Visiting to nursing homes is set to become normal from next week. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has published new guidelines regarding visiting, where strict guidelines were in place due to the surge in Covid cases recently. As most of the restriction are now eased, HSPC advices new visiting guidelines which will come in … Read more
A second male juvenile has been arrested on Thursday morning as part of an investigation into a serious assault of a 17-year-old girl and her friend that took place in Ballyfermot in late December. “He is presently being held at a Garda Station in West Dublin under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984,” … Read more
The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe has today (Thursday) reminded employers that the graduated exit path for the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) has commenced. From 1 February 2022, most businesses, move to the reduced weekly rate of support of €203 per employee for the month of February, followed by the weekly flat rate subsidy … Read more
The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today (Thursday 3 February) confirmed the waiving of the fees for the 2022 Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle examinations. Students will not have to pay the fees which would usually be €116 and €109 for the Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle examinations respectively. Minister Foley said: “We … Read more
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 6,061 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Wednesday 2 February, 6,814 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. As of 8 am today, 610 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, of whom 63 are in ICU.
Former Ireland and Lions captain Tom Kiernan has died at the age of 83. The legendary former full-back was Munster’s coach when they beat the All Blacks in 1978, he was at the helm when Ireland won the 1982 Triple Crown. Kiernan won 54 caps for Ireland and was the country’s most capped player at … Read more
A man and woman have been arrested following the seizure of two suspected firearms in Co Kildare. A Garda statement said: “Gardaí have seized two shotguns and arrested two persons following an incident in County Kildare on the evening of Monday, 31st January 2022. “At approximately 10:30 pm, uniform Gardaí on patrol on the N7 … Read more
Gardaí arrested a young male yesterday while investigating an alleged assault of a 17-year-old girl and her friend in Ballyfermot in December. He has been detained and investigations are still ongoing. The alleged incident was happened in the vacinity of the Civic Office on Ballyfermot Road on Thursday around 9.35 pm on 30 December. A … Read more
Several non-EU students living in Ireland for around 7 years are seeking help to attain Stamp 4 Visas. All of them came to Ireland as students for a better quality of life. After earning their Master’s Degrees, they were hopeful, until they could not find jobs that issue them Work Permit. So they managed with … Read more
The issue of patients waiting on trolleys at hospitals once again becomes a national topic in Ireland. According to The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), currently there are 550 admitted patients waiting for beds in hospitals. 436 of them are in the emergency department and 114 are in wards. “Over 1,000 patients have been … Read more
The number of people unemployed in Ireland has risen by a small percentage, a new report by Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows. The unemployment was 7.4% in December and it now stands at 7.8%. According to a report by Breaking News.ie, John Mullane, a CSO statistician, the new figure is a clear evidence that the … Read more
A man has lost a fight against extradition from England to Ireland after being accused of raping a woman 21 years ago. Lawyers representing the man mounted a High Court challenge after a judge at Westminster Magistrates’ Court had ruled that he should be extradited. They said the man had mental and physical health difficulties … Read more
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has been notified of 5,940 positive PCR cases of COVID-19 Ireland today. In addition, on Tuesday 1 February, 6,620 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. That’s a total of 12,560 new cases of the virus. A total of 92 deaths related to Covid-19 have been newly notified … Read more
Gardaí are looking for the public’s help in finding a 15-year-old Arab Al-Mesto who is missing from the Dublin 2 area since 3 weeks. The teenager is described as being approximately 5ft 10in tall, of medium build, with short black hair and brown eyes. When last seen on Wednesday 12 January, Arab was wearing a … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of about 3,000 additional American troops to Eastern Europe, administration officials said on Wednesday, as Washington reinforces its allies against what it describes as a Russian threat to invade Ukraine. One of the officials said about 2,000 American troops would deploy from the United States to Poland … Read more