Passengers were evacuated off a bus after it burst into flames on a busy road on Tuesday. The bus contained construction staff working on Intel’s Leixlip campus. Two other buses from the same fleet helped to move passengers. It happened on the R157 in Maynooth, Co Kildare at around 7 am on Tuesday, Dublin Live reported. Intel confirmed … Read more
A 24-year-old Irish man has died in a hit-and-run in Vancouver, Canada. Police in Vancouver have appealed for information after the incident on Arbutus St in the city at around 11.30 pm on Sunday. It is understood the man was crossing the road with a friend at about 11.30 pm on Sunday when he was … Read more
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, announced he will make additional funding available to support children with disabilities’ access to the State-funded Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. Additional capitation provided through the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) to enable a lower adult-child ratio, is expected to increase by … Read more
An Irish seven-year-old girl is in critical condition following an incident at a swimming pool on the Spanish island of Mallorca. The child was treated at the scene by emergency services before being transferred to a hospital in Palma. Emergency services on the Balearic island said they were called to a hotel at Cales de … Read more
Dublin-based business management software company FlowForma plans to create 70 new jobs over the next three years. The company has raised €4 million as it aims to build on its success in the “no-code” software market, creating 70 jobs in the next three years and focusing on growing the US market. FlowForma provides enterprises with … Read more
Further to the announcement on Friday 17 June 2022 that the online application system for the €56 million Fodder Support Scheme opened for applications, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine wishes to advise farmers of updates to the application system that will go live in the coming days. These updates relate to ANC … Read more
An Indian family who donated over 2,000 homemade face masks to the public during the Covid-19 pandemic has been granted permission to remain in Ireland. The Singh family, who live in the Kinsale Road accommodation centre in Cork, received confirmation from the Department of Justice that they can remain here after a deportation order was … Read more
Citizenship ceremonies welcoming 950 people as Irish citizens took place in person for the first time since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee hosted 2 very special citizenship ceremonies in Killarney, Kerry on Monday 20th June 2022, to welcome 950 people as they become Irish citizens. The event was … Read more
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Revenue officers seized €1.3 million worth of heroin and cocaine as part of a search at Rosslare Europort today. Revenue officers stopped and searched an unaccompanied trailer this morning after it arrived on a ferry from Dunkirk in France. The drugs were discovered after Revenue officers stopped and searched an unaccompanied trailer this morning that … Read more
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on a gurdwara in Afghanistan capital that killed a Sikh man and a Taliban fighter, news agencies reported. The attack on a Sikh prayer site in Kabul, began in the early hours of Saturday morning. Militants opened fire outside the fortified doors leading to the compound housing … Read more
Taxi fares are set to rise by an average of 12% from September of this year, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has announced. The NTA said that from September it will be mandatory for all taxis to include a cashless payment option for customers. On Friday’s board meeting (17 June) NTA approved the proposed National … Read more
Kerala House Irish Malayalee Club is set to host the event ‘Carnival 2022’ tomorrow, June 18, 2022. The Kerala House Carnival is the biggest gathering of Indians in Ireland The mega event ‘Carnival 2022’, will take place at the Lucan Youth Center in Primrose Lane, County Dublin from 8 am to 8 pm. Indian Ambassador … Read more
IT service provider HCS is investing €3.2m in growing the business over the next three years. HCS, which has a base in Dublin alongside its Waterford HQ, will open a new office in Cork as part of this expansion. The IT, cybersecurity, and telecom services provider plans to double its workforce with this investment, creating 30 … Read more
The online application system for the Fodder Support Scheme is now open for applications. Farmers wishing to apply for the Fodder Support Scheme can do so either themselves or through their advisor up to 2 August 2022 by logging on to the Exceptional Aid System on www.agfood.ie. This follows up on Minister McConalogue’s announcement on Wednesday … Read more