The merge between two Irish news organisations will provide the much needed support to regional papers, an Oireachtas Committee on Communications has heard. The Joint Committee examined the takeover of CMNL Limited – formerly known as Celtic Media Newspapers Limited – by Independent News and Media (INM). This deal would see INM takeover seven regional…
Blood stained walls, door and table leg were all found at Limerick murder scene, the central criminal court heard earlier today. Lithuanian national Dainius Burba was found ‘lying face down’ of his shared Limerick apartment in April of 2015. His flatmate Arnus Labunskis, 56, is pleading not guilty to the murder. The court heard today…
Dublin City Council plan on spending €30,000 to commemorate the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 as part of Ireland’s Decade of Centenaries, but not all councillors are in agreement. The aim of the 2017 Dublin Remembers: “Is cuimhin linn” commemorations programme, is to keep Dubliners connected to their own stories and their role in shaping the…
Fifty per cent of Dublin City University Students are reliant on grant support according to an Irish Times analysis of student enrolment and grant data for 2016. Trinity College and University College Dublin came in with just 28 and 27 per cent respectively, making DCU the university with the highest number of grant recipients in…
A second proposal by Trump to build a wall near his golf course in Doonbeg has been met with objections by multiple Irish environmental groups. The proposal put forward by Trump International Golf Links Enterprises Ireland Ltd. would see a 38,000 tonne wall built adjacent to and west of the Trump International Golf Hotel. The…
A Cancer Research UK funded study revealed yesterday that e-cigarettes are vastly less damaging to a person’s health. The vaporising industry in Ireland has been growing for years, regardless of the previous ambiguity surrounding the devices. “We see something approaching 150 to 200 customers a day” Buckley said. The Hale vape shop had four employees…
A heated debate broke out in Dublin City Council yesterday afternoon following a motion put forward by Lord Mayor Brendan Carr to award the Obamas the Freedom of Dublin City. The suggestion was put to a vote which passed marginally; this resulted in People Before Profit councillors John Lyons, Andrew Keegan, Tina MacVeigh and Hazel de…
MCD have announced an exciting brand new outdoor music festival taking place at Trinity College this summer from the 6th to the 11th of July 2017. Already, the line-up looks promising with acts such as James Vincent McMorrow, Bell X1, Two Door Cinema Club and Alt-J all headlining the festival on various days. Other acts…
Irish Rail and trade unions representing workers at the semi-state company, remain locked in a dispute over pay, as both sides take their case to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC). “We are lobbying the management at Irish Rail for workers at the company to get a pay rise of 21% for the first time after…
The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) and the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) have called on the government to lift the public drinking ban imposed on Good Friday. Other businesses across Ireland like retail and public transport will operate as normal on the public holiday, but all pubs and most restaurants will close their doors as a…
Research from DCU’s Anti-Bullying Research Centre (ABC) that reveals 1 in 10 children face cyber bullying, possibly even before joining social media, was highlighted this week in light of Safer Internet Day, an EU wide initiative to reduce online risks. Written by the Director of the ABC, Dr. James O’Higgins Norman, and Lian McGuire, the research suggests…
The Jack and Jill foundation and the Connolly for Kids Hospital group have expressed their anger in the wake of an accepted bid for the construction of the new National Children’s Hospital at the controversial St James’ site. The contract for the project was won late last week by BAM Ireland, which made the lowest…
There has been a 15 per cent rise in self-harm cases in men over the past ten years, according to figures from the National Suicide Research Foundation. The national rate of self-harm among males was 186 per 100,000 in 2015, 1 per cent higher than in 2014, while the rate of self-harm among females in…
A new emergency accommodation facility for homeless families is set to open fully at the end of this month in Drumcondra. The facility, which is located in High Park and has been gradually opening since November, has a capacity of 41 families. It is currently housing 22 families, with 31 children, all with access to…
There are 13 empty homes to every one homeless adult in Irish cities, The Peter McVerry trust said in their presentation to the Department of Housing this week. There were over 250,000 vacant dwellings recorded in 2016, with 61,204 of those being holiday homes. Eliminating holiday homes, the vacant dwellings make up almost 10 per…
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