Ireland’s newest political party, Aontú will contest the Seanad elections for the first time at the end of the month, after Paul Lawless secured a nomination on behalf of Aontú. Lawless, a native of Mayo, secured more than 3000 first preference votes in Election 2020 on February 9th. Leader of Aontú Peadar Tóibín said Paul […]
A medical conference in Dublin has heard that abortion pill reversal – where the effects of the abortion pill are reversed by giving the pregnant woman extra progesterone – has already been safely and successfully provided in Ireland. The conference, which was attended by health care professionals from Ireland and Northern Ireland, sought to appraise […]
As the first case of the Corona Virus is being confirmed on the island of Ireland, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called for the immediate recall of the Dáil in order to help deal with the crisis. Deputy Tóibín said that the Irish authorities needed to look at enforcement of self-isolation recommendations and the […]
A few short days ago, the nation’s gallant Minister for Health strode purposely out of a meeting with his officials, sleeves rolled up, frown artfully affixed to his forehead, and announced to the waiting public that he had a plan to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus: He was going to cancel a rugby match. […]
The Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland has confirmed that a citizen returning from northern Italy via Dublin Airport has been diagnosed with Covid-19. The patient took steps to self-isolate after contacting their GP, with the diagnosis then being confirmed in an English laboratory. Chief medical officer Dr. Michael McBride said the health service would […]
It is expected that Bank of Ireland will not pay corporation tax for at least another ten years, whilst AIB and Permanent TSB will not pay any until almost 2040.
Before you get all outraged about the new report from the Central Statistics Office declaring Ireland the second most expensive country in Europe, take a minute and reflect that it’s probably not that surprising: Irish consumers pay the second highest prices in Europe, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office. The country also […]
Aquila Bioscience at NUIG has developed a technology, called Abwipe, which they say could prove a useful countermeasure to the Wuhan coronavirus, COVID-19. The technology was originally designed in consultation with the European Defence Agency to protect military and emergency personnel from biological agents such as anthrax. Professor Lokesh Joshi, vice-president of research at NUIG […]
Joe Loughnane, a People Before Profit election candidate in Galway and the founder of the Galway Anti-Racism Network [GARN], has been expelled from People Before Profit following a meeting of their Steering Committee. The Steering Committee said that there was no place in PBP for Joe following ‘his violent attack on a former partner’. Mr […]
Ireland’s Six Nations tie against Italy in Dublin has been called off by the IRFU after the National Public Health Emergency team determined that it should not proceed on March 7th.
Ireland has the highest rate of families with three or more children in the EU, a report has found. Despite this, our fertility rate is now below replacement level. The study found that in 2017, 7 per cent of Irish households had three or more children. This was more than twice the average across the 28 member […]
Between 5pm and midnight this evening, while you were enjoying your pancakes, two flights arrived at Dublin Airport from Milan, Italy. A third arrived from the southern Italian city of Bari. A commercial flight usually carries between 150-200 passengers. In other words, about 450 people arrived into Ireland from a country where thousands of people […]