The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, has today removed six states from the list of designated States for mandatory hotel quarantine. The states are Andorra, Georgia, Kuwait, Mongolia, Nigeria and Puerto Rico. All travellers into Ireland must have a negative pre-departure test and those from non-designated countries must observe ‘Home Quarantine’.
The plane carrying Roman Protasevich was flying from Greece to Lithuania before being intercepted and forced to divert to Belarus.The flight from Athens International Airport, Greece, to Vilnius Airport, Lithuania, was intercepted by a Belarusian fighter jet on the pretence of a bomb threat on the orders of President Alexander Lukashenko, and escorted to Minsk. Once the aircraft was on … Read more
Further to FSAI food alert Thursday, 6 May 2021, Greggs Bakers Ltd. is recalling additional batches of its Greggs Vegetable Bakes due to the possible presence of glass. Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in Iceland stores. Category 2: For Information Alert Notification: 2021.39 update 1 Product: Greggs Vegetable Bakes 2 pack; pack size: 310g Batch … Read more
After careful consideration of the status of Covid-19 and the associated public health restrictions, we regret to announce that IRONMAN Ireland, Cork and IRONMAN 70.3 Ireland, Cork cannot take place this August and has been rescheduled for August 13th & 14th 2022. The authorities acknowledge that this latest shift is not the news any of us were … Read more
In response to a parliamentary question from Labour TD Seán Sherlock, the RSA has given details of 17 test centres that are being extended or introduced to accommodate the backlog, including new sites at GAA facilities and hotels. Declan Naughton, the Director of Driving Testing and Licensing said that in most cases, “we are expanding … Read more
The 6th Annual UN Global Road Safety Week started Monday 17 May and runs until today, 23 May. Supporting UN Global Road Safety Week the Road Safety Authority (RSA), An Garda Síochána, and the Department of Transport are calling on drivers to slow down especially in our cities, towns, and villages to protect vulnerable road … Read more
Building on the success of last year’s record investment in the voids programme, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, has today announced another voids programme for 2021 which will see his Department provide funding for the refurbishment and re-letting of approx. 3,000 social homes this year. All 31 Local Authorities … Read more
New study by Public Health England (PHE) shows for the first time that 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective against the B.1.617.2 variant first identified in India. Vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease from the B.1.617.2 variant is similar after 2 doses compared to the B.1.1.7 (Kent) variant dominant in the UK, and … Read more
Margaret Buttimer, of The Cottage, St Fintan’s Road, Bandon appeared before Clonakilty District Court earlier this week for refusing to wear a mask at Dunnes Stores in the town on 12 February.Judge Colm Roberts was told that Ms Buttimer abused the store manager when he asked her if there was a medical reason why she … Read more
The national SuperValu TidyTowns competition is an annual contest organised by the Department of Rural and Community Development. The competition is supported by the title sponsor SuperValu and many other agencies.The competition involves participating areas being rated on all aspects of their local environment and prizes awarded to the best under many different categories. The overall winner is “Ireland’s Tidiest Town”. which is … Read more
A new version of the decryption tool was developed yesterday and has been tested. A structured and controlled deployment has now begun across the core network and its end point devices.Progress has been made in some hospitals on restoring IT systems, but this is uneven and levels of disruption next week are expected to be … Read more
The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, has today removed six States from the list of designated States for mandatory hotel quarantine. The States are: Andorra Georgia Kuwait Mongolia Nigeria Puerto Rico All travellers into Ireland must have a negative pre-departure test and those from non-designated States must observe ‘Home Quarantine’.
The Carer’s Support Grant is an annual payment made to full-time carers. It is paid by the Department of Social Protection (DSP) usually on the first Thursday of June each year. The grant is €1,850 (an increase of €150 from last year). People getting Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit or Domiciliary Care Allowance are paid the … Read more
A person who lives in one country and works in another, returning to the country they live in at least once a week is aa cross border worker (also called a frontier worker). For example, a person who lives in Ireland and travels to work in Northern Ireland is a cross border worker. After Brexit, the UK … Read more
The Fighting Words 100 Years Creative Project will allow registered and participating schools from across the island to join workshops where stories and ideas can be shared. The focus of the project is on the social and cultural aspects of children’s lives over a century, and how they compare to life now.The Fighting Words 100 … Read more