http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/ http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/fury-as-100yearold-trees-chopped-down-by-builders-2101738.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/fury-as-100yearold-trees-chopped-down-by-builders-2101738.html <P>FAMILIES in a south Dublin suburb are devastated after 100-year-old trees were felled 'overnight' to make way for a new housing development.</P> City News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/world-news/driver-killed-in-ditch-collision-2101782.html http://www.herald.ie/world-news/driver-killed-in-ditch-collision-2101782.html <P>A 27-year-old man was killed early today in a road accident in Co Laois. The accident happened at Ballybrittas, Portarlington, shortly after midnight when his car hit a ditch. He was the sole occupant and no other vehicles were involved.</P> World News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/council-launches-bid-to-ban--onearmed-bandits-from-city-2101739.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/council-launches-bid-to-ban--onearmed-bandits-from-city-2101739.html <P>A MAJOR drive to ban all slot machines in Dublin has been launched by the City Council.</P> City News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/brady-should-have-stopped-smyth-abuse-says-martin-2101735.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/brady-should-have-stopped-smyth-abuse-says-martin-2101735.html <P>CARDINAL Sean Brady should have stopped paedophile priest Brendan Smyth's "appalling" abuse, according to Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.</P> City News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/dad-headbutted-victim-during-attempted-rape-2101741.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/dad-headbutted-victim-during-attempted-rape-2101741.html <P>A young father who headbutted a woman when she resisted his attempts to rape her has been jailed for four and a half years.</P> City News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/while-he-still-lives-the-celtic-tiger-life-2100442.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/while-he-still-lives-the-celtic-tiger-life-2100442.html <P>FORMER Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has three private sources of income along with nearly €150,000 a year for his salary as a TD and his minsterial pension.</P> City News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/now-bertie-wants-to-tax-dubliners-2100485.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/now-bertie-wants-to-tax-dubliners-2100485.html <P>Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has suggested an extra tax on Dubliners.</P> City News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/families-fight-to-keep-their-gardens-from-being-seized-2100490.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/families-fight-to-keep-their-gardens-from-being-seized-2100490.html <P>Angry South Dublin residents fear their local authority could cut the size of their gardens in order to build social housing.</P> City News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/why-hasnt-ontherun-lynn-been-arrested-yet-asks-judge-2100500.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/why-hasnt-ontherun-lynn-been-arrested-yet-asks-judge-2100500.html <P>HE has been on the run for two long years -- and a judge has asked if anything has been done to get Michael Lynn back home.</P> City News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/judge-praises-witnesses-in-trial-of-a-gunman-who-went-to-kill-for-8364200-debt-2100501.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/judge-praises-witnesses-in-trial-of-a-gunman-who-went-to-kill-for-8364200-debt-2100501.html <P>A DUBLIN man whose trial was conducted in an "atmosphere of intimidation" has been jailed for 10 years, for attempting to murder another man over a €200 drug debt.</P> City News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/im-no-golddigger-says-divorcee-who-bedded-wouldbe-president-edwards-2100499.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/im-no-golddigger-says-divorcee-who-bedded-wouldbe-president-edwards-2100499.html <P>Their eyes met across a crowded room. "You're so hot!" she said. "Why thank you!" he replied. One thing led to another, and a few hours later, the 42-year-old divorcee was waking up with one of America's best-known politicians.</P> City News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/sadness-as-top-trainer-john-69-dies-in-hospital-2100498.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/sadness-as-top-trainer-john-69-dies-in-hospital-2100498.html <P>A cloud of sadness hung over Cheltenham today following the death of businessman and racehorse trainer John Mulhern at 69.</P> City News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/heskey-the-garda-dog-who-collared-crazed-knifeman-wins-forces-first-bravery-award-2100502.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/heskey-the-garda-dog-who-collared-crazed-knifeman-wins-forces-first-bravery-award-2100502.html <P>MEET Heskey -- the first ever garda dog to receive a bravery award. The eight-year-old German Shepherd has been honoured for tackling a knife-wielding youth on a Dublin bus three years ago.</P> City News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/city-could-not-cope-with-disaster--fire-union-2099504.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/city-could-not-cope-with-disaster--fire-union-2099504.html <P>DUBLIN does not have the resources to deal with a major disaster and our "luck will run out" according to a leading Fire Service representative.</P> City News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/brave-mum-who-lost-a-leg-to-cancer-will-run-mini-marathon-for-robyn-5-2099506.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/brave-mum-who-lost-a-leg-to-cancer-will-run-mini-marathon-for-robyn-5-2099506.html <P>A MUM of two who lost a leg to cancer is set to run the mini-marathon to raise funds for a five- year-old girl battling a rare and aggressive disease.