Travelling through Dublin Airport should be more convenient than it was at times during the summer. Dublin Airport Authority (daa) has announced a further easing of contingency measures at the airport that had been introduced following much-publicised passenger congestion during the summer months. Daa says the changes have been facilitated due to what it has […]

3 years ago

Gardaí eventually used a stinger device to bring the vehicle to a halt and rescued six children from inside the van. A man in his 30s has been arrested by Gardaí after an incident in which a number of Garda vehicles were repeatedly rammed by a van in Cork. In a statement, An Garda Síochána […]

3 years ago

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has previously promised tomorrow’s budget will be about “putting more money in people’s pockets”. Energy credits worth €600 for all Irish households and free schoolbooks for primary school children are amongst the headline measures set to be announced in the budget tomorrow (27 September). Multiple news reports have suggested such measures are […]

3 years ago

Cash payments of between €100 and €500 depending on an individual’s income have been proposed. Cash payments to assist the payment of energy bills and a Christmas bonus for social welfare recipients are amongst the headline topics in Sinn Féin’s alternative 2023 Budget, published on Friday. Under Sinn Féin’s proposals, in a Budget package worth […]

3 years ago

“There’s an awful lot of working wounded, people who got Covid and here they are back at work and they can’t remember names.” Irish people who have been severely affected by Long Covid have revealed the debilitating effects it has had on their lives. On Prime Time on RTÉ One on Thursday evening, a number […]

3 years ago

Footage of the incident was shared widely on social media on Monday night. Gardaí are investigating an incident in which a Garda vehicle was rammed during scenes of cars “driving erratically” in Dublin on Monday evening. Shortly after 7.30pm on Monday (19 September), Gardaí responded to reports of dangerous driving in the Cherry Orchard area […]

3 years ago

Sounds easy, but can you perform with the pressure of a clock ticking in the background? Previously, we tested your knowledge of Irish geography and spelling by asking readers to name all the counties of Ireland without the letter ‘A’ in their name. Considering that the quiz proved particularly popular, we’ve decided on a similar […]

3 years ago

A welcome gift for new parents in Ireland. 500 expectant parents and newborns in Ireland will receive a ‘little baby bundle’ worth in the region of €500 as part of a new pilot scheme later this year. Details of the scheme were announced by Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, on […]

4 years ago

You might think you know Ireland, but this could prove otherwise. One of the more pleasant aspects of taking a drive in Ireland is stumbling upon places you have previously never heard of. Ireland may be a tiny country on a global scale, but chances are there are villages and communities even within your own […]

4 years ago

Anything more than 12/15 is a good score here. Are you up to it? It’s Monday. Monday morning is traditionally not the best time to put your mind muscles to work and perhaps even less so when it’s a Bank Holiday. But don’t let factors like the calendar get in the way of you proving […]

4 years ago

How well do you know your rules of the road? Before applying for a learner permit to drive on Irish roads, motorists must complete the Driver Theory Test, a test of general road safety knowledge and motoring legislation introduced in 2001. Do you still think you can pass it? Find out by taking on our […]

4 years ago

You’d want to know your geography to be getting a good score here. Any pub quiz regular worth their salt will have a decent grasp of capital cities around the world given the frequency with which the topic appears in quizzes. But about what big cities that aren’t actually classed as capitals? If you’re well-travelled, […]

4 years ago

Put your local geography knowledge to the test. Your task is simple. We give you the names of 20 towns and villages spread across the island of Ireland and give you two minutes to name the county in which each town or village is located. Chances are a lot of you know the simple format […]

4 years ago

Can you name all 20 in two minutes? From past experience, while this might not seem like the trickiest of quizzes on paper, it is the time limit that tends to crack most of those who take it on. If you are to conquer the quiz and correctly name the counties for all 20 towns, […]

4 years ago

Some of these you’ll know instantly, others will require a fair bit of thought… As is always the case with this type of quiz, however, you’ll have to ration the amount of thought you can give to each answer as there will be a clock ticking away in the background, increasing the pressure with each […]

4 years ago

Half a tonne of cocaine, coming from South America and bound for Ireland, has been intercepted by An Garda Síochána. An Garda Síochána is currently leading an investigation relating to suspected importation of cocaine from South America into Europe and Ireland, worth an estimated €35 million, from an organised crime group. It is believed that […]

5 years ago

Bernard O’Byrne has issued an apology for a comment made on Facebook following a controversial penalty decision involving Raheem Sterling on Wednesday night. Basketball Ireland CEO Bernard O’Byrne has apologised for a now-deleted social media post made in the wake of England’s victory over Denmark in the Euro 2020 semi-final on Wednesday night. Under a […]

