IRELAND

The Irish Government had decided to lift the 5km limit for non essential travel as Ireland reports the lowest number of cases since December. A total of 303 positive cases were reported and deputy chief medical officer Dr. Ronan Glynn said that the efforts by the people continue to make a considerable difference. He said … Read more

After more than 100 days of lockdown, the Irish Government had decided to ease thr restrictions from midnight. The level 5 restrictions will be relaxed as the vaccine rollout gained pace thus reduced the risk of further spread of the virus. The relaxations on the restrictions will be: Monday April 12 Domestic travel: The five … Read more

Hiqa was literally wonderstruck when they found everything awful while inspecting Munster nursing home and gave a awful inspection report to the same. They found that no clear management structure was in place as the inspectors came in for inspection without notice at Cahercalla Community Hospital on 20th January. The management in the time of … Read more

Using the temporary online naturalization process almost 1200 people have become Irish citizens in the past 10 weeks. This process was introduced in January in order to clear the backlog applications. The Department of Justice had contacted 4000 people to complete their naturalization process by signing a declaration of loyalty instead of attending a citizenship … Read more

Dublin City Council is conducting a survey on expansion of 30kmph speed limit in the city. Some questions will be asked to the general public and the answers will be recorded and analysed for further decision making. The authorities thinks that implementing the 30kmph speed limit will make the roads more safer for the drivers … Read more

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland had issued an urgent warning on undeclared egg content in a Tesco product. It was a packaging mistake where Tesco Tzatziki batch was packed with Tesco Sour Cream and Chive. The latter product former product contains egg content but because of confusions in packing, it was not labelled on … Read more

Dublin City Council had signed an agreement with Department of tourism, culture, arts, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media in redeveloping the Dalymount park. The Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund is used and a sum of €918,750 will be taken for the designing and construction purposes. An architect led integrated design team is about to be fixed … Read more

The Health Department is about to start four new no symptomatic Covid test centres in the State. Two centres will be at Dublin and one each in Limerick and Waterford. No appointment is needed for testing in these centres. The number of positive cases are increasing alarmingly in the state which triggered the idea of … Read more

Ireland has completed its one millionth vaccination as the Covid 19 vaccine roll out gains more and more pace. As per the data released by the HSE, 940,883 doses of vaccine have been given in total where 667,182 were first doses and 273,701 were second doses as of April 5th. HSE head Paul Reid said … Read more

Smedias are inviting entries from media students around Ireland for Smedia Awards 2021. The entries should be sent on or before 5PM on 15th April 2021. The National Student Media Awards or Smedias are an annual All Ireland student journalism competition run by the Oxygen.ie website since 2000. This is Ireland’s premier students awards and … Read more

Fraud calls and scams have been spotted by Garda and Department of Social Protection and warns the public to be aware of these fraudsters. People are receiving phone calls and text messages where the fraudsters says they are from Department of Social Protection. People are requested to reveal their full name, PPS number and bank … Read more

Sports are always loved by many people and it also adds to the economic as well as social bond and makes an integrated society. Even though there are many areas where discrimination is still practised in sports, the inclusion and diversity prospect will make sports free from certain inhumane practices. Sport Ireland has decided to … Read more

Nutricia recalled certain batches of Aptamil Baby Muesli Products as they detected the presence of apple stalks in it. The FSAI informed all retailers to display the recall notices in their stores including the batch name. The recalled baby products could be found in both Supervalu and Tesco. The product is of Austrian origin and … Read more

The Department of Justice has made new arrangements on Visa rules in the Covid 19 pandemic situations. Minister for Justice Helen McEntee had signed an order imposing these visa requirements. The Department of Justice had took the decision to stop accepting new visa requests with certain exceptions. This came into effect from the close of … Read more