The 12th Indian Film Festival of Ireland (IFFI) will be virtually held from 22nd to 25th of October 2021. The festival stream can be accessed over the Zoom platform via ID number 805 206 6532. Siraj Zaidi is the Festival Director for this year. From various languages within the country, Indian Film Industry collectively is … Read more
Vedic Hindu Cultural Centre Ireland (VHCCI) conducts Diwali Mela to celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali. The festival takes place at VHCCI centre in Dublin on 30th and 31st of October 2021. The festival offers Big Bouncy Castle, Candy floss, Popcorn & Chocolate fountain and lots of other fun stuff. Cultural performances, games for kids … Read more
Many workers in Ireland are going to enjoy higher rates of tax credits as the government announced amendments to the existing tax policies in Budget 2022. According to the report by the Irish Mirror, the new changes will greatly benefit common people as the plans to boost lower income tax bands take effect. The standard … Read more
Dr. Dinesh Medipally has been awarded a prestigious Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Irish Research Council (IRC). IRC postdoc fellowships are globally recognized, highly competitive and are given to outstanding fellows to continue their research. Dinesh will carry out research on developing a novel methodology for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer … Read more
China reports new outbreak of Covid-19 infection among a group of tourists and started mass testing on Thursday. The outbreak is spreading to many provinces with close contacts and the authorities have cancelled hundreds of flights and closed a number of schools in a measure to prevent it. The new outbreaks are mostly reported in … Read more
Former US president Donald Trump has announced launching of his new media company with its own social media platform. Trump had faced strong criticism for using social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook for encouraging his followers to attack US Capitol months ago. As a result, he was expelled from many of these platforms. According … Read more
The Taliban in Afghanistan beheaded a woman volleyball player earlier this month, her coach said. Mahjabin Hakimi was a member of Afghan junior women’s national volleyball team. She was also a star player for Kabul Municipality Volleyball Club before the collapse of the Ashraf Ghani government. According to the coach, Hakimi was beheaded by the … Read more
Irish team took a fall in the second qualifier match against Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup Group A today. The Green army chased a score of 172 made by Lanka but became all out for 101 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Dubai. Sri Lanka enjoys a win of 70 runs. Score: Sri Lanka- 171-7 … Read more
UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Facebook a mammoth £50.5 million (€60 million approx.) for breaching an order imposed during an investigation about the company’s purchase of GIF platform Giphy. Facebook had deliberately failed to comply with this order, and the penalty served as a warning that no company was above the law- … Read more
Ireland faces one of the strongest teams in the world Sri Lanka in today’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2021 qualifier match in the A Group. Both the teams have one point each after winning first match against Netherlands and Namibia respectively in Dubai. If Ireland wins today, it will be the team’s golden chance to … Read more
Property Development Company Clúid Housing offers cost rental housing to public at their newly built housing estates in Kildare. The plan is supported by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the rent covers the cost of the construction, management, and maintenance of the new home, company said in their website. The cost … Read more
Popular social media platform Facebook is planning for a name change which will bring it to the groups of platforms managed by the parental company Facebook Inc. says report. According to the report by the US technology blog Verge, the new brand name will be announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the company’s annual Connect … Read more
Google has unveiled their new series of smartphones Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. The phones will be available in the Irish market from October 28 and cost €649 and €899 respectively. The company has made a lot of changes in these succeeding models from series 5 including all new dedicated processor and big battery. … Read more
Historical skeletal remains have been discovered from a construction site in Cork City. The skeletal remains of six people was discovered on the site of the former Nancy Spain’s pub on Barrack Street where a new housing project is proposed. Initially two weeks ago skeletal remains had been discovered at the place. The discoveries are … Read more
The HSE will begin administering Covid vaccine booster shots for all aged 60 and above from November, reports The Irish Times. Currently booster shots are given only for those aged 80 and above and for those in care homes aged above 65 in Ireland. But as there are fears that vaccine effectiveness may decline after … Read more