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Ireland re-introduces hotel quarantine for seven Southern African states to fight Omricon, the new Covid variant; Read the details

Ireland has introduced travel restrictions to and from seven Southern African countries after the emergence of highly transmissible variant of concern, recently named Omicron. Legislation will be brought through the Dail early next week which will allow the re-introduction of mandatory hotel quarantining as part of measures to stop the spread of the new variant. … Read more

Homeless people in Ireland increased consecutively for fifth month; 2,513 children don’t have a home to sleep on this Christmas

The number of homeless people in the country has increased for the fifth time in a row. According to the latest report, there are 8,830 people in Ireland who are in need of emergency accommodation. 2,513 among them are children. From September to October, 355 more people became homeless, which is a dramatic surge in … Read more

Car, high valued watches and designer bags seized by CAB during operation

Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) have seized a number of designer items along with a car during search operations in Dublin and Meath. The search was took place on Friday morning at 24 properties including houses, offices and business premises. 72 CAB officials in the operation were assisted by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), the … Read more

Everyone aged 16 and above to get Covid vaccine booster shot in Ireland, starting with pregnant women

Anyone aged 16 and above in Ireland will get a Covid vaccine booster shot. The recommendation by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has been accepted by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly today. Pregnant women aged 16 and older are prioritised for the booster roll out plan, followed by everyone aged … Read more

Man arrested for brothel keeping in Ireland

A man has been arrested for brothel keeping as part of gardai operation targeting human trafficking. The gardai operation consisted 45 visits nationally to individuals within the sex trade, aiming to identify those who are potentially being sexually exploited or trafficked, reports the Journal. In the operation, one female victim of sexual exploitation was identified, … Read more

Residential properties in Dublin go for sale on 10th December; Price starts from €190,000; Know the details!

Popular auction contract website BidX1 is conducting an auction on December 10th, 2021 where four residential properties in Co Dublin go on sale. The property price starts from €190,000 and the highest priced property in the list is €550,000. We list out these properties along with their details for the potential home buyers out there. … Read more

Dublin man remanded after taking deposit money from potential tenants for property he didn’t own

A Dublin man has been remanded on bail for defrauding four potential tenants by getting deposits for an apartment he did not have permission to rent out. The man identified as Anthony Byrne, had carried out renovation at the apartment to which he had access. He allegedly took €12,000 as deposits by showing interested parties … Read more

SIPTU calling government to reduce capacity in public transport; Says safety of workers and passengers at risk

The workers’ organization in Ireland SIPTU is calling the government to reduce the capacity in public transports from 100% amid the growing number of Covid patients in the country. The organization has written to the Transport Minister Eamon Ryan regarding this, pointing out that the full capacity increases the risk of virus transmission to both … Read more

10-year-old boy receives €27,000 for suffering injuries from bulb explosion

10-year-old boy receives €27,000 as compensation after he was injured from a beside lamp bulb explosion at home. Joseph Carney of Bailes, Dunleer, Co Louth sued the stores Dealz and Ikea from where the bulb and beside lamp were bought. The accident took place on December 12th, 2016 and Joseph was just six years old … Read more

Eir records growth in revenue to €320m as demand for fibre and mobile network rise

Popular telecommunication company Eir records a growth in revenue by 1% to €320 million amid allegations of overcharging customers. The Commission for Communications Regulation (Comerg) had recently filed a lawsuit against Eircom alleging that the company overcharged around 71,000 customers since 2015 and earned an extra €4.7 million by this wrongdoing. Amid the allegations, Eir … Read more