</P> City News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/gardai-not-enforcing-30kph-city-speed-limit-2099507.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/gardai-not-enforcing-30kph-city-speed-limit-2099507.html <P>Dublin city councillors opposed to the controversial 30kph speed limit claim that gardai have stopped its enforcement because it's unworkable.</P> City News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/exhunger-strikers-flats-still-dont-meet-fire-safety-standard-2098584.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/exhunger-strikers-flats-still-dont-meet-fire-safety-standard-2098584.html <P>DUBLIN apartments built by an ex-IRA hunger striker are still not compliant with fire regulations -- with the deadline for the works now passed.</P> City News Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/heads-you-paytails-you-eat-for-free-2098594.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/heads-you-paytails-you-eat-for-free-2098594.html <P>A Dublin restaurant is defying the recession -- by offering customers the option to flip a coin to see if they have to pay. </P> City News Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/slain-gang-boss-joyce-link-to-hoax-drug-deal--that-ended-in-murder-2098621.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/slain-gang-boss-joyce-link-to-hoax-drug-deal--that-ended-in-murder-2098621.html <P>A €140,000 cash demand by Traveller criminal John Paul Joyce led to a back-streets meeting in which a Dublin man was stabbed to death.</P> City News Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/courts/grandad-who-took-handbag--is-a-sneak-2098633.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/courts/grandad-who-took-handbag--is-a-sneak-2098633.html <P>A GRANDFATHER who stole a young woman's bag while she was sitting in a coffee shop has been told by a judge that he is a "sneak" and his behaviour was "lower than low".</P> Courts Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/keep-these-roadside-beggars-off-our-cars-urge-furious-drivers-2097398.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/keep-these-roadside-beggars-off-our-cars-urge-furious-drivers-2097398.html <P>OUTRAGE is growing over gangs of aggressive Roma "windscreen washers" who are frightening city centre drivers with their demands for cash.</P> City News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/exfas-man-in-court-on-8364600k-fraud-charge-2097436.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/exfas-man-in-court-on-8364600k-fraud-charge-2097436.html <P>A FORMER FAS executive accused of defrauding the State training agency of more than €600,000, has been remanded on continuing bail at the Dublin District Court. </P> City News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/tycoons-daughter-settles-court-fight-after-surgery-she-claimed-left-her-with-odd-breasts-2097455.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/tycoons-daughter-settles-court-fight-after-surgery-she-claimed-left-her-with-odd-breasts-2097455.html <P>THE daughter of a property tycoon has settled a High Court action for undisclosed damages over allegedly botched breast reduction surgery.</P> City News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/health-watchdog-to-probe-foster-carers-over-latest-claims-of-child--sex-abuse-2097445.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/health-watchdog-to-probe-foster-carers-over-latest-claims-of-child--sex-abuse-2097445.html <P>Sex abuse allegations against a small group of foster carers in the Dublin area are being investigated by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).</P> City News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/women-on-the-pill-live-longer-says-new-study-2097456.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/women-on-the-pill-live-longer-says-new-study-2097456.html <P>Women who have taken the Pill live longer than those who have never taken it, research out today suggests.</P> City News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:58:02 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/more-water-chaos-on-way-for-supplyhit-dubliners-2095715.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/more-water-chaos-on-way-for-supplyhit-dubliners-2095715.html <P>DUBLINERS are set to be hit by a fresh wave of water disruption later this month. </P> City News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/america-confronts--its-worst-nightmare--blonde-jihad-jane-2095718.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/america-confronts--its-worst-nightmare--blonde-jihad-jane-2095718.html <P>The case of "Jihad Jane" -- the middle-aged woman from suburban Philadelphia linked to an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist held to have insulted the prophet Mohammad -- represents the worst nightmare of US security authorities: a white, female, all-American terrorist.</P> City News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/business-is--booming-as-couples-wed-at-city-hall-2095720.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/business-is--booming-as-couples-wed-at-city-hall-2095720.html <P>WEDDING bells at Dublin's City Hall will be ringing twice as often if a council proposal is passed.</P> City News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000 http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/oddbins-wine-expert-sacked-after-taking-a-holiday-wins-payout-2095719.html http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/oddbins-wine-expert-sacked-after-taking-a-holiday-wins-payout-2095719.html <P>A WINE consultant claimed she was effectively fired by her bosses at a south Dublin store when she was taken off the roster following a holiday.</P> City News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:01 +0000