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The court heard the captain of the Ryanair aircraft told gardaí there was a passenger on board intoxicated to such an extent that there was a fear she might endanger herself or others.
Ryanair passenger arrested at Shannon so drunk she thought she was still in Spain

A drunken Ryanair passenger was in such a state that she thought she was still in Spain when arrested by gardaí on her return to Shannon airport from (...)

Hospital staff are in dispute with the HSE over a claimed failure to implement pay increases arising from a job evaluation scheme. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin.
Siptu issues strike notice for 10,000 health service workers

Siptu has warned that up to 10,000 hospital workers could strike for a further five days this summer after an initial 24-hour strike scheduled for Jun(...)

Siptu health service support staff such as healthcare assistants, laboratory aides as well as porters and cleaners backed strike action by 94 per cent. Photograph: Alan Betson
Thousands of healthcare workers vote for strike action

Thousands of health services support staff in more than 30 hospitals and other facilities are set to take industrial action in the weeks ahead over pa(...)

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife: a detail from Daniel Maclise’s vast painting. Copyright National Gallery of Ireland
Marking the Norman invasion of Ireland: 850 years and counting . . .

On May 1st, 1169 the deposed King of Leinster Dermot MacMurrough (Diarmait Mac Murchada) landed at Bannow Bay in Co Wexford with a group of mercena(...)

A delirious patient may be sitting quietly but have no clear idea of where they are, or what time, day, month or year it is. Photograph: iStock
‘Delirium is a warning sign of real danger for the brain’

“Death, having preyed upon the outward parts, leaves them invincible, and his siege is now against the mind; that which he pricks and wounds with many(...)

Gardaí seized €94,000 worth of cocaine
Hungarian man on bail after West Cork drugs seizure

A 38-year-old Hungarian man has been remanded on bail after he was charged in connection with the seizure of almost €100,000 worth of drugs in West Co(...)

The public service pay agreement is ‘compromised’ but still standing after the Government’s acceptance of proposals to resolve the recent nurses’ dispute, the trade union Siptu has said. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times.
Public service deal ‘compromised’ by nurses’ proposals, Siptu says

The public service pay agreement is “compromised” but still standing after the Government’s acceptance of proposals to resolve the recent nurses’ disp(...)

Phil Ni Sheaghdha INMO general secretary at a hearing in relation to the nurses dispute over pay and recruitment at the Labour Court, Dublin. Photo: Gareth Chaney Collins
Unions take cautious approach on knock-on pay rises

There has been no immediate drive by public service groups for additional pay deals similar to that secured by nurses on Monday after their recent str(...)

Minister of State for Disability Issues Finian McGrath TD told the Siptu conference that he sees himself ‘as a voice of workers’ within the health services. File photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins
‘Good chance’ McGrath will support early renegotiation of public pay

The Minister of State at the Department of Health Finian McGrath has signalled that he will support the early re-negotiation of the existing public se(...)

Gerard Higgins pictured at Cork District Court. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Cork Courts
Carer who stole €2,600 from neighbour in wheelchair gets suspended jail term

A 52-year-old man, who effectively became a part-time carer for his elderly neighbour, has been given a five months suspended jail term and fined €1,2(...)

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