Women leading innovation in engineering and those who champion the talent of refugees and other marginalised professionals are among the winners at the 2021 Women of the Year Awards. Dame Esther Rantzen was also awarded the lifetime achievement award at the ceremony held in Central London on Monday. The 67th edition of the awards recognised … Read more
Three men have been arrested and produced before court in relation to causing damage on a train at Clontarf station in North Dublin. According to Garda, the incident took place around 3pm on Sunday where the arrested three were found spraying graffiti on a train carriage at the station. The men, all in their 20s … Read more
The HSE has confirmed 1,358 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland today. As of 8am this morning, 400 patients with Covid-19 are in hospital, including 75 in ICU.
The 19-year-old student from Waterford takes over Taoiseach’s office today to mark International Day of the Girl 2021. Mairéad Butler who is a European studies student as well as a member of Plan International Ireland’s Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) will become the first woman to hold the position in the history of Ireland. Plan International’s … Read more
A woman who was arrested on Sunday in connection with a hit-and-run incident has been charged and will be presented before court today. The incident had left four people injured and one among them in serious condition.The car just fed the scene without stopping. The injured are now being treated at the University Hospital Limerick. … Read more
Nurses at Connolly Hospital in Dublin will stage a protest today to highlight the issues they are facing including heavy work load an unsafe working conditions. These issues also reflect in patient care and the hospital management are continuously neglecting the calls for change, according to the nurses. The protest will take place at the … Read more
The VHCCI Temple in Dublin is organising “Durga Puja”, from 11 – 15 October at the VHCCI Centre in Dublin. The festival will run from morning until late evening every day for next 5 days. Everyone can join the festival. Attached flyer has more details.
A woman has been arrested following suspected hit-and-run case in Limerick. Four people were injured after a car hit them around 1am on Sunday. The woman aged 20s was arrested today in connection with the incident and currently under detention at Henry Street Garda station. Three women and one man had suffered injuries from the … Read more
The majority of patients being admitted to ICUs due to Covid are unvaccinated, says the HSE chief Paul Reid. As per the latest report 74 patients are in ICUs with Covid now, which is a 20% rise from last week. According to Reid, 67% of the people in ICUs are unvaccinated. 3% of the others … Read more
Garda are seeking public help in tracing the whereabouts of a 16-year-old boy who has been missing from the Trim area of Meath since Thursday evening. Ronan Quinn is described as being approximately 5’7″ inches in height with a thin build, brown hair and blue eyes. It is not known at this time what Ronan was … Read more
A courageous dog has travelled from Kildare to Dublin in search of her owner. Adding more to the story, she took a train to cover a distance of more than 60 Kilometers until finally reunited with the owner all alone. The incident happened on Thursday morning while the little black puppy took a train from … Read more
A free 24-hour domestic abuse helpline number has been launched in Ireland. The initiative by Aoibhneas, a Dublin based domestic abuse support service for women and children has been launched by Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland. Anybody in the country who suffers domestic violence of any from can contact the toll free number 1800 … Read more
Ireland has a new favourite brew. According to research conducted by Circle K, 63% of the Irish public now prefer coffee over tea. The findings come just weeks after Dublin was voted the second most ‘coffee obsessed’ city in the world. The study of more than 1,000 Irish adults was carried out to celebrate the … Read more
Once again, there was no winner of Saturday night’s massive €19 million jackpot. Lotto fever has gripped Ireland this week ahead of tonight’s historic draw, as the jackpot draw is the highest amount ever seen in the game after almost four months of rollovers. But tonight no one won the whopping €19 million jackpot. Generally, … Read more
The residents of Stillogran area were taken by surprise when they discovered their drinking water had turned burned today. This comes after Irish Water carried out in the area to fix a burst water main. One Stillogran resident recounted how she got a fright when she went to have a drink of water from the tap … Read more