Teenage boy in critical condition after assault

A 16-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after he was assaulted in Co Antrim

Lockerbie bomber dies in Tripoli

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the Libyan intelligence officer who was convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has died at his home in Tripoli, nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison

Lockerbie bomb convict dies in Tripoli

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the Libyan intelligence officer who was convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has died at his home in Tripoli, nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison

Man hit by car in Portlaoise seriously injured

IBEC: Rejecting treaty would be seen as reckless

Ireland and South Africa sign film-making deal at Cannes

Petrol bombs thrown at Belfast police vehicle

President Higgins advisors’ pay ‘exceeds salary cap’

Teen seriously injured after Antrim assault

Obama sees Europe ‘consensus for progress’

Quake kills at least 4 in northern Italy

Ganley denies conflict of interest in calling for No vote

Derry woman in critical condition after shooting

Irish Economy 2012: Home mortgage approvals in first quarter 2012 sink to levels not seen since 1960s

Irish Economy 2012: The IBF/PwC Mortgage Market Profile report published Friday, shows that 2,630 new mortgages to the value of €450m were issued during the first quarter of 2012. The current series of official statistics are from 1970 and the annual

Facebook IPO closes at US$38.23 after first day’s trading

One of the most eagerly awaited IPOs in tech industry history ended not far from where it started – Facebook opened at US$38 and while share soared to US$45 at one point by the end of the first day of share trading closed at US$

Facebook shares leap to US$43, then drop in IPO’s first day

Social networking giant Facebook’s IPO got off to a rocketing start, with shares leaping an initial 13pc to US$43 as the stock opened for trading for the first time today

Meet the world’s youngest billionaire (and it’s not Zuckerberg)

How much is Zuckerberg worth? (infographic)

Facebook’s IPO broadcasting live from NASDAQ

Markets: Facebook valued at $104bn; Spanish banks downgraded; Irish trading updates

Irish House Rentals: Average property rent nationwide unchanged in year to first quarter of 2012

Friday Newspaper Review – - Irish Business News – - May 18, 2012

IBM to create ‘several hundred new jobs’ in Dublin — Kenny/Bruton

Hewlett-Packard is expected to announce 30,000 job cuts next week

Dr Peter Morici: The eclipse of American Banking

Facebook sets final price for IPO at US$38 a share

Mark Zuckerberg marries Priscilla Chan

In the same weekend that his eight year old company IPO’d on Nasdaq Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg married Priscilla Chan

Tech start-up of the week: WorldNet

This week our tech start-up to watch is WorldNet. Around since 2008, it has come up with a new tech innovation called Payjack to allow small businesses accept credit card payments via their mobile

Meet the Irish Facebook engineer who was part of clever NASDAQ bell hack

Irish Facebook engineer Colm Doyle was one of the team of Facebook engineers who devised the clever hack that saw Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Timeline automatically update the instant he rang the NASDAQ bell yesterday signalling the start of the social network’s

Tech tweets of the week

Facebook IPO closes at US$38.23 after first day’s trading

Facebook shares leap to US$43, then drop in IPO’s first day

Meet the world’s youngest billionaire (and it’s not Zuckerberg)

Computer reuse charity calls on companies to donate old PCs

Harvard Business Review publisher: relevancy is key to digital age

French nanoscientist to speak in Dublin about gender and science

How much is Zuckerberg worth? (infographic)

Facebook’s IPO broadcasting live from NASDAQ

Blacknight, Vodafone and more honoured at Social Media Awards 2012

Seó faisin an Spidéil

Seó faisin an Spidéil
Category: News
The organisers of Traidphicnic, a two-day feast of traditional Irish Music and Culture on 6 and 7 July in Spiddal are hosting a fashion show fundraiser in An Crúiscín Lan, Spiddal this coming

Who wants to be a ‘Thousandaire’?

Who wants to be a ‘Thousandaire’?
Category: News
Coláiste Iognáid brings the hugely popular ‘Who wants to be a Thousandaire?’ show to the Ardilaun Hotel on Thursday, 24 May, at 8pm.
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Minister appoints digital champions

Minister appoints digital champions
Category: News
In order to aid people in the upcoming switchover from analogue to digital television, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, has appointed ‘digital outreach c

Galway Mayor awarded key to city of Miami

County Fleadh returns to Clifden

Scaled-back port plan to offer ‘better value’

Bruton’s second referendum slip ends ‘Yes’ argument – Libertas

Rewards for Galway diners

No decision on hospital group

African Film Festival for Galway

Gardaí investigate flare theft

Cllr slams HSE embargo as St Francis’ closes

Author of banking book to speak in Galway

Brian McDermott reveals Republic ambition

Reading manager Brian McDermott has revealed his intention to someday manage the Republic of Ireland

O’Brien praises travelling Blues fans

Heineken Cup final man of the match Sean O’Brien has hailed the Leinster supporters who cheered on the team to retain their European title

Game Fame fends off Vintage rivals

Top-class stayer Fame And Glory completed a Navan treble for the Ballydoyle team when making a successful reappearance in the Vintage Crop Stakes

Best urges Ulster to bounce back

Another a step away from Triple Crown

Robben rues missed penalty in Munich

Chelsea win Champions League

McDowell through to World Match Play semi

Leinster retain Heineken Cup

O’Driscoll wants more from Leinster

Shanahan secures first training success

Perfect 10 for phenomenal Frankel

World champion Taylor targeting Olympic gold