LÉ Niamh vessel rescues 98 migrants off the Libyan coast
The Irish Navy ship took part in a rescue operation just off the west coast of Libya yesterday. 98 people were taken from a rubber craft that was adrift at the time. Later on, the …
July 2015
Postman/weatherman predicts fine weather for August
Donegal postman and weatherman extraordinaire Michael Gallagher claims that the month of August will be a scorcher. And he says it’s all because a new moon happens on a Friday. Mr. Gallagher bases his predictions …
Lynch: Minimum wage increase could be introduced before next general election
The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Kathleen Lynch, has given her full support to the increase of the national minimum wage saying that the proposed increase is reasonable. Ms Lynch also said …
Health Minister Vardakar introduces new laws for sunbed operators
The Health Minister Leo Varadkar has signed off on a new law that will restrict how sunbed operators sell their services to their consumers. Mr Vardakar passed the measures over the weekend that will see …
Beware: Convicted child rapist Danny Ward to move accomidation yet again after being attacked by a man at Dun Laoghaire Garda Station
According to various reports it is understood that convicted child rapist Danny Ward has been forced to move accomidation yet again after he was physically attacked again inside a Dublin Garda station. The highly dangerous …
Louth cinema owners issue apology to boy with diabetes after staff confiscate his water bottle
Management at the Arc Cinema in Drogheda have offered a full apology to 9-year-old Bryan Keelin and his family after staff took away his water bottle because he did not purchase it in the premises. …
Childhood sweethearts get engaged at Bray air show
Love was literally in the air today, as two childhood sweethearts, Noel Canavan and Ciara Kavanagh got engaged today during the Bray air show. Noel had set his plan in motion several weeks earlier, when …
50% compliance rate is required for Irish Water to work, according to Government sources
That Irish Water is floundering is clear to all but the most stalwart Government acolytes. Minister Kathleen Lynch has today said that a minimum of 50% compliance rate is needed, if the company is to …
Brave Co Galway boy suffering from a severe form of bone cancer fulfills life long dream of taking helicopter ride at Shannon Airshow this weekend
A terminally ill Co Galway schoolboy has fulfilled a life long dream of his this weekend as he was brought in a helicopter to see the view of 40,000 people at the Shannon Air Display. …
Gardai arrest two men suspected to have links with the Islamic State terror organisation
Two men have been arrested in Dublin and the Midlands after Gardai received information that they were making arrangements to travel to Syria. One of the men is Irish and the other is of Eastern …
