Dermot Ahern

1. Minister for Justice suggests ATM charge to deter kidnappings.
   September 03, 10

   It's a story that could have come straight from the back page of the Irish Examiner, the space on one of Ireland's broadsheets reserved for ridiculous stories such as 'man escapes from prison through toilet', yet the story involves an Irish Cabinet Minister and a very real suggestion to deter kidnappings by increasing ATM charges.If you're scratching your head at how on Earth this proposal was supposed to work, I think everybody but Dermot Ahern, Ireland's Minister for Justice and Law Reform, is wondering precisely ...

2. Irish government facing pressure to act on Anglo Irish Bank
   September 01, 10

   The Irish government indicated yesterday that winding down Anglo Irish Bank could now be an option as intense political pressure mounts on Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Brian Cowen to deal with the national millstone.

3. Suspected serial killer hides as Irish public turn on him
   August 17, 10

   Larry Murphy, suspected serial killer, is now in secure accommodation as part of the Probation Services system. Murphy agreed, voluntarily, to take part in the program due to the hostile reaction he has encountered since being released from prison last Thursday.

4. Serial rapist release haunts Annie McCarrick friend
   August 14, 10

   Just two days after suspected serial killer Larry Murphy was released from jail Annie McCarrick's friend, Marisa Mackle, has spoken out about the release of her friend's suspected murderer.

5. Irish women in fear as suspected serial killer loose
   August 13, 10

   An angry crowd gathered outside a prison half way house in Dublin last night believing that freed rapist and suspected serial killer Larry Murphy was staying there.

6. Nigerian woman deported from Ireland may die
   August 03, 10

   A Nigerian woman, who was deported from Ireland on July 15, may die “within a year or two” as she will not be able to receive suitable care for her life-threatening cancer in her home country. Officials were warned in June that sending the woman back to Nigeria would be “tantamount to a death sentence”, according to a consultant hematologist at University Hospital Galway, Professor Michael

7. Number of robberies and kidnappings in Ireland hits new high
   July 31, 10

   Irish kidnappings and robberies are on the up, according to latest data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland’s national statistics agency.

8. Irish civil partnership bill passed
   July 23, 10

   On Monday Irish President Mary McAleese signed the groundbreaking Irish Civil Partnerships Bill into law, providing Irish gay couples most but not all of the rights of marriage. The Irish gay community says that the bill, although welcome, does not provide their relationships full equality with other Irish citizens. The bill will make civil partnerships available to same-sex couples, but it also makes them available to unmarried heterosexual couples, and also to cohabiting companions who are in non-sexual

9. Irish gun owners can now shoot intruders
   July 20, 10

   Irish homeowners can now legally use guns to defend themselves if their homes are attacked under new legislation. The new home defense bill has moved the balance of rights back to the house owner if his home is broken into "where it should always have been", say top Irish police. The police association of superintendents and inspectors, the AGSI, stated that “the current situation, which legally demands a house owner retreat from an intruder, was intolerable".   The new bill was published by Justice Minister Dermot Ahern

10. Donegal mourns eight crash victims
    July 14, 10

    Donegal remains devastated by the aftermath of the worst car crash in Ireland’s history, in which 8 men were killed. James McEleney, one of the victims, was only 23 when the car he and six others were travelling in collided with another car, killing an  old age pensioner returning from playing bingo in the process.  McEleney’s home village of Clonmany came to a standstill on Monday and businesses near his home closed out of respect for the young man’s