BIG STORIES

On 21 March 2021, the decennial 2021 United Kingdom census, called Census 2021, will occur throughout most of the United Kingdom. The census in Scotland will take place in 2022, known as Scotland’s Census 2022. It will be administered by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) in England and Wales, by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency in Northern Ireland, and by the National Records of Scotland in Scotland. Census … Read more

Expedia CEO Peter Kern  says “Vacation deprivation is about to be replaced by a travel boom” . He told that people are beginning to think about their future travel “very quickly.” Reservations on the travel website for some parts of the United States this summer are “all booked up” and he expects Europe will soon follow as the … Read more

The World Happiness Report 2021 – released by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Finland was once again crowned as the world’s happiest country.    Ireland is ranked 13th  ahead of United states (14) and just behind the Australia(12) based on 2020 survey’s  compared to those in 2017-2019. Finland, Iceland are the most happy nations, while Afghanistan … Read more

Ireland wicketkeeper Gary Wilson is looking forward to becoming the head coach of North-West Warriors after retiring from the professional game on Friday.Wilson, who also takes up the post of Pathway Manager with the interprovincial side, added that he would like to be involved in the Ireland coaching set-up at a later stage, Wilson said … Read more

Taoiseach, Michéal Martin TD, and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, have today announced €405 million in funding for fourregeneration projects in Co. Cork. The projects are being funded under ‘Call 2’ of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF). The URDF part-funds projects aimed at enhancing urban areas to … Read more

Actor Sunil Shetty visits Ireland House to mark the commencement of services. Ireland House is the new home for the Consulate General of Ireland, Mumbai and Ireland’s Trade and Investment agencies in India – Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. Sunil Shetty joined Team Ireland to help mark the occasion of the commencement of services from Ireland … Read more

Minister Catherine Martin,TD has now opened the Live Performance Support Scheme 2021 for applications. This new scheme which has been widely welcomed by the sector, builds on the very successful outcomes of the previous pilot scheme which recently provided thousands of days of employment to hundreds of musicians, actors, crew and technicians when no other … Read more

  Gardaí   seized  almost €180,000 worth of suspected cannabis herb and cocaine in Drogheda, Co Louth  following a search of a vehicle last night. As part of Operation Stratus, an intelligence-led operation targeting the sale and supply of illegal drugs in Drogheda,  gardaí from the divisional drugs unit and members of the Drogheda detective unit intercepted … Read more

Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, has announced the appointment of Ms Anne Carrigy and Mr Brendan Whelan to the board of the Health Service Executive (HSE). The appointments come following a Public Appointment Services (PAS) campaign for additional members to the board. Welcoming the appointments, the Minister said: “I am delighted to welcome Ms … Read more

Kidambi Srikanth was shocked by Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen as the Indian fell in the first round of All England Championships on Wednesday. Srikanth was the eighth seed in the tournament and lost 11-21, 21-15, 12-21 against Nguyen in an hour The 20-year-old put in a seriously impressive performance, defeating the world number 13 Srikanth Kidambi from India. … Read more

Register for School Transport If you are a first time user, you will need to create an online Family Portal account. If you are a returning Account Holder who is adding a new pupil, you can proceed straight to the login page. https://schooltransport.buseireann.ie/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2F Click on the links provided on the login page to create your account. … Read more

The World Health Organization reported that there was a 10% rise in new coronavirus cases globally last week, driven by surges in the Americas and Europe. WHO said in its weekly update on the status of the global outbreak published on Wednesday, the worldwide number of new COVID-19 cases peaked in early January at nearly five million cases, but … Read more

Gardaí and Dublin Fire Brigade teamed up with Children’s Health Ireland in developing a papercraft gift pack for children The packs were delivered to Temple Street, Crumlin & Tallaght Gardaí said they would love to have visited the children in person, but unfortunately that is not possible at this time To all the children currently … Read more

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has today marked the 3,000th application under the Apprenticeship Incentivisation Scheme. Speaking today (Tuesday), Minister Harris said: “The Government has ambitious plans to expand apprenticeship opportunities to reach 10,000 new apprentices registering per year by 2025 and later this month, we will … Read more

Minister for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne, spoke at Ibec Brussels’ online St. Patrick’s Day event on 16th March. The event covered a wide array of topics of relevance to Ireland and Irish businesses in the EU. In his remarks, the Minister discussed items currently on the agenda at EU level, including the implications of the … Read more