The student is believed to have left Wuhan a number of days ago, before the city was closed. A Chinese student at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) is being kept in isolation in his accommodation in Waterford having travelled to Ireland from Wuhan in China in recent days. A spokesperson from WIT confirmed to JOE […]

6 years ago

“Unfortunately, these fraudulent text messages are becoming more and more commonplace.” Bank of Ireland has warned customers affected by the latest text message scam to delete the message from their phones immediately. A number of Bank of Ireland customers alerted the bank on social media to the presence of a text message telling customers their […]

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If you must get behind the wheel today, then please be careful. Traffic on at least two major routes in Ireland has been affected by loose trampolines while fallen trees have been reported in several counties due to Storm Brendan. The storm began to make its presence felt early on Monday morning and soon made […]

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The offer includes all calls, all texts and all data for €9.99 a month for life. New Irish mobile network GoMo has extended its introductory offer of all calls, all texts and all data for €9.99 a month for life for one more week. Last month, GoMo had said the offer would end today (8 […]

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Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has denied that the event is a commemoration of the “Black & Tans” or the “Auxiliaries”. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has called on the Government and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to cancel a planned commemoration of members who served in the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and Dublin Metropolitan Police […]

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If proposed legislation is introduced, it will not be possible to buy new petrol or diesel cars in Ireland in 10 years’ time. The sale of new petrol and diesel cars in Ireland will be stopped by 2030 under legislation outlined in the Draft General Scheme of the Climate Action (Amendment) Bill 2019, published by […]

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The collision occurred on the N21 Castleisland to Abbeyfeale Road. A man in his 50s has died following a collision between a truck and a van in Kerry on Monday morning. The driver of the van was pronounced dead at the scene following the collision, which occurred at approximately 9.10am. The driver of the truck, […]

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The affected businesses are located in Louth, Cork, Dublin and Kilkenny. Six Irish businesses were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation in December, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). The food businesses were issued with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, […]

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You don’t even need to be a sports fan to be excited about this. Michael Jordan. Barack Obama. Kobe Bryant. Scottie Pippen. Dennis Rodman. Carmen Electra. Magic Johnson. Justin Timberlake. All of the above and a lot more feature in the latest promo for The Last Dance and that’s just a 60-second teaser, so you […]

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The facility is expected to cater for up to 100 drug users per day. An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for Ireland’s first medically supervised injecting facility (MSIF) at Merchant Quay Ireland’s Riverbank Centre on Merchant’s Quay in Dublin. Merchants Quay Ireland were originally refused planning permission by Dublin City Council in July, but […]

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Those in need of an excuse to stay indoors have just got one. While most people are happy to stay indoors to generally gorge and relax on Christmas Day, Stephen’s Day is often a day for getting out of the house before cabin fever well and truly sets in. Activities are organised well in advance […]

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Four prisoners gained access to the roof of a building in the prison on Monday night. The Irish Prison Service has confirmed that three prisoners have been successfully and safely removed after spending the night on the roof of a building in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin last night. Four prisoners originally gained access to the […]

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This is the second year in a row in which several people have died from lambanog poisoning. At least 11 people have died and hundreds of people have been hospitalised after drinking contaminated coconut wine, known as lambanog, in two provinces in the Philippines. The general public has been warned to carefully assess their liquor […]

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One more sleep… Let’s not beat around the bush. If you’re reading this right now you are fully intent on spending most of your Christmas Eve as Santa himself surely intended, panned out on the couch watching movies. Without further ado then, for your viewing pleasure this Tuesday, 24 December… Strange Magic, RTÉ Two, 12.05pm […]

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A female teenager also sustained minor injuries during the incident. Two women, aged in their 20s and 40s, a female teenager and a 10-year old boy received injuries ranging from minor to serious following an aggravated burglary in Cork on Monday night. Gardaí are investigating an aggravated burglary that occurred at a house in the […]

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The man’s condition has been described as critical. A man in his 30s was taken to University Hospital Waterford after being shot a number of times outside a premises in Waterford on Monday afternoon (23 December). The incident occurred at approximately 2.15pm outside a premises near the Mount Suir Apartments on the Carrickphierish Road. The […]

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There are 11 injury units located in the Republic of Ireland. Minister for Health Simon Harris has announced that the charge for attending a minor injury unit has been reduced from €100 to €75, with the new rate coming into effect as of today (23 December). That fee of €75 will apply to non-medical card […]

