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Monaghan oil laundering plant uncovered
Gardai and customs officers have uncovered an an oil laundering plant in Drumacon, Co Monaghan following an intelligence-led surveillance operation.The plant had the ability to launder over 15 million litres of fuel per annum with a potential loss to the exchequer of over EUR8m.A forklift, six vehicles and ancillary equipment were also seized.In addition, seven tonnes of toxic waste - the ...
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Knightley marriage wont change how people view Klaxons
Keira Knightley's husband says their "beautiful wedding" was filled with love.Klaxons keyboardist James Righton tied the knot with the "amazing" 28-year-old 'Anna Karenina' star in the south of France on May 4 and isn't worried that their marriage might change how people view him or his band.The 29-year-old rocker told NME magazine: "I just fell in ...
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Chinas Ai Weiwei releases music video
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has released a foul-mouthed heavy rock song titled Dumbass, with a video parodying his months in police detention. The video accompanying the song, posted online on Wednesday, shows Ai under interrogation, marking a document with a red thumbprint, and wearing a black hood labelled "Criminal", before being scrutinised by guards in a prison shower. ...
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Shells London redevelopment approved
Plans to redevelop the Shell Centre on London's South Bank have been approved, developers said.The 1.45 million sq ft scheme will transform the 1960s office site, providing new offices for Shell and other businesses as well as hundreds of new homes and shops.Under the plan by Braeburn Estates, a joint venture of Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar, there will be open and attractive public ...
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Singer Alexis Normand trying to process her sudden fame after botching anthem
Saskatoon singer Alexis Normand has become a viral sensation after forgetting the words to the American national anthem prior to Saturday's Memorial Cup game at Credit Union Centre in ...
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Xbox One – A Lot of Entertainment Little Gaming
Microsoft 's entire presentation - Xbox is no longer just a gaming device. As a matter of fact, the company spoke more of the console's TV features than of the gaming experience it offers. Moreover, at its press event, Microsoft did not refer to Xbox One as a console but as a "living room device" or an "entertainment system." What became clear was that the new ...
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Its over Angry R-Patz dumps K-Stew again after Saunders texts
Robert Pattinson was left "angry and upset" after discovering texts from Rupert Saunders on Kristen Stewart's phone the morning of his birthday.The 'Water For Elephants' actor was looking at his on/off girlfriend's phone when he saw the messages from the director - who Kristen had an affair with when the pair shot 'Snow White and the Huntsman' - leaving ...
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Two arrests in connection with Limerick assault
Gardai in Limerick investigating a serious assault have arrested a man in his 20s and a woman in her late teens. A man remains in hospital with serious head injuries this morning after he was attacked with a hammer on Edward Street in the city yesterday afternoon.Gardai are appealing for witnesses and in particular to anybody in the vicinity of Edward Street between 3pm and 3.30pm yesterday ...
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Holloway promising more dance moves
Ian Holloway hopes to strut his stuff at Wembley next Monday - just as long as no one is filming him.The Crystal Palace boss celebrated his side's 2-0 play-off semi-final at arch-rivals Brighton last week with a crazy dance routine in the dressing room to the delight of his players.Unfortunately one of them, winger Yannick Bolasie, captured the moves on his mobile phone and then posted the ...
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Garcia sorry for fried chicken remark
Sergio Garcia has apologised for what could be construed as a racist remark about Tiger Woods at the European Tour's annual awards ceremony.Garcia, who has been involved in a public row with Woods since the Players Championships at Sawgrass this month, was on stage with the rest of the victorious Ryder Cup team, including captain Jose Maria Olazabal.During a question and answer session ...
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Pentagon wants $450m to maintain Guantanamo
The Pentagon is asking for nearly $450m to maintain and upgrade the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.New details on the administration's budget request have underscored the contradiction of the president waging a political fight to shut the US jail in Cuba while the military calculates the financial needs to keep the installation operating.The budget request ...
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Britton will undergo hernia op
Swansea midfielder Leon Britton is to travel to Germany next month to undergo a double hernia operation.It is hoped the procedure will ensure the 30-year-old is fit in time to return for the start of pre-season training in July, ahead of a campaign which will see the Swans compete in the Europa League after their Capital One Cup triumph.Britton will head to Munich with Swansea head ...
