The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 3,975 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Sunday 6 February, 4,478* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. On Saturday 5 February, the HPSC was notified of 6,260 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 4,717 people registered a positive antigen test through the … Read more
An Garda Síochána announces new uniform which will commence from this week. Over the next number of weeks this new operational uniform will be delivered to over 13,000 uniform members of An Garda Síochána of Garda, Sergeant and Inspector rank across every Garda Region, Division, District and in excess of 560 Garda stations nationwide. The … Read more
A one-off payment to tackle the cost-of-living crisis for low-income households is set to be agreed by a Cabinet subcommittee and rolled out within weeks. The committee will meet this week to tackle the impact of rising inflation, with a number of options on the table including a doubling of the €100 electricity credit for … Read more
The first wave of pandemic graduates left college with reduced employment chances and fewer opportunities to see the world, a survey by the Higher Education Authority has confirmed. The latest Graduate Outcome Survey gives a snapshot of the lives of college-leavers nine months after they departed third-level education, highlighting broad-ranging trends on earnings, employment, and … Read more
A man has died following a road traffic accident in West Cork this afternoon. The accident between a motorcycle and a car occurred in the village of Ballineen today, at around 1.45 pm. The driver of the motorcycle, a man aged in his 50s, was fatally injured during the collision. He was pronounced dead at … Read more
HSE Mid West Community Healthcare have immediate vacancies for Full-time and Part-time Staff Nurses Clinical Nurse Managers 1 Clinical Nurse Managers 2 The roles are based in Older Persons Residential Services across the Mid West in counties Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary. Successful applicants will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering older person’s services … Read more
Tickets for Embrace 2022, a musical stage programme conducted by Cork Indian Nurses community (COINNs) is available now. Tickets are now available at the shopping destinations Spice Town Cork and Mallow, the organizers said in a Facebook post. The programme unveils on 20th February at 6 p.m. and the venue is at Rochestown Park Hotel, … Read more
Two gardai in hospital following an accident took place during a pursuit. The incident happened in the early morning today where a gardai patrol car encountered another vehicle which was in reckless driving. According to gardai, the driver of the vehicle refused to stop when asked and the patrol car started pursuit. But it ended … Read more
Russia has in place about 70% of the combat power it believes it would need for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is sending more battalion tactical groups to the border with its neighbor, two U.S. officials said on Saturday. In the last two weeks, the number of battalion tactical groups in the border region … Read more
A man in his 60s has died and another man has been injured following a two-van crash in Moyvalley, Co Kildare, in the early hours of this morning. The collision happened on the N4 shortly after 2 am. The man in his 60s, who was the driver of one of the vans, was pronounced dead … Read more
Public transport bus service provider Go-Ahead Ireland will recruit 180 staff this year. The jobs will be across different areas where the company provides service. Currently the company has over 200 buses and they cover 25 Outer Dublin Metropolitan Area (ODMA) routes and five Dublin commuter routes. The new roles come as part of an … Read more
Met Eireann has issued a status yellow wind warning for Co Donegal. West to northwest winds will widely reach mean speeds of 50 to 60km/h with gusts of 90 to 100km/h. Winds will be stronger near coastal areas, where localised wave overtopping is possible, and on high ground. The warning comes in to effect from … Read more
Irish golfer Leona Maguire wins the LPGA Drive On Championship in US. After a final-round 67, Maguire cruised into the winner’s circle for the first time in her LPGA Tour career, becoming the first woman from Ireland to win in the Tour’s history. Her 198 ties her career-best 54-hole score, last recorded at the 2021 … Read more
India’s legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away due to a multi-organ failure in Mumbai on Sunday morning. Mangeshkar, who was known as the ‘Queen of Melody’ and the ‘Nightingale of India’, breathed her last at 8:12 am in Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital. She was tested positive for COVID-19 in early January. Dr. Pratit Samdani, who was … Read more
Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has announced the re-opening of the very successful electric vehicle taxi scheme, with €15 million allocated by the Department of Transport in 2022. The grants will enable owners of small public service vehicles (SPSV), such as taxis and hackneys, to buy electric vehicles (EVs). SPSV drivers can apply for grants of … Read more