5 years ago

“The idea that you would do this where there was food? I can’t believe it, and I can’t understand that this isn’t a direction from NPHET.” The Director General of the Tobacco-Free Research Institute Ireland (TFRI) has called for the removal of outdoor smoking areas in Ireland following the return of outdoor dining and drinking […]

5 years ago

It’s Guinness alright, but not as you know it… Guinness has announced the Irish launch of a new alcohol-free version of the famous drink, which will be called Guinness 0.0. The new drink comes with the slogan ‘The Guinness with everything, except alcohol’, and claims to boast the same “beautifully smooth taste, perfectly balanced flavour, […]

5 years ago

Airline websites could be very busy this evening if this advice is heeded. The Irish public has been urged to wait until a government announcement on the return of international travel before booking foreign holidays later this summer. The latest update on the reopening of society and the easing of Covid restrictions is due today […]

5 years ago

The new aircraft will have more seats, significantly lower noise emissions and will, Ryanair says, help the airline to grow to 200 million passengers per annum over the next five years. Ryanair has announced that it is hoping to take delivery of its first “Gamechanger” aircraft later this month. In December of last year, the […]

5 years ago

Owen Keegan said there have been huge problems with noise, urination and defecation in Portobello in recent weekends. Chief Executive of Dublin City Council (DCC) Owen Keegan has said the council was left with “no choice” but to close off Portobello Plaza this weekend due to anti-social behaviour in the area over recent weekends. Dublin […]

5 years ago

This might sound fairly easy on paper, but can you beat the clock? Ireland might not be the biggest country in the world, but as many people are discovering while sensibly staying at home for their holidays, it’s not exactly tiny either. Sure, while you could probably travel from the east to west coast in […]

5 years ago

The proposals would have seen staff earning €160,000 or more have their salary cut by just over 5%. A whopping 87% of RTÉ staff have rejected proposals for cost-saving measures, including salary cuts and job losses, in the state broadcaster that would have saved an estimated €8.3 million. RTÉ reports that the results of a […]

5 years ago

Data revealed that outdoor transmission is responsible for one out of every 1,000 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. Dr Colm Henry, Chief Clinical Officer with the HSE, has said that data suggesting that outdoor transmission is responsible for only 0.1% of cases of Covid-19 in Ireland is “misleading”. Data published in The Irish Times on […]

5 years ago

The move comes with a warning that “quarantine-free travel will not be what it was pre-Covid-19”. New Zealand has announced that quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will begin on Monday, 19 April. A statement on the New Zealand government website on Tuesday announced that New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response […]

5 years ago

NPHET projected that increased social contact could lead to a peak of 9,500 cases a day in Ireland in the coming months. The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) projected that an increase in close social contact could lead to a peak of 9,500 cases of Covid-19 per day in Ireland and as many as […]

5 years ago

The government will this evening announce plans for a gradual easing of restrictions from next month. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has been notified of 14 additional deaths related to Covid-19 and 368 new confirmed cases of the virus in Ireland. 12 of the deaths confirmed on Tuesday occurred in March, one occurred in […]

5 years ago

Speed checks will be conducted on roads throughout the country today. 171 vehicles were detected travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit on Irish roads in the first two hours of National Slow Down Day on Friday. Between the hours of 7am and 9am, An Garda Síochána and GoSafe checked the speed of 29,593 […]

5 years ago

“I’m not going to say that we need tight restrictions because the headline tomorrow morning is ‘NPHET says no easing of restrictions’.” The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) will recommend that restrictions on non-essential international travel remain in place until at least the end of June. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday evening, […]

5 years ago

It’s been 25 years… how well do you remember arguably the greatest sports movie of all time?

5 years ago

Organising a house party carries a fine of €500; attending one carries a fine of €150. An Garda Síochána has revealed that 16 fines were issued on Thursday to organisers and attendees of house parties in a number of counties in Ireland. Gardaí now have the power to issue members of the public with a […]

5 years ago

Paying tribute to Gorman, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar described the news as “the end of an era”. RTÉ has confirmed that Northern Editor for RTÉ News, Tommie Gorman, will retire in April after 41 years with the station. RTÉ announced on Friday that Vincent Kearney will replace Gorman in the role, with Kearney himself having decades […]

5 years ago

A man in his 30s has been arrested after an assault took place in The Market area of the town. A woman in her late 20s is in critical condition in hospital after an assault at the Market in Ennis on Thursday evening. Gardaí were alerted to the assault at approximately 6.20pm on Thursday evening […]

