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New research from the Central Bank has found that lower-income, older and rural households have faced a higher than average increase in the cost of living in recent months. This is because they spend a bigger proportion of their income on heating, energy, and transport, all of which have gone up sharply in price. In an … Read more
A man who told Gardaí he was trying to harm himself after he fired shots at the home of a mother of three has been jailed for two years. Paul Byrne (36) discharged a number of shots from a sawn-off, double-barrelled shotgun outside the young woman’s home at Cushlawn Park, Tallaght, Dublin on the night … Read more
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of an additional 4,158 positive PCR cases of Covid-19 in Ireland today. In addition, on Tuesday 22 February, 3,900 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. This leads to a combined total of 8,058 cases of Covid-19 reported today. As of 8 am this … Read more
Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D. has welcomed the lifting of the requirement for compulsory facemask wearing at livestock marts from Monday 28th February as per new public health guidelines. This means that there will no longer be specific rules relating to COVID-19 for marts from that date. Minister McConalogue paid … Read more
Solutions to preventing anti-social behaviour in Ireland cannot be found solely in the criminal justice system and require a Government response, an Oireachtas committee has been told. The Joint Committee on Justice heard from a number of stakeholders as part of its investigation into issues around anti-social behaviour. Molly Joyce, acting executive director of the … Read more
A jury has acquitted a former garda of raping his wife at their family home nearly four years ago. The 60-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to raping his wife in her bedroom at their family home in Leinster on a date in July 2018. Neither the defendant nor the complainant can be identified in … Read more
Over the past two years, we here in Ireland have gotten to know our country pretty well. From summer staycations climbing Croagh Patrick to Sunday sea swims and scenic walks along The Wicklow Way, we’ve explored all that this gorgeous country has to offer. After so many local adventures (or watching other people’s adventures via … Read more
A man is in serious condition in hospital following a shooting in a rural area outside Tallaght, Dublin, this afternoon. The incident happened on lands in Lugmore in the Mount Seskin area, a rural part of southwest Dublin at around 1 pm. The area is off the Blessington Road and is used for farming. He … Read more
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3,294 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Monday 21 February, 4,060 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. It brings the day’s cases to a combined total of 7,354. As of 8am today, 608 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 54 … Read more
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has travelled to Berlin for a meeting with the Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz today. Chancellor Scholz will host the Taoiseach at the Federal Chancellery in the German capital for a working lunch, following military honours on arrival and a private meeting between the two leaders. The Chancellor and the Taoiseach will … Read more
The Irish Government has branded Russia’s recognition of two separatist Ukrainian regions as a “blatant violation” of Ukraine’s territorial integrity. Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said Ireland’s support for Ukraine was “unwavering” and said Dublin would support additional EU sanctions on Russia in response to the move by president Vladimir Putin. The Ukraine crisis … Read more
Alisa, a 38-year-old Ukrainian with an office job in the capital, had always enjoyed sports shooting and joined a local territorial defence unit more than a year ago to acquire combat skills. Now she is worried she might have to use those skills in a real war with Russia. “People die, that’s horrible. Even worse is … Read more
A former soldier has been jailed for ten years for repeatedly raping a woman on multiple occasions and threatening to kill or cause her serious harm. 31 years old, Niall Kennedy of Standhouse Lawns, Newbridge, Co Kildare, was convicted last year of twelve counts of rape on eleven different occasions in August 2017. Not long … Read more
The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has accepted new recommendations in relation to Ireland’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The recommendations were made by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), who has endorsed these recommendations. NIAC has recommended that a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine be offered to all children … Read more
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of an additional 3,473 positive PCR cases of Covid-19 in Ireland in the past 24 hours. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) also reported 3,351 PCR-confirmed cases of the virus yesterday, as well as 4,847 PCR-confirmed cases on Saturday. This brings the total number of PCR-confirmed … Read more