Fraud crimes in Ireland increased by more than 116% in 2021 : CSO

Fraud crimes in Ireland increased by 116% in the last quarter as gardaí continued to warn the public to watch out for con artists. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published the latest Recorded Crime statistics, which cover Quarter 4 (Q4) 2021 and the full-year results. Commenting on the release, Jim Dalton, Statistician, said: “Recorded Crime statistics … Read more

Minister Harris announces 27 grants worth €2.1m for academic and industry collaborations

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has today announced 27 new academic and industry research collaborations on behalf of Science Foundation Ireland, valued at €2.1million. The SFI Industry RD&I Fellowship Programme will support the temporary placement of academic researchers in 19 companies. These researchers undertake research projects across a … Read more

Covid-19: 10,839 new cases and 1,472 patients in hospital, including 59 in ICU

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5,750 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Thursday 31 March, 5,089 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. It brings the combined total of Covid-19 cases reported today to 10,839. As of 8 am today, 1,472 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of … Read more

Census Day is Sunday 03 April – Make Sure You Have Your Form

Ireland’s Census 2022 takes place on Sunday 03 April. Every person present in Ireland on this night is legally required to be included on a Census form. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today requested that anyone who has not yet received a Census form, or been contacted by an enumerator, makes contact with them … Read more

Government launches €10 million Tillage Incentive Scheme

Following on from the package of measures announced last week to provide support to Irish farmers, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., has launched the Tillage Incentive Scheme. The Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) is a support measure for farmers to incentivise the increase in eligible tillage crops in 2022 to reduce … Read more

Minister O’Gorman publishes discrimination report to inform equality policy

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has today published a report on discrimination in Ireland. The report compiles data from a number of sources to provide data on the experience of discrimination reported by three groups: persons aged 18 years and over, children aged 12-17 years and Travellers and Roma. The … Read more

Covid-19: 11,741 new cases and 1,535 patients in hospital, including 58 in ICU

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5,252 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Wednesday 30 March, 6,489 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. It brings the combined total of Covid-19 cases reported today to 11,741. As of 8 am today, 1,535 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of … Read more

Benches and high-tech bins burnt out in popular south Dublin park

Four benches and a number of high-tech bins have been burnt out in a popular south Dublin park. The damaged benches in Herbert Park in Ballsbridge are estimated to cost €2,000 each to repair. And the BigBelly bins are worth around €3,000 each. It is understood the benches and bins are being burnt with petrol, or some … Read more

Dublin Bus hosting recruitment day for 500 jobs with excellent salary and benefits package

Dublin Bus is hosting a recruitment day in April to find 450 new drivers and 50 engineering employees including mechanics and engineering operatives.  The recruitment day will be on Saturday 2 April (10 am – 6 pm) at the Technical Training School, Broadstone. The company is offering competitive salaries packages for all positions. The benefits … Read more

Covid-19: 12,508 new cases and 1,610 patients in hospital, including 49 in ICU

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5,381 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Tuesday 29 March, 7,127 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. As of 8 am today, 1,610 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 49 are in ICU.

Leaving Cert reform ‘a momentous move’, says Children’s Rights Alliance

Plans for major reform of the Leaving Certificate have been hailed as “a momentous move” by the Children’s Rights Alliance. The alliance welcomed an announcement from the Department of Education of plans to overhaul subject curricula, aiming to reduce reliance on final exams and move towards increased teacher-based assessment. It said the proposed reforms, informed … Read more

Government approves proposals for a National Centre for Research and Remembrance

The government has today approved high-level proposals for a National Centre for Research and Remembrance. The National Centre, to be located on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry in Sean MacDermott St in Dublin city centre, will stand as a National Memorial to honour all those who were resident in Mother and Baby Homes, Industrial Schools, … Read more

Covid-19: 14,549 new cases and 1,605 patients in hospital

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5,962 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Monday 28 March, 8,587 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. It brings the combined total of Covid-19 cases reported today to 14,549. As of 8am today, 1,605 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom … Read more

Covid hospitalisations reach 14-month high as 1,569 in hospitals with virus

There are 1,569 people in hospital with Covid-19 this afternoon, the highest figure in 14 months, the latest Department of Health figures show. There were 221 newly-diagnosed hospital cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in Irish hospitals, which brings the number of new cases in hospital in the past three days close to … Read more