5 years ago

Irish Amazon customers are about to get their deliveries much faster, it would appear. Amazon, the world’s largest online marketplace, is set to open its first fulfilment centre in Ireland. According to The Irish Times, via Bloomberg, the fulfilment centre will be located on a 650,000 square foot premises in the Mountpark logistics centre in […]

5 years ago

“There are plenty of people that I respect that are advocating for this strategy, but I simply disagree with them.” Calls for a proposed ‘Zero Covid’ strategy for Ireland have been dismissed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) and described as “an utterly false promise” and a “huge risk”. The possible adoption of […]

5 years ago

The Lord Mayor said that one person shouted at her: “When you turn into a shapeshifting dragon, we will catch it on camera.” Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu has said that she was subjected to racist abuse from a crowd gathered outside her home in the Mansion House in Dublin on Thursday. Speaking to […]

5 years ago

Wrap up warm, it’s going to be a cold one. 13 counties have been issued with snow and ice warnings ahead of what is set to be a bitterly cold weekend across the island of Ireland. On Friday, Met Éireann issued a status yellow snow/ice warning for Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo, […]

5 years ago

“The regime that’s there at the moment will not stop all cases coming into this country.” Deputy Chief Medical Officer Ronan Glynn has said that the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is in favour of stopping all non-essential travel in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19 in Ireland. Speaking at an Oireachtas […]

5 years ago

The heaviest snow is expected “in many areas” of Ireland on Saturday night. Large parts of the country are set to experience snow this weekend, with temperatures also set to drop to as low as -4 degrees. A weather advisory for Ireland warning of “increasingly wintry conditions” has been in place since midnight on Wednesday […]

5 years ago

“We’ve never seen 66% of patients in ICU being treated for the same illness.” Chief Executive of the HSE Paul Reid has said it is getting harder to sustain safe levels of care for people affected by Covid-19 in Ireland. In a post on Twitter on Friday morning, Reid said that two thirds of patients […]

5 years ago

The majority of EU countries are currently classified as being in a red zone. The European Union is set to introduce ‘dark red’ travel zones, where stricter travel restrictions would apply in member states where Covid-19 is circulating at a very high level. Speaking at a news conference following a meeting of EU leaders on […]

5 years ago

There will be a St.Patrick’s Day parade this year, just not as we know it. A virtual parade will replace the official St. Patrick’s Day parade in Ireland this year, which will not go ahead due to ongoing concerns related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Taoiseach Micheál Martin recently confirmed that St. Patrick’s Day parades would […]

5 years ago

Coming to your home in the very near future… Every home in Ireland will receive two new postage-paid postcards courtesy of An Post next week. The postcards proved a big hit in Ireland during the first lockdown last March, with An Post hoping that they might help brighten up what has been a pretty bleak […]

5 years ago

That’s right, every single week. While movie lovers worldwide continue to pine for a return to cinemas, Netflix subscribers certainly won’t have a shortage of options to tide them over until it is safe to do so. This week, Netflix announced that a brand new movie will be released on the streaming service every week […]

5 years ago

An Post says it expects to be delivering international Christmas parcels sent to Ireland throughout the month of January. Many items sent from Ireland for delivery worldwide before Christmas are still in transit in airports and sea ports across the globe, An Post has revealed. In an update issued on Monday (11 January), An Post […]

5 years ago

A new week, but no sign of a let up as far as the weather warnings are concerned. Met Éireann has issued a status yellow rainfall for Mayo and Sligo, while the UK Met Office has issued ice and rain warnings for five of the six counties in Northern Ireland over the coming days. The […]

5 years ago

“Over time, people can reflect on this and make their observations and conclusions.” Taoiseach Micheál Martin has refuted suggestions the government should be “ashamed” at the way it has presided over the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland. The Covid-19 situation has escalated into a crisis since Christmas, with Ireland going from having the lowest infection rate […]

5 years ago

The teenagers threatened staff members before fleeing the scene on foot. A male and female teenager have been arrested after producing an imitation firearm and a hammer during the robbery of a service station in Dublin on Sunday night (10 January). At approximately 8:30pm, the man and woman entered the premises, on Parnell Road in […]

5 years ago

Price promotions on alcohol products in Ireland are banned from today onwards. New regulations governing the sale of alcohol in Ireland are now in effect in Ireland, regulations which are designed to restrict price promotions of alcohol products. From today (11 January), it is prohibited to award or use loyalty card points for the purchase […]

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