The Minister for Housing, Local Government, and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien has said he was delighted that a Dublin housing development that featured the first purpose-built Cost Rental homes in Ireland has won the Social Housing Development of the Year at the National Property Awards. Minister O’Brien lauded the ‘Woodside’ scheme at Enniskerry Road, Stepaside, County … Read more
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, announced additional funding under the Dormant Accounts funded Awareness Raising Initiative for Social Enterprise (ARISE) Scheme. Grants totaling €526,000 are being provided to social enterprises, social enterprise networks, and support organisations to carry out a range of awareness-raising initiatives. Social Enterprises create jobs in rural areas and … Read more
According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) new report, Five hundred same-sex marriages took place in Ireland last year. The figures were released by the Central Statistics Office in its Marriages 2021 report published on Friday. The data was compiled from marriage registration forms of all marriages registered in Ireland in 2021. Commenting on the … Read more
More than 11,000 people have applied to become a garda in its latest recruitment competition, which saw an increase in the numbers from different ethnic backgrounds applying. The force has released figures on who applied to join. The competition, which closed for applications on March 16, 2022, received 11,075 applications up from 5,197 from the … Read more
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released the Retail Sales Index for March 2022 (Provisional) February 2022 (Final). Commenting on the release, Stephanie Kelleher, Statistician, said: “Retail Sales increased by 0.6% in March 2022 when compared to February 2022 on a seasonally adjusted basis. On an annual basis, retail volumes were 2.9% higher than in March 2021. … Read more
Leading environmental services company Veolia Ireland today announced it is recruiting for 60 positions to join its almost 700-strong team across the island of Ireland. More than half are new roles created thanks to business growth as its clients, the largest industrial firms in Ireland, seek expert solutions to achieve carbon reduction targets. The industry-leading … Read more
Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has confirmed the first president of the South East Technological University. Professor Veronica Campbell has been appointed the first president of South East Technological University (SETU), which has multi-regional campuses in Carlow, Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow. Speaking today, Minister Harris said, “The South East Technological University will become a reality … Read more
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has awarded Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships to 60 students from across the world. The scholarship is awarded to high-calibre students from non-EU and non-EEA countries. It allows them to study in Ireland full-time for one year. Speaking today, Minister Harris said, … Read more
The annual general body meeting of “Malayalam” the Kerala cultural association based in Ireland, will be held on Saturday, April 30 at 3 pm at the Martin de Porres School Hall in Tala Aylesbury. The organizers would like to welcome all the well-wishers to the meeting. For more information: Vijay 0877211654Aneesh +353 89 418 6869Joji … Read more
A single Bedroom with a separate washroom facility is available for rent at Naas Sallins, County Kildare. The building is very close to Naas hospital. The room is suitable for bachelors and married couples. Interested persons can contact: Jason at 0892540100
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of 982 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Tuesday 26 April, 1,325 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. This leads to a combined total of 2,307 new cases of Covid-19 being reported today. As of 8 am today, 435 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of … Read more
A woman aged in her 70s has died after she and a second pedestrian were crashed with a car in Sligo town yesterday afternoon. The woman was killed following the incident at the junction of Castle Street and Market Street in the town at 4 pm. A garda spokesperson said that the scene is currently … Read more
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, launched Supporting Parents: A National Model of Parenting Support Services. Supporting Parents is a national model for parenting support services, which takes a whole-of-Government approach to improve support for parenting. The vision of Supporting Parents is for all parents to be confident and capable in … Read more
Gardai have called for two men who apparently suffered a violent attack from a landlord to make contact. The request has been made by gardaí in County Tipperary, after a video circulated on social media in recent days showing the men, who appear to be from Eastern Europe, being subjected to the attack. The video, … Read more
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has today received Cabinet approval for the abolition of the statutory public in-patient charge for children. The Minister has received approval to draft the General Scheme of a Bill to provide for the abolition of both overnight and day-case public in-patient charges for children under 16. These charges have … Read more