Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris has stated that all student grant holders would receive an additional student grant payment in mid-December. All maintenance recipients will get an extra payment on December 16 as part of the Budget 2023 package for students. This payment will imply an extra €679 for certain students before … Read more
Drushil Chauhan, an 11-year-old cricket fan, had a memorable experience at a practice session ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia when he was given the opportunity to bowl at India’s skipper Rohit Sharma. Drushil was among the many children that gathered at the WACA grounds for the morning session. He wowed Indian captain Rohit … Read more
The Irish Red Cross Creeslough Community Support Fund just passes the €1m mark after five days. The Irish Red Cross set up the fund, which is supported by An Post and Applegreen, as well as many other major firms and thousands of citizens around the nation. The Creeslough Community Support Fund will help people who … Read more
Entegro, based in Kilkenny, is conducting its “biggest recruitment drive to date” in late October. Entegro is currently working on infrastructure projects with National Broadband Ireland, Virgin Media Ireland, SIRO, Cityfibre, as well as Fibrus, Lumen, Ciena, Voneus, Jurassic Fibre, and E-Net. To support these projects, the company is looking to expand its workforce. Its … Read more
A teenager has been arrested following the seizure of over €765k of herbal cannabis at Rosslare Europort. During regular operations yesterday, Revenue agents recovered almost 38kgs of herbal cannabis with the use of their mobile x-ray scanner and detection dog Jasper. When a polish registered articulated vehicle and trailer landed on a ferry from Cherbourg, … Read more
Employees at Liffey Valley are planning a peaceful protest outside the retail centre on Sunday, ahead of the introduction of new pay parking for the first time. The shopping center’s car park recently had a €30 million transformation, which included expanding handicap spaces by 14%, parent and child spaces by 46%, and installing 20 electric … Read more
Following searches in counties Donegal, Limerick, and Cork on Friday, the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) seized €22,900 in cash, a Rolex watch, documents, and conveyance files. The raids were aimed at a Limerick-based organised crime network. The operation was carried out by bureau officers with the assistance of the Southern Regional Armed Response Unit and … Read more
Gardai have raided nine locations in Clare and Dublin in connection with an investigation into a West African criminal gang. The group, known as ‘Black Axe’ globally, has been running fake bank accounts and committing fraud from Ireland. In Tallaght, Tralee, Portlaoise, Navan, Limerick, Cork, and Waterford, 135 arrests resulted in charges. According to Garda … Read more
Robbie Coltrane, the Scottish actor best known for playing the lovable half-giant Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, died on Friday at the age of 72. Coltrane’s more than four-decade-long career ranged from roles in the James Bond films “GoldenEye” and “The World Is Not Enough” to the lead in the 1990s British TV … Read more
GE Healthcare, the pharmaceutical giant, has announced the launch of a new production line at its Carrigtwohill, Co Cork site, which will generate 140 jobs. The new €30.5 million production line at the company’s Carrigtwohill location will produce injectable diagnostic imaging agents used in X-ray and CT procedures worldwide. For the Cork site, the pharma … Read more
A baby girl whose grandmother hails from Cork has undergone a world-first operation where she received a new intestine, stomach, liver, pancreas, and spleen – and all in one day. Baby Emma, who is 17 months old, underwent a 14-hour transplant operation in Madrid a few months ago. When Emma’s mother, Anna, who works in … Read more
A man has been killed this morning in Co Donegal in a single-vehicle collision. The crash occurred soon before 8 a.m. on the R245 near Carrigart. The Garda and emergency services were sent to the location. The driver and sole occupant of the car, a guy in his 40s, died as a result of his … Read more
Chipmaker Intel is considering a significant decrease in staff, probably in the thousands, in the face of a slowdown in the personal computer industry, Bloomberg News reported. According to the article, the layoffs will be announced as early as this month, and some of Intel’s divisions, notably the sales and marketing business, may experience 20% … Read more
Water quality in Ireland has worsened significantly, and the country will fail the EU and national goal of restoring all waterways to good or better status by 2027, according to a new study from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The water quality of lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters has declined in the last five … Read more
SIRO, a broadband network operator, has announced the launch of its complete fibre network to over 70,000 households and businesses in south Dublin and the Dn Laoghaire Rathdown local authority region. SIRO stated that it will invest €50 million in the project, which will take around two years and will employ approximately 250 employees throughout … Read more