Ireland will host the 2030 Men’s T20 World Cup along with England and Scotland, the ICC has confirmed. This is the first time Ireland becomes part of a major ICC league after 1999. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had started lobbying for hosting the 2030 tournament in which Ireland also showed interest. Ireland … Read more
Apache Pizza conducts recruitment road shows across Ireland ahead of Christmas with an aim to recruit 500 new staff to their 180 stores. The road shows have already started and the company plans to fill the vacancies as soon as possible. The new job roles include both full-time and part-time permanent jobs, the company said. … Read more
To tackle further spread of Covid-19 in the country, the government has decided to impose new restrictions including closing of restaurants and pubs before midnight. The decision was taken after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The NPHET and medical experts had already advised the government to reintroduce some of the restrictions amid the surge in … Read more
Revenue officers have seized 20kgs of herbal cannabis worth €400,000 market value in a routine check at Dublin Airport on Monday morning. The cannabis packets were concealed within stationary products in a consignment that had arrived from Spain. The search was carried out with the assistance of Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner and detector dog Waffle. … Read more
Three men have been arrested for armed robbery in a convenience store in Co Offaly. The men aged 19, 20 and 26 were arrested from Galway on Monday following a search by gardai in connection with the robbery. According to the gardai, the robbery took place approximately at 6.40 am on Monday where three men … Read more
National Transport Authority (NTA) has launched a new plan allowing people to travel across different means of public transport under single fare in Dublin. The ’90 minute fare’ plan will come into effect from November 28th which allows passengers to transfer between Dublin Bus, Luas, and most Dart, commuter train and Go-Ahead Ireland services for … Read more
The food delivery service Deliveroo has announced expansion of their services to counties Louth, Kildare and Meath. The company had enjoyed good business like many other delivery services during the pandemic. This fuelled the decision and the service will now be available in cities such as Drogheda, Dundalk, Naas, Newbridge, and Navan. Deliveroo already has … Read more
Gardaí have arrested three men over a shooting incident took place in Dublin in 2019. A man in his 40s was shot in the front garden of a house in the Kilbarron Avenue area of Coolock had been pronounced dead at the scene. The incident happened on May 28, 2019. According to a report by … Read more
Three men in their 20s have been arrested following a car blast in Liverpool hospital in UK, the Counter Terrorism Police North West confirmed. The blast took place at Liverpool Women’s Hospital at 10.59am on Sunday which killed one person and injured another. According to the police, the blast is treated as an act of … Read more
India has started allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to the country from today. From now on, fully vaccinated foreign nationals can enter India in regular commercial flights if they test negative for Covid within 72 hours of the flight. Inside the country, they should continue in compliance with Covid-19 protocols. Meanwhile people from certain countries … Read more
Customers holding an Irish Residence Permit card that was in-date at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, will now have its validity period extended to 15 January 2022. This means that they may use their current expired card to enable them to depart from and return to Ireland in confidence over Christmas and … Read more
Government may reintroduce work from home amid a surge in Covid infections across the country in the recent weeks. Yesterday, the HSE had confirmed further 3,805 Covid cases in Ireland and there were 582 patients being treated at hospitals due to Covid. 106 among them were in ICUs. The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) … Read more
The UK based consultancy firm FD Technologies will create 500 jobs as part of their new digital hub to be formed in Ireland. FD, a leading firm in financial, technology and energy consultancy has already 300 employees working for them in Ireland. The new digital hub will be formed by the company’s consulting and services … Read more
A man in his 60s had been allegedly assaulted outside University Hospital Kerry last weekend. The victim suffered head injury after being attacked by a hospital personnel outside the hospital in Tralee around 7pm on Sunday, November 7. According to gardai, the victim was first treated at the hospital. But he was then been taken … Read more
Sinn Fein continue to be the favourite political party of Irish people in a new poll as well. According to the poll conducted for the Sunday Times, Sinn Fein has the support of 37% people which is 16 points ahead than the rivals Fine Gael. Ruling party Fine Gael holds the support of 21% of … Read more