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Gardaí have flagged that they will be out in force to catch those driving under the influence this Christmas. 649 people in Ireland have been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs in just over three weeks since the end of November, according to An Garda Síochána. Since the Christmas […]

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“This is the second time elements of the advertising community have refused to communicate this message.” A Cork-based philanthropic foundation claims that an advertisement highlighting the dangers of underage drinking was refused space on high-profile billboard sites near Dublin on the grounds that it is too political. The foundation, TOMAR Trust, claims that its outdoor […]

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The Taoiseach said that the procedure for TDs claiming travel expenses was “lax” and “wide open to abuse”. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has expressed his annoyance with Dara Murphy for what he claims is an unwillingness on Murphy’s part to participate in an inquiry into expenses claimed during his time as a TD. Murphy resigned as […]

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The Princess Bride for the win! It’s two days before Christmas so chances are, you’re either going to spend the day: Catching up with friends and family Doing some panicked last-minute shopping (relax, there’s always tomorrow) or… Flaked on the couch watching some of the best movie options on the box If you belong in […]

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A rise of 30 cent per hour for the minimum wage will kick in on 1 February. The Government has confirmed that the hourly minimum wage in Ireland will increase to €10.10 per hour on 1 February next year. Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty TD announced on Thursday that the change […]

6 years ago

No sign of a White Christmas just yet, but we’ll take it. In a week of multiple weather warnings and the west coast taking a pretty severe battering from Storm Elsa, it will come as welcome news that Christmas week is shaping up to be more serene on the weather front. According to the latest […]

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The average maximum daytime temperature in Australia on Wednesday was 41.9 degrees Celsius. A seven-day state of emergency has been declared in the Australian state of New South Wales as the record for the hottest ever day in Australia’s history was broken for the second time in successive days. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian […]

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Be careful if you’re out and about on Wednesday, it’s going to be a breezy one. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow wind warning for all counties in the Republic of Ireland ahead of what is likely to be a pretty wild Wednesday on the weather front. Issued at 10am on Tuesday morning, the […]

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An early Christmas present for Star Wars fans in the west. Omniplex Cinemas will officially open the doors of its new €2 million cinema in the Skycourt shopping centre in Shannon with midnight shows of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of the Skywalker next Thursday (19 December). The new six-screen cinema will feature the […]

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A bitter weekend lies ahead. Met Éireann has issued a status yellow snow/ice weather for six counties ahead of what is set to be a pretty bitter weekend on the weather front. The warning applies to Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo and comes into effect at a minute after midnight tonight, remaining in […]

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An Garda Síochána’s Christmas Road Safety Campaign got underway on 29 November. Just over 300 people have been arrested on suspicion of intoxicated driving in Ireland since the commencement of An Garda Síochána’s Christmas Road Safety Campaign at the end of last month. In total, Gardaí say that 301 drivers have been arrested; 264 for […]

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A man in his 60s has been arrested as part of the investigation. A retired Garda in his 60s has been arrested in an investigation by Gardaí from the Roscommon/Longford Division into a number of immigration irregularities at a Garda station. The investigation, which commenced in 2017, when the man arrested was a serving member […]

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Four top prizes were excluded in three scratch card games dating back to 2014. The National Lottery has apologised after the exclusion of four top prizes totalling €180,000 from three scratch card games dating back to 2014. The National Lottery issued the apology after its operator, PLI, found that the prizes were not included for […]

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November saw the highest number of enforcement orders in a single month since legislation was introduced in 1998. The sight of a live rodent running in the direction of a food storage and equipment washing area, the discovery of a dead mouse in a trap in a kitchen area, the presence of mouse droppings, substantial […]

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“We have 20 days to save €20 million.” The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has set up a blockade of a major retail distribution centre in Ireland for the second day running as it continues its protest over beef prices. On Friday morning, members of the IFA set up a blockade outside a Lidl distribution centre […]

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The blockade is set to last for 12 hours. The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has set up a blockade of Aldi’s distribution centre in Naas in a dispute over beef prices. Tractors have been parked across the entrance to the distribution centre, from which Aldi distributes products to Aldi stores all over Ireland. Set up […]

6 years ago

“I love me county.” There’s no doubt people throughout Ireland share the same type of sentiment for their home county that former Waterford hurler John Mullane famously expressed after the Munster Final victory over Cork in 2004. But how well do Irish people really know their own county? And how do they think about other […]

