95% Immigrant doctors are not getting Critical Skills Employment Permits though they contribute to 43% of NCHD’s in Irish health system

Almost 600 immigrant doctors working for HSE in general employment permits (GEP) which is huge burden to their families for 6 months to an year. Job hunting, finding new home , finding school for kids, job assurity  of spouses add up to stress for these doctors in Ireland.In addition to that they need to avail … Read more

First Ever Online Vaisakhi Celebration in Dublin in association with Pardes Radio and Leinster Productions

Dublin’s first Vaishaki celebration is going to happen on April 10th Saturday from 6.00 PM to 9.00 PM. The celebration is initiated by Pardes radio and Leinster production. There are various cultural performances along with quiz competitions. Live music, Gatk(sikh martial art) ,Punjabi Dhol  and performance by Jiggy Band are  main highlights of the online … Read more

Indian nurse helped man with cardiac arrest in Tesco at Stillorgan and saved his life

Indian nurse Ms.Reena Varghese helped a man with cardiac in Tesco in Stillorgan. The incident happened on Tuesday at 8.00PM and helped the sixty year man with timely medical assistance Reena along with her colleague a nurse helped ti get primary medical assistance .Both of then given cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for about 4 minutes … Read more

Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) payments of €400m have been made by the Revenue Commissioners to more than 20,000 businesses since October 2020

The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD,  outlined that Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) payments of over €400m have been made by the Revenue Commissioners to businesses since the inception of the Scheme, which was announced and came into effect on Budget Day, 13th October 2020. Approximately €260m of this has been paid in the first … Read more

Tánaiste Signs Code of Practice on Right to Disconnect from work

From today, all employees officially have the Right to Disconnect from work and have a better work-life balance, after Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment Leo Varadkar TD brought in a new Code of Practice. The Tánaiste is today also inviting views on his plans to put the right to request remote working … Read more

Gender Pay Gap Legislation Proposals approved by the Cabinet

Roderic O’Gorman T.D., Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, has yesterday received Cabinet approval to amend the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill and to introduce the strengthened Bill at Report Stage in Dáil Éireann. The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill was originally published in April 2019 and lapsed with the dissolution of the … Read more

The Dublin Artists Collective (DDAC) presents the RANG online art exhibition to kick start on April 02

“The Dublin Artists Collective” (DDAC) a page by artists for artists of Indian origin currently residing in Dublin in association with Embassy of India, Dublin is conducting first version of  RANG – an art exhibition by a group of artists from April 2nd to April 10th, 2021. The story behind – THE DUBLIN DESI ARTISTS … Read more

Indian shop attacked by large group of youths in willow park, Dublin [Video]

A group of teenagers ferociously attacked an Indian shop Gala Store in Willowpark Dublin on last Thursday. They attacked the shopkeeper and throw away items placed in the shop. The shop is owned by  Soji Mathews an Indian origin. Most of the attackers was not wearing mask and the shop keepers immediately tried to close … Read more

Government’s Covid spending is expected to hit €28bn by end of 2021

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath said, Government spending on Covid-related measures is expected to hit €28 billion by the end of this year. The total covers expenditure on Covid-related measures in 2020 and 2021 and spending on wage and business supports as well as increased health spending on the pandemic. At a … Read more

How wider-scale retrospective contact tracing works from today

From today contact tracing team will start  asking  additional questions to help identify the source of cases identified as community transmission. Currently, 80 per cent of cases of Covid-19 are traced to a specific source through the Health Service Executive’s contact tracing centres or through HSE public health teams. The remaining 20 per cent are … Read more

From Today Parent’s Benefit will be extended to 5 weeks for parents of children born or adopted from November 2019

Parent’s Benefit and parent’s leave are new statutory entitlements for parents in the first year after their child’s birth or adoption. They are available for children born or adopted after 1 November 2019. Parent’s Benefit is paid while you are on parent’s leave from work if you have enough social insurance (PRSI) contributions. You must be on parent’s leave to get … Read more

From 12th April, 5 km limit will no longer apply, and people may travel within their county for exercise and recreation and can travel within their county or 20km from home – Taoiseach

In line with the plan set out in COVID-19 Resilience & Recovery 2021: The Path Ahead, the Government has today announced the phased easing of some restrictions for the month of April, to commence on 12th April.After taking full account of the current status of Covid-19 in the community, and the public health advice, the … Read more

€23 million added to Syrian crises summed up to €192 million since 2012 ,is Ireland’s largest ever response to a single crisis

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, TD, today pledged a further €23 million in humanitarian assistance from Ireland in response to the Syria crisis in 2021. This brings Ireland’s response to the crisis since 2012 to more than €192 million Ireland’s largest ever response to a single crisis. Minister Coveney made the pledge at the … Read more

Government launched Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 – “Our Rural Future”

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, today (Monday), welcomed the Government’s launch of “Our Rural Future” This policy will promote rural development over the next five years, supported by more than 130 measures which will address the challenges and capture the opportunities for people living in rural Ireland. The Vision of rural … Read more

The Dublin Bike scheme is introducing 800 hybrid electric bikes, giving a sustainable and safe travel choice to the community

The Dublinbikes rental scheme is going electric, with half of the fleet of 1,600 bikes being converted to e-bikes.While the per-trip rental rates will not change, the annual subscription charge will increase considerably, to €95 for e-bike users, with those choosing to stick with standard bikes remaining on the €35 annual fee. Half of the … Read more