Daily updated Irish National News from http://www.build.ie http://www.4ni.co.uk/news.asp Sun, 19 May 2013 09:50:26 +0000 xxxIt has been revealed there is a £36m shortfall in the budget for garda wages, which could see some 400 officers not being paid.According to the Irish Independent, Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan said that the shortfall needed to be made up by December if the force was to financially “break even”.The Irish Independent had reported on a garda budgetary crisis in January this year, news that w..... http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162997 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162997 xxxA former sports coach has been arrested by garda in Waterford in connection with allegations of sexual abuse carried out in the 1970s and 1980s.According to the Irish Times, the man in his 60s was arrested at his home around 08:00 on Friday morning.He is being held at Waterford Garda Station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.(MH)..... http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162995 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162995 xxxGarda have arrested two men in connection with an armed robbery at a Lidl supermarket in Dublin on Thursday night.Staff at the store on Grange Road in Rathfarnham were threatened by three men armed with a baseball bat and a handgun.The escaped with a sum of cash. No-one was injured during the robbery.A short time after the robbery a 23-year-old and 33-year-old man was arrested and taken to T..... http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162994 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162994 xxxDrugs with an estimated value of more than €130,000 were seized and a man in his late 20s arrested at a house in Dublin on Thursday night.According to RTÉ over €100,000 worth of benzodiazepine tablets some €30,000 worth of cannabis plants were recovered during a planned search of a house in Sundale, Tallaght.The man was arrested at the scene and is currently being held at Terenure Garda Statio..... http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162991 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162991 xxxJustice for Magdalenes, an advocacy group to campaign on behalf of survivors of the Magdalene Laundries, have announced the end of their political campaign.RTÉ have reported that the group say they have achieved the two objectives it began with, an official State apology and the establishment of a compensation scheme.The group said they had contact all the survivors and relatives to tell them ..... http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162988 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162988 xxxAlmost 800,000 calls were made to Childline in 2012, with one in three going unanswered, RTÉ have reported.The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children"s annual statistics for last year show that 14% of calls answered related to the issues of child abuse and welfare.The figures also show that over 10,000 call related to bullying, and that 80% of the total contact made to Childli..... http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162986 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162986 xxxAn amendment to the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 has been proposed by the Medical Council.According to RTÉ, the council have said that two psychiatrists would be sufficient to determine whether a woman is at risk of suicide that can only be averted by a termination.Currently the legislation provides for two psychiatrists and an obstetrician.Professor Kieran Murphy, Medical C..... http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162982 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162982 xxx b Events Mark 39th Anniversary Of Bombing /b A wreath is to be laid to mark the 39th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.Alongside the wreath being placed at the memorial on Talbot Street a mass will be held in Upper Gardiner Street.The atrocity was the greatest loss of life in a single day during the Troubles in which 34 people, including an unborn baby, died. b Shatter Says ..... http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=163000 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=163000 xxxA criminal investigation has been launched into an allegation that a garda officer raped a woman, the Irish Independent has reported.The officer, understood to be based in the north east, has been suspended from duty following the allegation, which allegedly took place at a house in Luacn, west Dublin on Saturday night.According to the Irish Independent the woman claims she had returned to the..... http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162927 Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162927 xxxThree teachers unions have been formally invited by the Labour Relations Commission to become involved in ongoing negotiations around the revised Croke Park II agreement.The unions, the Irish National Teachers" Organisation, the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland and the Teachers" Union of Ireland all rejected the original Croke Park II proposals.According to RTÉ the invitation would..... http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162934 Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=162934