Emergency budget needed amid cost-of-living crisis says, McDonald

The Government should produce an emergency budget to release further support for people struggling amid the cost-of-living crisis, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said. Ms McDonald said speed is of the essence when it comes to rolling out additional mitigations for families now living in a “permanent state of panic”. On Friday, Tanaiste … Read more

Woman dies on Galtymore Climb in Co Tipperary

A  woman in her early 50s has been died after becoming unwell at the summit of the Galtymore Climb on the Galtee Mountains in Co Tipperary. Gardaí confirmed officers from Cahir assisted Mountain and Coast Guard Rescue teams in removing the woman’s body from the summit on Saturday afternoon A statement from gardaí revealed, “At … Read more

Food Safety Authority recalls some Kinder products due to Salmonella outbreak

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has recalled some Ferrero Kinder Surprise 20g and Kinder Surprise 20g x3 with best before dates between 11th July 2022 and 7th October 2022 due to the possible presence of Salmonella.  EHOs are requested as part of their routine checks to verify that the implicated products are recalled from … Read more

Govt job opportunity: Services Officer in Killarney offices

The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media is seeking to establish a panel of suitably qualified individuals to fill vacancies that may arise for the position of Services Officer in its offices in Killarney, Co. Kerry. The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media’s mission is to lead the sustainable … Read more

Department of Enterprise launch Dublin Regional Enterprise Plan to 2024

The new Dublin Regional Enterprise Plan to 2024 was launched by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on 1 April 2022 in TU Dublin within the Dublin Enterprise Zone. The new Plan includes projects and initiatives across the four Dublin local authorities (Dublin City Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Fingal, and South Dublin). Stakeholder consultation … Read more

Fraud crimes in Ireland increased by more than 116% in 2021 : CSO

Fraud crimes in Ireland increased by 116% in the last quarter as gardaí continued to warn the public to watch out for con artists. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published the latest Recorded Crime statistics, which cover Quarter 4 (Q4) 2021 and the full-year results. Commenting on the release, Jim Dalton, Statistician, said: “Recorded Crime statistics … Read more

Minister Harris announces 27 grants worth €2.1m for academic and industry collaborations

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has today announced 27 new academic and industry research collaborations on behalf of Science Foundation Ireland, valued at €2.1million. The SFI Industry RD&I Fellowship Programme will support the temporary placement of academic researchers in 19 companies. These researchers undertake research projects across a … Read more

Covid-19: 10,839 new cases and 1,472 patients in hospital, including 59 in ICU

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5,750 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Thursday 31 March, 5,089 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. It brings the combined total of Covid-19 cases reported today to 10,839. As of 8 am today, 1,472 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of … Read more

Census Day is Sunday 03 April – Make Sure You Have Your Form

Ireland’s Census 2022 takes place on Sunday 03 April. Every person present in Ireland on this night is legally required to be included on a Census form. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today requested that anyone who has not yet received a Census form, or been contacted by an enumerator, makes contact with them … Read more

Government launches €10 million Tillage Incentive Scheme

Following on from the package of measures announced last week to provide support to Irish farmers, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., has launched the Tillage Incentive Scheme. The Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) is a support measure for farmers to incentivise the increase in eligible tillage crops in 2022 to reduce … Read more

Minister O’Gorman publishes discrimination report to inform equality policy

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has today published a report on discrimination in Ireland. The report compiles data from a number of sources to provide data on the experience of discrimination reported by three groups: persons aged 18 years and over, children aged 12-17 years and Travellers and Roma. The … Read more