The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Thursday, 1 July, that two doses of the COVID vaccines approved for use in the European Union appear to provide protection against the rapidly spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus, reported news agency AFP. The assessment came in the wake of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent warning … Read more
Chilled meats from Great Britain, such as sausages, which would otherwise be prohibited in Northern Ireland, will continue to move from Great Britain to Northern Ireland after the UK and the EU agreed to extend the grace period allowing this until 30 September. The extension means that Northern Ireland consumers will be able to buy … Read more
Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Damien English, has today announced the successful applicants approved for funding through the third call of the Covid-19 Online Retail Scheme, which is administered by Enterprise Ireland. 133 retailers have been approved €5M in funding as part of the … Read more
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced 2 new contracts for the provision of a ferry and cargo services to the islands in west Cork. A €1 million contract has been agreed between the Department of Rural and Community Development and Carberry Isle Ferries for the provision of a ferry service … Read more
Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) announced the opening of its new Ireland facility located in Dublin. This new facility reflects Bio-Techne’s commitment to supporting the broader life sciences industry in Europe as well as expectations for continued growth and staffing needs in this geography. The Dublin facility is responsible for servicing Bio-Techne’s growing number of European-based academic … Read more
The below batches of bakery products are being recalled as the ingredients are not labelled in English. The implicated batches contain egg, milk, soybeans, sulphur dioxide and sulphites and cereals containing gluten, This may make the batches unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of egg, milk, soybeans, sulphur dioxide and sulphites and … Read more
Councillor Alison Gilliland was elected the 353rd Lord Mayor of Dublin.Alison Gilliland is only the 10th woman to hold the office of the Lord Mayor of Dublin and succeeds Councillor Hazel Chu. Councillor Gilliland was elected following a voting pact between the Dublin Agreement parties of Fianna Fáil, the Green Party, Labour and the Social … Read more
Gardaí continue to receive reports from the public of Spam automated calls to mobile phones from fraudsters claiming to be from Government and State Agencies or Garda stations. Typically purporting to be from the Department of Social Protection.An automated message informs the recipient that their PPS number has been compromised and requests them to Press … Read more
European Union (EU) Ambassador to India Ugo Astuto has clarified there is no ban in the EU on the Covishield vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.The European Union has set up in place a new system of Digital Covid Certificate which is meant to facilitate … Read more
India’s Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research, effectively neutralizes both Alpha and Delta variants of Corona virus, the U.S.’ National Institute of Health has said. The National Institute of Health said results of two studies of blood serum from people who had received Covaxin suggest that the … Read more
‘To help us to prioritise the processing of citizenship applications over the summer months, applicants are asked not to submit applications and accompanying passports between 25th June 2021 to 30 September 2021, if you think that you will require your passport during this time. If you are uncertain if you may require your passport over … Read more
As Immigrants in the country we understand the problems of Immigrants than any one else . Immigrant council of Ireland is calling aplications for Integration and training officer for a 12 month contract.Huge oppurtunity for Indians to be a part of the Immigration system of ireland. The deadline for the applications is 5 PM 26 … Read more
Measures coming into place from 5 July From 5 July, the following measures will apply: numbers permitted at outdoor events can increase as planned, to a maximum of 200 attendees for the majority of stadia, and to 500 for stadia/venues with capacity greater than 5,000, with appropriate protective measures there should be no limit on … Read more
Leave No Trace gives a few simple guidelines to minimise your impact on our shared outdoors. Make a commitment to stand up and protect your favourite recreational places. A new public awareness campaign from Leave No Trace Ireland and its partners calls on the public to exercise renewed care and responsibility when outdoors in managing … Read more
Action plans against sexual violence and harassment in higher education welcomed by Minister Harris.Simon Harris TD has today (Monday, 28 June 2021) welcomed the publication by higher education institutions (HEIs) of their action plans aimed at ending sexual violence and harassment. The action plans address the fifteen key outcomes set out in the ‘Framework for … Read more