April
|
| Day |
North |
Republic
|
| 1st |
Police
team to probe priest abuse of children
Prescription fees
abolished in NI
|
Man
dies following assault in Waterford
Credit
review office has no powers to force banks |
| 2nd |
Electrical
chain Laser shuts down shops
PSNI
review Derry sectarian attack investigation
|
16-year-old
stabbed to death [in Dublin]
Trucker
drives home message of contempt [against Anglo Irish Bank] |
| 3rd |
Sir
Reg Empey mulls Peter Robinson 'liar' accusation
Masked
gang beats man with bars in north Belfast
|
Rowan
Williams criticises Irish Catholic Church 'credibility'
Graduate
salaries plummet to a miserable €400
a week
|
| 4th |
Unionist
attacks Tory B&B stance
Walker
airlifted from Mournes |
2,000
attend 1916 Rising commemoration
Two
men quizzed over 'racial' murder
|
| 5th |
Republican
prisoners' Maghaberry protest goes on
Dissident
republicans behind car bomb in Crossmaglen
|
Man
arrested over [Catherine Smart] death
Gardai
hunt two gangs after botched ATM raids
|
| 6th |
Maghaberry
prisoners end protest
Bloody
Sunday inquiry report to be released after general election
|
Quinn
[Insurance] workers protest at Regulator's decision
Tanaiste
warning over spending cuts
|
| 7th |
Boy
drowns after fleeing police in Londonderry
Northern
Ireland politicians set for fierce election battle |
[Association
of Secondary Teachers of Ireland] reject pay and reform deal
'Little
fighters' [conjoined twins] set for surgery
|
| 8th |
Quinn
administrators meet Fermanagh staff
River
teen death 'disaffected'
|
Conjoined
twins separated in London
Tragic
Phoebe 'bullied before moving to US'
|
| 9th |
'Racist
motive' in Pole's murder
NI
Tory [Jeff Peel] resigns after unionist unity deal
|
[Irish
Medical Organisation] proposes free universal health care
[Central]
Bank issues job warning amid economic recovery
|
| 10th |
Tony
McCoy [from Antrim] wins Grand National with Don't Push It
140
jobs lost at NI chain Laser
|
Youth
arrested as seven stabbed in Drogheda
Notorious
paedophile priest [Donal Collins] found dead |
| 11th |
City
service for Polish victims
Fireman
injured in Downpatrick brick attack
|
Powerscourt
owner critical, one dead, after plane crash
Viable
device made safe in Dublin |
| 12th |
Real
IRA admits Northern Ireland base car bomb
David
Ford secures justice job
|
Second
man dies after Wicklow plane crash
Quinn
court battle with regulator adjourned
|
| 13th |
New
bomb alert as device found in South Armagh
Cardinal
Brady taken to hospital
|
SIPTU to
recommend pay deal acceptance
NAMA
may knock down some homes, McDonagh says
|
| 14th |
Jim
Allister fails in leaflet ban bid
Republican
dissidents blamed for Northern Ireland spate of violence
|
Complaint
to Europe over Cork incinerator plan
Irish
sites nominated for World Heritage list |
| 15th |
Gorse
fire 'started deliberately'
Bombardier
gets aircraft order
|
Cork,
Shannon [airport restrictions caused by volcanic ash] lifted
Quinn
Insurance gets permanent administrators
|
| 16th |
Flight
hopes as NI restrictions due to be lifted
Irish
police forces in dissident pledge |
Republic
holds Ireland air crash memorial mass
Bank
of Ireland chief gets €1.5m top-up
to pension
|
| 17th |
Ash
still disrupting flights
Belfast
teenager stabbed in neck
|
Irish
airspace closed until 1pm Sunday
Bank
of Scotland/Halifax offers borrowers €1000
if they swap mortgages to rivals
|
| 18th |
Police
use CS spray to control trouble in Ballycastle
Arson
attacks at Belfast houses
|
Irish
[air] travellers face further disruption
Gangsters
offer gardai up to €30,000
for uniforms |
| 19th |
Man
dies after Whitehead cave rescue
[Matt]
Baggott on patrol in Crossmaglen |
UK
on alert after 'granny gun' [Dublin gangland] feud [threatens to spill
into Britain]
Irish
Nationwide reports massive losses
|
| 20th |
Sinn
Féin's Alex Maskey stands down in South Belfast
No
more flights to leave tonight
|
Phased
reopening of Irish and UK airspace
Shock
as
GAA star [Philly McGuinness] dies in accidental collision
|
| 21st |
Flights
resume as air ban lifted
Man
arrested after Antrim mother found strangled
|
Cowen
backs bid to recover [former Irish Nationwide chief Michael] Fingleton
bonus
Ryanair
boss says he will defy compensation rules
|
| 22nd |
Explosion
outside police station
Dissident
threat level increases
|
Ireland's
deficit highest in Europe in 2009
Bank
official's wife kidnapped in Dublin |
| 23rd |
Two
held after father-of-eight beaten to death in west Belfast
Man
jailed over Bobby Tohill abduction
|
Nine
arrests in Limerick anti-gang operation
Plea
to regulator amid Quinn Insurance job fears
|
| 24th |
Pipebomb
found at Homebase, Newtownabbey store
David
Cameron: I'll target Northern Ireland for cutbacks
|
Protesters
invade Anglo-Irish HQ
Gangland criminal shot
dead in crowded Dublin pub
|
| 25th |
'Richest
man' Quinn drops off Irish wealthy list
PSNI
officers attacked by crowd in west Belfast
|
Taoiseach
warns over public sector strikes
[Michael]
Fingleton wants to give €1m
to charity |
| 26th |
GL
Wilson fined over employee death
Prayers
for student Natasha McShane left critical after Chicago attack
|
Bank
of Ireland to raise €3.4bn
Máire
Geoghegan Quinn to return pensions |
| 27th |
Ballymena
leader in anti-social orders table
Sacked
BBC presenter Jerome Quinn blasts BBC over [lack of] GAA coverage
|
Bertie
Ahern to surrender ministerial pension
Government
will not compensate airlines
|
| 28th |
Informer's
'weapon planting' claims investigated
Phase-out
of PSNI reserve officers may be delayed
|
Commissioner
criticises [Freedom of Information] scope
[Minister
for Health Mary] Harney issues warning over IMPACT action
|
| 29th |
ETA
killer has jumped bail in Northern Ireland, court told
Quinn
Insurance: 200 jobs to go in Fermanagh
|
Drimnagh
murder [of two Polish men] accused was 'off his head'
[MEP
Liam] Aylward hands back his ministerial pension
|
| 30th |
Police
recover body of Fermanagh teenager Daniel Mohan
Northern
Ireland wants Clegg to be next Prime Minister
|
RTÉ
broadcaster Gerry Ryan found dead
900
jobs to go at Quinn insurance
|
