Ireland’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August 2022 is increased slightly to 4.3% from a rate of 4.2% in July 2022, according to figures released today from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The new figures show that Ireland’s labour market continues to remain tight amid a growing cost-of-living crisis and soaring inflation. July’s rate was Ireland’s lowest … Read more
More than 70,000 farmers have applied for the €56m Fodder Support Scheme before the closing date of 27th August, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue TD has confirmed. The Minister introduced the Fodder Support Scheme as part of a package of measures in recent months to provide support to Irish farmers arising … Read more
Activ8 Solar Energies and SSE Airtricity have announced the creation of up to 200 jobs over the next two years. The announcement was made as Activ8 opened a new headquarters in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, on Tuesday. The company claims itself as SSE Airtricity’s only solar partner and Ireland’s largest supplier of solar PV systems. New … Read more
A researcher at Queen’s University in Belfast has been awarded more than £280,000 to develop a new treatment for prostate cancer. Dr. Victoria Dunne has been given funding by Prostate Cancer UK to investigate the first personalised radiotherapy treatment for advanced prostate cancer based on men’s genes. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in … Read more
Revenue officers seized €5.5 million worth of illegal tobacco and cigarettes at Dublin Port. Routine operations lead to the seizure, which was executed with the use of Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner. Over 3 tonnes of “roll your own” tobacco and 4.5 million cigarettes in total were seized. The illegal cigarettes branded ‘Kingdom’ and tobacco branded … Read more
Two people have died and another has been injured in a collision involving a car transporter and three cars in Carrigaline, Co Cork this morning. The incident happened at 11 am this morning on the N28 Ringaskiddy Road at the Shannon Park roundabout in Carrigaline. The third person has been taken to Cork University Hospital … Read more
CITIZENS?, an exhibition of artworks by Belinda Loftus and Manar Al Shouha, has been announced by Rathfarnham Castle and the Office of Public Works (OPW). CITIZENS? is an exhibition of paintings and installations about the difficulties suffered by those caught up in conflict and forced migration and explores questions and possibilities about where we truly … Read more
Lidl Ireland is recalling certain batches of its Duc De Coeur Stuffed Mussels with Parsley and Garlic because the cooking instructions and ingredients are not labelled in English.The implicated batches contain molluscs, milk and gluten. This may make the batches unsafe for consumers, latter who are allergic to, or intolerant of, molluscs, milk or gluten. … Read more
A couple in their 20s were attacked early this morning at their house in the Innishmore housing estate in Ballincollig, County Cork. Following the incident, which happened Tuesday morning just before 1 am, the man and woman were transferred to Cork University Hospital. When a group of men arrived at the house, they attacked the … Read more
26 towns and villages across Ireland are set to benefit from a €2.6 million fund to enhance streetscapes and shopfronts. Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, made the announcement, which will see communities all over the country benefitting from upgraded building facades, artwork, murals, lighting and street furniture. Each town will receive €100,000 … Read more
Following a violent assault on a man in Co. Kildare on Sunday night, five people have been arrested. At about 2.30 am, a man in his 30s was assaulted at a residence in Father Murphy Park, Robertstown. Three men, aged in their 20s, 30s, and 50s, and two women, aged in their 20s and 40s, … Read more
Fish landings by Irish vessels in Ireland and foreign ports decreased by 5% between 2020 and 2021 from 217,981 tonnes to 206,068 tonnes, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office. Fish landings by foreign vessels in Ireland decreased by 14% or 19,538 tonnes in 2021. In 2021, the species with the highest quantity … Read more
Biotech multinational Horizon Therapeutics have announced plans to develop a new facility that will create 350 new medical technology jobs in Co Waterford. The company, which purchased a manufacturing facility from EirGen Pharma in IDA Ireland’s Business Park in June 2021, have submitted a planning application to expand a development and manufacturing facility. They’re planning to … Read more
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has launched a public consultation on a draft national policy framework for open disclosure in the Irish health and social care sector. The Department of Health developed the draft national open disclosure framework to provide a consistent approach to open disclosure across the entirety of the health sector. The development … Read more
After a two-month break, unions and the government are scheduled to continue public sector pay negotiations at the Workplace Relations Commission today. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Government engaged in talks that were last conducted in June but could not achieve an agreement (ICTU). After talks had previously ended, the difference between … Read more