Gardai appeal for witnesses after a man seriously injured in an assault took place in Portlaoise. A man in his 40s was attacked at Main Street in the early hours of Saturday. He was taken to Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise and later transferred to St James’ Hospital, Dublin. According to the reports, his condition … Read more
City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB), a government authority for educational training in Dublin is inviting applications from suitable candidates for Clerical Officer (Grade III) posts throughout the county. The roles are permanent and the appointments will be at the head office in Dublin as well as at different schools, colleges and education … Read more
The Football Association of Ireland has waived off a fine that was supposed to be imposed over an 11-year-old girl for entering onto the pitch during an international football match. The girl was running towards Cristiano Ronaldo during the match. The incident happened at the Aviva Stadium during the Ireland-Portugal World Cup qualifier match on … Read more
A 50-year-old man has been arrested with 1.5 kg of cocaine in North Cork. Gardai stopped and searched his car on the N20 at Rathduff around 2pm and discovered cocaine worth €100,000 market value. He has since been arrested and being questioned at Mallow Garda station. The gardai can keep the suspect under custody up … Read more
Further 4,642 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland today. As of 8 AM today, there are 556 Covid patients being treated in hospitals. 107 among them are in ICU. The total number of Covid deaths in the country has risen to 5,566 after The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) confirmed 74 deaths … Read more
WhatsApp will challenge an order by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) where the commission ordered to pay a fine of €225 million for data breach. The European arm of WhatsApp secured permission from a High Court to challenge the order by DPC in last August. DPC had accused WhatsApp of breaching European Union’s General Data … Read more
Fully vaccinated people from Europe including Ireland will be allowed to enter to the United States from Monday, it was confirmed. This is the first time US authorities allow two-way travel since the start of the pandemic. Earlier European counties had put pressure on the US to ease the restrictions as many family members were … Read more
The food order and delivery company Just Eat will create 160 jobs in Ireland in the coming months. Many of these jobs will be based at the new office to be set up at 35 Shelbourne Road in Ballsbridge, the company said. The new roles at the office include customer service, sales, office management and … Read more
The Dublin Archdiocese is introducing card payment terminals in some 200 parishes in Dublin, reports Business Post. The move will see people able to donate money through credit or debit cards without contact. There were reports that many people hesitate to use currencies nowadays as a result of the pandemic and parishes also see a … Read more
A website carepack.ie welcomes Christmas with a kindness initiative. Through the initiative, the website calls kind hearted people to connect with a resident in a nursing home so that they can send Christmas gift to these lonely souls. To send gifts: • Go to carepack.ie • Press “Connect with a resident today” Choose from the … Read more
Revenue Department has extended deadline to file Local Property Tax return to 10 November. The original deadline had been reached on last sunday. People can submit their returns until 5 pm on the deadline date. One of the reasons of extension is that, this year is the first that property values are being re-evaluated since … Read more
Gardai appeal public help to trace the whereabouts of 18-year-old Tina Lei, who is missing in Co Dublin. Tina was last seen at around noon on Wednesday 3 November, when she left her home in Tallaght. She is described as approximately 5ft 9in tall, of medium build, with dark hair and brown eyes. When last … Read more
Avain Influenza (HPAI) popularly known as bird flu has been detected in a wild bird found in Galway. According to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, the virus was found in a sample taken from a peregrine falcon which was found in the Oranmore area. “Highly pathogenic H5N1 has been confirmed in wild birds, … Read more
A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman in Dublin. The woman’s body was found at an apartment in Finglas, this morning. The woman in her 30s is believed to be a Brazilian national. She was found dead at an apartment in Charlestown area where the Gardai were notified around … Read more
A Dundalk couple is getting popularity by making low cost homes using shipping containers. The couple James O’Kane and partner Berni Moore started container home construction during lockdowns in the country. They have also started a company named GTL Containers which has operations all over Ireland. GTL Containers have built homes in places including Cork, … Read more