leave country

Professor Michael O’Keefe claimed health insurance rates were being inflated by inappropriate billing. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Health insurers being ‘fraudulently’ charged by hospitals for private patients

Consultant claims insurers regularly billed up to €1,000 a night for private patients left on trolleys

MEPs express concern at ‘restrictive aspects’ of Irish abortion legislation

Strasbourg politicians say proposed Bill puts women’s lives at risk

Postman Pat Broderick from Kinsale with his wife Mary (left) and daughter Christina celebrating his lotto win of more than €7 million at the National Lottery Headquarters in Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Almost €15 million in lottery prize money goes unclaimed

Among the forfeited windfalls last year was a €350,000 Lotto Plus 1 prize, sold in Dublin

Professor Donal Hollywood became a household name over a decade ago for the role he played in devising a plan for the roll-out of radiotheraphy services across the State.
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