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Familiar with any of these places? 20 Irish businesses were served with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation in November, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). The food businesses were issued with closure orders for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the EC (Official […]

6 years ago

GoMo expects that 100,000 people will have signed up to the network by Christmas. New Irish mobile phone network GoMo has confirmed that it will bring an end to an introductory offer of all calls, all texts and all data for a guaranteed price of €9.99 per month early in the New Year. Launched by […]

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The government says passengers will benefit from increased service reliability and punctuality and improved journey times as a result. Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross TD has announced a new €1 billion government investment programme in Ireland’s heavy rail infrastructure over a period of five years. The funding, which will be invested into […]

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Just under half of Irish professionals believe that their employers are not consistently transparent about salary increases. Two in five Irish professionals are not satisfied with their salary, according to a salary and recruitment trends report released by recruiting group Hays Ireland on Monday. 40% of 2,700 employees surveyed as part of the report expressed […]

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#Fightback Verona Murphy, who is standing as a Fine Gael candidate in the Wexford by-election on Friday (29 November), has released a campaign video which describes recent media coverage of her as a ‘character assassination’. Murphy has been in the headlines recently over comments falsely linking Ireland’s migrant population to ISIS. She has subsequently apologised […]

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100 new full-time jobs have also been created as a result. 500 Lidl products will be reduced in price as a result of what the supermarket chain have described as “increased efficiencies” resulting from investment in a new €100 million distribution centre in Kildare. A price reduction on Lidl products will come into effect from […]

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Parts of the state of Victoria are on high alert as bushfires continue to rage in sweltering temperatures. Officials in Victoria in Australia have issued code red warnings as bushfires continue to rage in the state and hazardous weather conditions prevail elsewhere in the country. The Victorian Country Fire Authority (CFA) saw fit to declare […]

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15% of all Lidl Ireland employees will receive a salary boost as a result. 800 Lidl Ireland employees will benefit from a pay increase following a commitment by Lidl Ireland to match the latest living wage of €12.30 per hour in Ireland. The living wage for the Republic of Ireland was updated from €11.90 in […]

6 years ago

Keep those hot water bottles handy, they’ll be needed this week. Met Éireann has forecast there will be a “possibility of snow” on the tops of the Wicklow Mountains this week in what is likely to be another fairly bitter week overall. Snow is likeliest to fall in the Wicklow Mountains on Tuesday night following […]

6 years ago

“It’s not that I like all the changes but it’s so exciting to see a country being brewed up in this cauldron of modernity.” It can be easy to get too caught up in the day-to-day realities of life in Ireland while living in the country, which is why it’s always interesting to hear the […]

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A female in her 20s was also injured during the incident. An infant girl received serious injuries during an assault that took place in Ashbourne in Meath on Monday morning. Gardaí are currently investigating the assault, which also resulted in a female in her 20s sustaining minor injuries. The infant girl was taken to Temple […]

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“It is absolutely shocking how anyone could leave an injured dog to suffer in the freezing cold and torrential rain.” The ISPCA is appealing to the public for information about a severely injured dog discovered tied to a gate near the National Animal Centre in Longford on Sunday evening (10 November). A young German shepherd/Akita […]

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Please forgive David Gray fans in the Rebel County if they act a little strange at this announcement. Singer-songwriter David Gray has announced an open-air gig in Cork next summer as part of a tour marking the 20th anniversary of his seminal album, White Ladder. The Welshman will take to the stage at Irish Independent […]

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The new law comes into effect from Tuesday. Motorists in Ireland face a fixed charge of €120 and three penalty points for dangerously overtaking a pedal cyclist, under a new law protecting cyclists that will come into effect from Tuesday (12 November). The new law, which builds on existing legislation, will make it an offence […]

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The next transit of Mercury won’t take place until 2032. Most of the time in Ireland, a glance up at the skies usually leads to an all too familiar sigh about the weather conditions, but time spent gazing upwards should be worth your while before darkness descends this evening. A rare astronomical event known as […]

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Wetherspoons now has 11 outlets in the Republic of Ireland, either already opened or currently in development. Pub operator JD Wetherspoon has completed the purchase of HQ Bar and Restaurant, located in Hanover Quay on Grand Canal Square in Dublin. The property has been purchased from owner Fulminis Limited for an undisclosed sum. It has […]

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