Banner

  • Socialist party supporters celebrate after today's election in SpainZapatero claims victory in Spanish election

    21:19 Spain's governing Socialists claimed victory in today's election but said they had fallen short of an absolute majority."We can say with confidence that the Socialist Party has won," party secretary Jose Blanco told a news conference, adding that the Socialists seemed to have won 168-171 seats in the 350-seat lower house, the Congress. Preliminary results showing Mr Zapatero's Socialist party nearly nine percentage points ahead of the rival conservatives. With 26 per cent of the vote counted, Mr Zapatero's party had 46.1 per cent of votes.

  • Gardai investigate fatal shooting in Ronanstown

    15:01 Links between the murders of two men killed in separate gun attacks were being investigated by detectives in Dublin today.

  • New European cargo space ship takes-off

    10:42 An unmanned Ariane rocket successfully put a cargo vessel into orbit today in Europe's first mission to carry supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), space officials said.

  • Paisley claims he 'smashed' Sinn Féin

    11:50 Northern Ireland's outgoing First Minister Rev Ian Paisley today provocatively asserted that Sinn Fein were no longer "true republicans" because they had accepted Britain's right to govern in Northern Ireland.
Irish More >>
World More >>
Sports More >>
In FocusBack to Top
ireland.com TV - News
Your Vote
Do you think the Government is doing enough to tackle the problem of homelessness in Ireland?
 
Archive
Click a date to view the paper on that day
PreviousNext
MTWTFSS
Advertisement
Breaking news alert
The Irish Times Breaking News Alert, a lunchtime (GMT) roundup of breaking news 5 days a week to your mailbox.
» Click here to subscribe
Images of the Day
The day's best pictures chosen by The Irish Times picture editor.