Year: 2004

RTÉ is pleased to announce an extension of their radio services, with effect from March 17, 2004, St. Patrick’s Day. From then, RTÉ Radio 1 will be available throughout the island of Ireland, in Britain and parts of Europe on Long Wave 252. —this is a welcome move, 14 years after giving the freq. away…

Centre left socialist govt. elected in Spain. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will lead his party into coalition Govt. in about a month time. The Socialist leader’s election victory was attributed in large part to a voter backlash against the government over Iraq. Many Spaniards blame Thursday’s train bombings which killed 200 people and have drawn…

Spain said it had arrested five people on Saturday, some possibly linked to Moroccan militants, adding weight to speculation that the hand of al Qaeda may be behind train bombs that killed 200 people. al Qaeda claim the bombings were thiers in a video recording released tonight. »Earlier the death toll had risen to 200.…

United Nations — Red-faced, the world body acknowledged yesterday that a flight recorder that may be linked to the crash that triggered the 1994 Rwandan genocide has turned up in a United Nations filing cabinet.—Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) is the most recent and widely reported symbol of “hate radio” throughout the world.…

::Tribunal Man::Gilmartin said Mr Flynn had told him a substantial donation to Fianna Fail would help smooth out his planning difficulties. But when he asked who to make the cheque out to, he said Mr Flynn told him just to leave it on the desk. It was put to him that Mr Flynn had claimed…

Dail reports – Joe Higgins condemns the planned Bush visit to Ireland Joe Higgins: When the Taoiseach leaves Dublin airport next week to visit the United States, unfortunately I cannot be on the tarmac to wave him off. Therefore, I must ask him now, if it is his intention to confirm the invitation to President…

George Michael: The reclusive pop star has decided he’s done making albums for record labels and instead plans to distribute his tunes via the Internet and donate all of the proceeds to charity. —Ah, isn’t that nice, first multi million deals then sony became fony now he’s gone all open source, yep I type cynical…

The Taoiseach and President of the European Council, Mr Bertie Ahern, has condemned the atrocity perpetrated against the Spanish people in Madrid this morning. He said, “the timing of the bombings was clearly designed to wreak the greatest level of havoc and carnage. They are an attack on the democratic process and cannot be justified…