The Irish Property Owners Association (IPOA) and Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV) are proposing a new 25% tax rate on all residential rental income to help stem the exit of small landlords from the market. According to the organisations, the tax lost as a result of lowering the current rate from 55% to 25% … Read more
Irish judge Síofra O’Leary, who has been elected as the first female president of the European Court of Human Rights, has been hailed as “historic” and “a source of pride” for Ireland. The Judge from Dublin, who has been vice-president of the court since January, will take up the three-year role in November. replacing Iceland’s … Read more
Minister for Education Norma Foley announces the opening of a tender process to undertake an independent evaluation of the STAR pilot project, dedicated to tackling educational disadvantage in Traveller and Roma communities. The Supporting Traveller and Roma (STAR) pilot project in education was established in 2019 under the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS) … Read more
Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, has today announced funding of €2 million to support and improve the employment opportunities for family carers. The new initiative, under the Dormant Accounts Fund, will place a special focus on enhancing carer wellbeing, reducing isolation, building work readiness and supporting young carers. Former carers will also be supported … Read more
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has announced a significant capital investment in Carrick-on-Suir Further Education and Training Centre. The centre is a key project that forms part of the first phase of projects to be advanced under the national Further Education and Training (FET) Strategic Infrastructure Upgrade Fund … Read more
British actress Kate Winslet has been hospitalised after an accident while filming a movie in Croatia, a spokesperson for the Oscar-winning actor told NBC News. “Kate slipped and was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure required by the production. She is fine and will be filming, as planned, this week,” the spokesperson said. The Titanic star was shooting … Read more
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, and Minister of State for Skills and Further Education, Niall Collins, have announced significant investment to support the establishment of a new Film and Digital Media Centre of Excellence in Limerick. This key project in Limerick forms part of a first phase of … Read more
The Minister for Education Norma Foley announced the creation of 21 new 2022 Creative Clusters comprising 78 schools. Creative Clusters is an initiative taking place as part of Creative Ireland and under the Schools Excellence Fund. The Department of Education’s budget for Creative Clusters in 2022 is €595,000. Under this scheme to support schools to … Read more
The FSAI has issued a recall of three CBD oil products due to the presence of “unsafe Levels of Delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).” Funky CBD Oils are being recalled due to the presence of unsafe levels of delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (∆9THC). The products listed below are unauthorised novel foods due to the use of CO2 and ethanol extraction in their production … Read more
A man died after the microlight aircraft he was piloting crashed in Co Clare on Sunday. While the circumstances of the tragedy are yet unknown, it is known that it happened at around 4.45 p.m. in a field off Ballard Road, about a mile from Miltown Malbay. Paramedics from the National Ambulance Service, Clare County … Read more
Minister for foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, announced €2 million in additional support for the Palestinian people, following a meeting with Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, in Dublin today. The funding will be allocated to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides essential services to 5.7 million registered Palestine refugees in the occupied Palestinian territory, … Read more
Emergency personnel have freed a guy who had been trapped in a sea cave overnight in Co. Mayo. The 40-year-old was swept into the area on Saturday night at high tide and spent nearly 22 hours on a ledge in the cave at Downpatrick Head. A major search and rescue effort has been in progress … Read more
Two Indian-origin students, Aditya Kumar and Aditya Joshi have won first prize at this year’s European Union Contest for Young Scientists. Aditya Kumar and Aditya Joshi, 5th-year and 4th-year students at Synge Street, Dublin, had already won this year’s BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. Their project proposes a solution to a mathematical problem from the … Read more
A cost-of-living protest in Cork city attracted hundreds of protesters, and activists there demanded more assistance from the government to support those who were struggling with inflation. Protesters chanted “the cost of living is rising, so are we” and held signs up with slogans like “Rent Control Now”. The Cork City Council buildings were surrounded … Read more
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has today marked World Patient Safety Day 2022 (Saturday, 17 September 2022). Ireland continues to support this international initiative, led by the World Health Organization which focuses on raising awareness and ensuring that patient safety is established as a global health priority. The theme this year is ‘Medication Without Harm’. … Read more