It was the most desperate night for Ireland, though Luxembourg deserve credit for a very good performance. They were the more relaxed team from the first whistle, and it was clear very early in the game that it was going to be a difficult night for Ireland. Gerson Rodrigues’ brilliant strike handed Luxembourg a famous … Read more
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said he was “deeply shocked and saddened by the abhorrent and indefensible killing of unarmed civilians, including childrenThe role of the military in society is to protect its citizens, not to murder and terrorise them. Today, the security forces have disgraced themselves and these actions leave another stain on … Read more
Kodland Coding School is launching an ONLINE-COURSE on programming for children and teenagers for the age group from 8 to 17.Course duration is for 8 months and this will enable children in creating new programs and learning, rather than playing games in computers. This curriculum will help them to acquire programming knowledge that will allow … Read more
EU nations have been specifically stung by the United Kingdom, which has received some ten million doses from EU plants while they say nothing came back from Britain. The European Union moved Wednesday toward stricter export controls for coronavirus vaccines, seeking to make sure its 27 nations have more COVID-19 shots to boost the bloc’s … Read more
GARDAÍ have issued almost 17,000 fines for breaches of Covid-19 regulations at a value of around €2.3 million. New figures from gardaí show the highest number of fines were issued for non-essential travel, with 12,336 incidents incurring a €100 penalty. More than 2,700 fines have been issued to people for attending or organising house parties.Some 554 … Read more
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, T.D., has today announced a further temporary extension of immigration and international protection permissions to 20 September 2021. This applies to permissions that are due to expire between 21 April 2021 and 20 September 2021 and includes permissions that have already been extended by the previous 6 temporary extensions. … Read more
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is set to introduce changes in how it processes applications for qualification recognition for applicants from certain overseas countries including India. Until now non-Directive applications for recognition of their qualifications from nurses and midwives– known as G3 applications included a need to provide evidence they had practised for … Read more
Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has today launched the Hot School Meals Programme 2021, which will benefit some 35,000 pupils in 189 primary schools. As part of Budget 2021, Minister Humphreys secured an additional €5.5 million for the extension of the Hot School Meals Programme to primary school pupils who had been availing … Read more
Ireland’s COVID-19 vaccination programme strategy is to distribute all available vaccine as quickly as is operationally possible, prioritising those who are most vulnerable to COVID-19. The programme is based on the principles of safety, effectiveness and fairness, with the objective of reducing severe illness, hospitalisations and deaths from COVID-19 infection. The following is an update … Read more
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) with responsibility for Research and Development, Martin Heydon T.D., today announced details of the latest Call for Research Proposals in selected agri-food related areas under the US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership in conjunction with our partners from the United States of … Read more
As part of the City Development Plan Review,poster competition based on “My vision for Dublin” is open now for Dublin primary school kids from 3rd- 6th class. The deadline has been extended until April 30th and I’m looking forward to seeing your creations. In their entry students are welcome to focus on any or all of the … Read more
On the basis of latest restrictions imposed on Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) and the confusion it has created amongst OCI cardholders over interpretation of the brand new guidelines, the federal government is engaged on a web based system to offer permission for restricted actions. In a gazette notification early this month, the government imposed … Read more
Five new walk-in Covid-19 test centres are to be opened in areas of high transmission tomorrow.The tests will be free of charge and a GP referral will not be needed to attend the centres. Four new sites will open in Dublin, at Tallaght Stadium, Irishtown Stadium, Blanchardstown Centre – Mr Price Carpark and Grangegorman Primary Car … Read more
The latest report from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre shows there were 24 outbreaks in schools in the last week – three times the number of outbreaks last week which was eight. A total of 47 cases were identified within those school outbreaks.Outbreaks in childcare facilities also increased by eight to 16.Private houses remains the … Read more
If you have experienced sexual assault and want to report the rape or sexual assault, you should go to a Sexual Assault Treatment Unit as soon as possible. The best time for forensic samples to be collected is within the first 72 hours (3 days) after the assault but samples can still be collected within … Read more