A nationwide status yellow snow and ice warning has been issued by Met Eireann. The warning will come into effect from 4 p.m. on Thursday and will continue until 11 a.m. on Friday. There could be scattered showers of hail, sleet and snow tonight and may continue to Friday morning. The situation will make travelling … Read more
Gardai appeal public help in tracing the whereabouts of a 66-year-old man who is missing from Dublin. John Cahill has been missing from the Crumlin area since Wednesday, 29 December. He is described as being 6’4″ in height, of slim build, with blue eyes and grey hair. He also wears glasses. It’s not known what … Read more
The government has agreed a new relaxation where people entering Ireland from overseas will no longer need to carry a negative Covid PCR test result. According to a report by the Independent.ie, the requirement for a negative antigen or PCR test is set to be lifted, as it was a measure put in to slow … Read more
A man in his 50s was arrested and seized drugs and cash after stopping a car in Dundalk by Gardaí. The search happend as part of the Operation Tara national strategy targeting illegal drugs. Gardaí stopped and searched a vehicle on the Carrickmacross Road in the Co Louth town around 11am yesterday. And they found … Read more
INTO General Secretary John Boyle has confirmed, there will be close to 8,000 primary school teachers not returning to school tomorrow due to Covid-19 and there’s “not a hope we’ll have enough replacement teachers”, Substitute teachers who are in their final two years in teaching colleges will be used to fill the gaps created by … Read more
The schools in Ireland will reopen from Thursday as planned before, the Department of Education has confirmed. The move is followed by the advice of health officials which stated that there were no public health rationale to delay the reopening of schools. Education Minister Norma Foley, department officials, unions and school managements met yesterday to … Read more
Naas and Leixlip in Co Kildare ranked top in the list of cleanest towns in Ireland. Both the towns showed a standard higher than that of European norms in a survey by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL). Its latest survey of 40 towns and cities showed nationwide litter levels having risen slightly, with … Read more
Naas has been crowned Ireland’s cleanest town for 2021 by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL). Its latest survey of 40 towns and cities showed nationwide litter levels having risen slightly, with cities again faring particularly badly. PPE litter was found to be at its highest level since the pandemic began. This is the … Read more
17-year-old girl Alanna Quinn Idris, who was brutally attacked by four men in Ballyfermot, Dublin may lose sight of one eye, say doctors. Ms Quinn and a male friend were attacked near Ballyfermot Civic Centre at about 9.30pm on 30th December. Ms Quinn has a ruptured eyeball, broken teeth and broken bones in her cheek … Read more
The minimum pricing rules on alcohol by the Ireland government take effect from today, As per the law 1 gram of alcohol has to be sold for at least €0.10. A Government minister told that the law was being introduced to make sure “cheap, strong alcohol is not available to children and young people at … Read more
Before the Cabinet meeting to discuss the ongoing situation with the Omicron variant, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has warned that people are still getting “very sick” and dying from Covid-19. Mr Donnelly told there is still a lot of “uncertainly internationally” around the new strain of Covid but according to the data from Irish hospitals … Read more
A Donegal family have a narrow escape after a lorry smashed into their home in the early hours today. The lorry was travelling from Derry to Letterkenny on the main N13 and suddenly went out of control. The vehicle smashed into a house at Killverry in Newtowncunningham at around 6.45am. According to the reports, it … Read more
Further 16,986 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland today. As of 8 a.m. today, there were 804 people in hospitals due to the virus infection and 93 of them are in ICUs. It was 17,071 Covid cases confirmed yesterday. The hospitalisations have been increased significantly within a day where 717 people were getting … Read more
Seven people are in hospital following a road crash happened yesterday in Co Meath. Two cars were collided on the N52 at Cassidy’s Cross, Nobber at 7.20 p.m., according to the gardai. Two men and two women aged in their 70s and 80s, a man and woman in their 40s and a teenager were taken … Read more
An off-duty Dublin firefighter saved a drowning man’s life with the help of a commoner in Co Waterford on New Year’s Eve. The incident occurred around 9.30 a.m. at Counsellor’s Strand in Dunmore East where a male swimmer got into trouble in a rocky area. Alex Daly, a firefighter and paramedic working in Swords saw … Read more