Biden lifts controversial abortion referral ban in Texas following huge protests

The Biden administration has restored the federal family planning programme where the clinics can refer women seeking abortions to a provider. The move comes following huge protests took place in Texas and many other parts of the country to lift the ban introduced by the then President Donald Trump. The programme was there under the … Read more

Massive WhatsApp Outage Today

WhatsApp users are currently unable to send or receive messages due to a severe outage. The popular messaging services, along with Facebook and Instagram, is experiencing a global blackout which has left customers disconnected from their online lives. Vodafone is also experiencing an outage as their customers are unable to access TV and internet. The … Read more

Global outage for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp; Users devastated

Social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp are currently facing outage due to unknown reasons. All the three owned by the social media giant Facebook has stopped working all over the world. Facebook is showing reluctance to connect and reach to the home page. No formal statement from the company on the issue … Read more

Daniel Murtagh sentenced lifetime for murdering former partner Nadine Lott

Daniel Murtagh from Clondalkin has been sentenced for a lifetime imprisonment following the jury found that he is guilty of murdering former partner Nadine Lott. Passing the sentence today, Mr. Justice Michael MacGrath called the murder of Nadine “brutal” and said that the evidence from gardaí and first responders who attended the scene in the … Read more

Winter and flu in Ireland; Health Minister urges vulnerable people avail flu vaccine

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has urged all eligible people in Ireland to avail flu vaccine ahead of winter season. The flu claims 200 to 500 lives in Ireland each year during winter and considered a serious illness by the health officials. All aged 65, and children between two and 17 years are eligible for free … Read more

Interested to work in healthcare settings? Nua Ireland is offering 300 jobs across the country; Anybody can apply!

Nua Healthcare in Ireland is creating 300 new jobs across the country. The healthcare provider prioritizes those who lost their previous jobs and currently under Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) reception. Nua is a private sector healthcare provider working for intellectually disabled and mentally suffering individuals. It already employs 1,800 people all over the country. The … Read more

Dublin’s Fire Brigade suffers staff shortage; In need of 60 firefighters urgently

Dublin Fire Brigade service suffers staff shortage issue and in urgent need of at least 60 firefighters, says report. Currently, the agreed number of fire personnel for staffing Dublin’s Fire Brigade service is 965, which forms part of an agreement reached in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) back in 2015. However, there are only 930 … Read more

Electric Ireland tells families who can’t pay bills to ‘go to St Vincent de Paul’, faces outrage

The owner of Ireland’s biggest power company has been slammed for hiking up prices and telling the resident families to call on St Vincent de Paul if there is non payment of bills. Homes supplied by Electric Ireland will see their electricity bill increase by 9.3% next month, while the company’s gas prices are set … Read more

Man swallowed 1 Kg of screws and nails to compensate quitting habit of alcohol drinking

Doctors have removed over one Kg of nails and screws from a man’s stomach after he started swallowing them to compensate quitting the habit of alcohol drinking in Lithuania. The surgery took place after the man was admitted at a hospital in Baltic port city of Klaipeda with severe abdominal pain. In an X-ray, it … Read more

Lotto website and app hit ‘technical difficulties’ before €19 million jackpot draw

The Lotto website and app are facing “technical difficulties” just before a bumper €19m jackpot draw tonight. The highly-anticipated draw for the record prize seems to have sent the Irish public into a Lotto fever, as owners were struggling to cope with demand for tickets this evening. The National Lottery tweeted: “Due to high traffic … Read more