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Khan leaves hospital after 15ft fall
Pakistani cricket star-turned politician Imran Khan has left hospital about two weeks after he received serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift truck at a campaign event.A spokesman for his party, Naeemul Haq, said Mr Khan was at his home in the eastern city of Lahore. He said Mr Khan could walk and would be staying at home for a while so doctors could monitor his progress.Mr Khan ...
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Lord Mayor says Mansion House is haunted
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has claimed the Mansion House is haunted. Fine Gael Councillor Naoise O'Muiri has told the Irish Sun that his daughter was once spooked by a ghost in the iconic building, which dates back to 1705. He says the four year old experienced the encounter as she walked from her room, through the sitting room and into her parent's room in the middle of the night. She ...
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Iodine deficiency lowers childrens IQ report says
Researchers claim iodine deficiency during pregnancy could lower children's IQ.They are advising women to make sure they maintain levels by eating dairy products and fish.Iodine is essential for producing the hormones made by the thyroid gland, which have a direct effect on foetal brain ...
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Buttimer Big ask to have abortion legislation enacted before recess
The Chair of the Oireachtas Health Committee says "it is a big ask" for the government to have abortion legislation enacted before the Dil's summer recess.The Committee has heard three days of expert evidence on the proposed draft legislation, much of which focused on the inclusion of suicide ideation as grounds for a termination.A report will be given to the Minister for Health ...
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Azerbaijan probes reports on Spanish singer concert in Karabakh
Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan has launched a probe over the recent reports by the Armenian media claiming that Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caball will give a concert in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan. The statement came from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Elman Abdullayev in an interview ...
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Organizer of Caballes concert dismisses reports about performance in Khankandi
Organizer of Montserrat Caballe's concert in Armenia dismisses reports about her performance in Khankandi The organizer of the concert of world famous Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe in Yerevan Vaagn Gevorkyan dismisses reports about the planned concert of the singer in the occupied lands of ...
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Consumer Apathy Throws Spotlight on RBA
On top of a slowdown in Australia's lucrative mining sector, consumer sentiment in the country appears to have deteriorated sharply, posing a challenge to the central bank which cut interest rates to a record low earlier this month. ...
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Anthony Weiner Enters NYC Mayoral Race With YouTube Video
Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin: 8 Revelations About That Sexting Scandal (and Jon Stewart!) After much speculation, the former congressman -- who resigned in 2011 amid a sexting scandal -- posted a video on YouTube late Tuesday officially announcing his run for mayor of New ...
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Sony Corp to Put Suggested Entertainment Spin-Off to its Board Report
Daniel Loeb's speculative call for Sony Corp to spin-off its music division is getting some attention from within. The Third Point head's proposal will reportedly be put to Sony Corp.'s board, unidentified sources tell Japanese daily newspaper Nikkei. The radical suggestion may already be in the process of evaluation. According to the published article, Sony will likely hire a ...
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Tit Bonhomme inquest enters second day
An inquest into the deaths of five fishermen when their trawler sank off the West Cork coast last year continues today.Yesterday, the sole survivor of the Tit Bonhomme fishing tragedy gave evidence about the night of the ill-fated voyage.Abdelbaky Mohamed's five crewmates, including the trawler's skipper, died when it sank in Glandore Harbour on January 15, 2012.Two emergency calls ...
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Curran to discuss RTE pay levels at Oircom
The pay levels of RTE staff will be discussed when its Director General appears before the Oireachtas Communications Committee today.Noel Curran will brief TDs and Senators on the budgetary situation at RTE and the steps the state broadcaster is taking to address its financial difficulties.Mr Curran will be asked for his opinion on government plans to replace the TV licence fee with a household ...
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Verdict expected in Tipperary rape trial
A verdict is expected in the trial of a man accused of raping a woman at a Tipperary house.The woman has given evidence during the hearing that she understood she was going with the man to do a cleaning job. The accused man admitted having sex with the then 23-year-old woman at the house but told gardai it was consensual.He said that the woman had not shown any fear.It is alleged she was raped ...
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Focus on Irish tax laws as Kenny heads for Brussels
Ireland's tax laws will come under the spotlight again today when the Taoiseach attends a European Council meeting in Brussels.The talks follow the publication yesterday of a report by the US Senate which claims that Ireland's tax laws enabled the tech giant Apple to avoid paying billions of dollars in tax.Enda Kenny denied the claim in the Dil and said that Ireland doesn't ...
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