Abbie Stacey, a 17-year-old from Glenshane in Tallaght who has won a Best Young Actress award in the Cannes World Film Festival.Abbie plays the lead in a 15-minute short film called Wanna Hang Out, a performance which has landed the Mount Seskin Community College student the Best Young Actress in a Short Film award. Wanna … Read more
Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton T.D. has announced, details of an extension to the expiry dates of driving licences that have not benefited from a previous extension. The move comes as the EU and national Governments take steps in response to the disruption caused by Covid-19 to driver licensing services across the EU. The extension … Read more
Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, announced an update to the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme. This update to the programme comes following the updated advice from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) regarding the possible use of adenoviral vector vaccine for those aged under 50 years of age. NIAC has restated that it is still preferable … Read more
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD jointly launched Healthy Ireland’s National Healthy Campus Framework today which will help higher education institutions across Ireland to embed health and wellbeing into campus life for staff and students. The Framework will be supported with … Read more
The 2021 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open gets underway today (July 1st) at Mount Juliet and Fáilte Ireland is using its sponsorship of the event to highlight the importance of golf tourism to the national economy and showcase Ireland as a world-class golfing destination. Pre-Covid19 golf tourism was a hugely lucrative sector in Ireland generating … Read more
On 1st July 2021 An Garda Síochána commenced an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy – Operation Tara.The operation will have a strong focus on tackling street-level dealing in cities, towns and villages across the country The goal of Operation Tara is to protect communities from the scourge of illegal drugs in line with An Garda Síochána’s … Read more
Electric Ireland announced that it is increasing residential electricity prices by 9 per cent and residential gas prices by 7.8 per cent with effect from August 1st, 2021. This is due to increases in wholesale energy costs. Marguerite Sayers, Executive Director, Electric Ireland commented:“Electric Ireland is determined to keep prices as low as possible, but … Read more
Cereals containing gluten (wheat) have been declared in the list of ingredients of Naturli’ Brownie Buzz Fudgy Chunks ice cream cones, however the text on the back of the pack states that ‘’the cone is 100% plant based, gluten free and delicious…’’ The cone is gluten free, however, the brownie filling is not. This may … Read more
Kirby Group Engineering has announced plans to create 300 new jobs as part of a significant expansion to meet demand for its services in Ireland and across Europe. The family-founded, privately owned company says the new jobs will include engineering, commercial, operations and administrative staff, with recruitment for many of these roles already underway. As … Read more
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 448* confirmed cases of COVID-19.As of 8am yestrday , 44 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 14 are in ICU. There have been 12 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours. Ireland is at the beginning of the fourth wave of Covid-19 and a “serious … Read more
The Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. today (Thursday, 1st July) announces the first approvals for funding under the SEAI’s on-street public charge point scheme for Local Authorities. These are the first grants under this particular scheme to roll out public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across counties and towns in Ireland. More and more … Read more
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Thursday, 1 July, that two doses of the COVID vaccines approved for use in the European Union appear to provide protection against the rapidly spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus, reported news agency AFP. The assessment came in the wake of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent warning … Read more
Chilled meats from Great Britain, such as sausages, which would otherwise be prohibited in Northern Ireland, will continue to move from Great Britain to Northern Ireland after the UK and the EU agreed to extend the grace period allowing this until 30 September. The extension means that Northern Ireland consumers will be able to buy … Read more
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced 2 new contracts for the provision of a ferry and cargo services to the islands in west Cork. A €1 million contract has been agreed between the Department of Rural and Community Development and Carberry Isle Ferries for the provision of a ferry service … Read more
The below batches of bakery products are being recalled as the ingredients are not labelled in English. The implicated batches contain egg, milk, soybeans, sulphur dioxide and sulphites and cereals containing gluten, This may make the batches unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of egg, milk, soybeans, sulphur dioxide and sulphites and … Read more