Ulster Bank increases fixed mortgage rates for some customers by 0.75%

The fixed mortgage interest rate from Ulster Bank has increased by 0.75%. The new rates are in effect as of right now, but only for a select group of existing customers. Mortgages have not been offered for sale to new customers since June or to existing customers since August as a result of the bank’s … Read more

Ryanair adds Porto and Naples to Shannon Airport summer destinations

Ryanair has announced that it will begin operating flights from Shannon Airport to Naples and Porto next summer. The announcement brings Ryanair’s network of routes departing from Shannon Airport to 26. This represents a capacity growth of 35% over this summer’s offering. The twice-weekly services to and from the new destinations will run on Wednesdays … Read more

Europe to be hit hardest in global slowdown – OECD

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the world economy should avoid going into recession next year, but the worst energy crisis since the 1970s will cause a sharp slowdown, with Europe being the hardest hit. The group urged central banks to keep raising interest rates as a defence against this. Global … Read more

Smyths Toys hiring Christmas staff in Dublin stores

Smyths Toys is now recruiting temporary employees to work in its Dublin stores for the upcoming holiday season. They are currently looking for night pack sales assistants to join their night teams in their stores in Fonthill, Swords, Tallaght, and Carrickmines. The company is hiring between the hours of 12 a.m. and 7 a.m. for … Read more

Malaysian market opens for Irish pigmeat exports

Ireland has secured access for exports of pigmeat to Malaysia, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has announced. Minister McConalogue said this morning (Wednesday, November 23) that trade in Irish pigmeat can commence immediately with the southeast Asian country. “The opening of the market comes as a result of my department’s work … Read more

Japan beat Germany in second World Cup shock result

Japan defeated Germany 2-1 in another shock result at the World Cup on Wednesday as Takuma Asano’s 83rd-minute winner stunned the four-time champions. In their World Cup Group E opener , Japan shocked Germany with goals from substitutes Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano in the final 15 minutes. Ilkay Gündogan had given Germany the lead … Read more

Normax Biomed to create ‘hundreds of jobs’ at planned Dublin site

The first vaccination factory for Irish pharmaceutical company Normax Biomed will be located in Dublin Airport Logistics Park. The company recently received a funding commitment of €300 million to develop low-cost mRNA vaccines globally. Normax stated that it intended to open a facility in Cork that would generate up to 200 jobs at the time … Read more

Junior Cert results to be released after two-month delay

More than 67,000 students will receive their eagerly awaited Junior Cycle exam results later today, five months after the exams were taken. The usual two-month wait for students to receive their grades has now lasted four months. Moreover, they were the first students since the Covid pandemic exam cancellation in 2019 to take the entire … Read more

Aid package announced for farmers impacted by Shass Mountain landslide

Minister of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, announced an aid package to support farmers whose land impacted by a Landslide in the Drumkeeran area of Co. Leitrim on 28th June 2020. The package will provide financial support to those landowners whose agricultural lands were inundated with peat silt and sludge as a consequence … Read more

Legislation to provide maternity leave for councillors approved by Government

The Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, Peter Burke TD has confirmed that Cabinet has approved the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022. The legislation provides a choice to members of Local Authorities to appoint an individual as a temporary substitute in the … Read more

India cancels Air Suvidha forms for international passengers

The Indian aviation ministry declared that the self-declaration form that incoming international passengers had to complete on the Air Suvidha portal has now been eliminated. The move, as claimed by the government, was made in light of the drop in coronavirus cases and significant improvements in Covid-19 vaccination coverage both globally and in India. The self-declaration … Read more

Mass loss for Messi, Saudi score one of the biggest World Cup upsets ever

The devastating 2-1 loss of Lionel Messi and Argentina to Saudi Arabia at the World Cup ranks among the biggest upsets in tournament history. Messi’s desire for the one major championship that has eluded him got off to a shocking start, reminding people of Cameroon’s 1-0 victory over Diego Maradona’s Argentina in the 1990 World … Read more