Cover Your Eyes: The Lucy Beale Saga Is Coming Back
Just when we thought we were free of the question of the year, ‘who killed Lucy Beale’ the story is making a comeback and it’s set to be a shocker. In February (five months ago) …
July 2015
Brave: Mother sells family home to fund son’s surgery after HSE refuses to pay at the last minute
Two-year-old Josh Butler was born deaf, and after consultation, the brave boy was selected for a pioneering brain stem implant done by a prominent surgeon in Italy. The HSE reportedly agreed to pay for the …
Irishman found dead in New Zealand
39-year-old Galway man Finbarr Clabby was reportedly found dead at Wellington Harbour just before 11am yesterday morning. It is understood that he had gone to the Wellington Westpac stadium to watch a rugby match. No …
Possible Budget “boost” for those under 26 and unemployed
Two years after welfare payments for thousands of young people were cut by as much as €44 a week, it has emerged today that the Department of Social Protection may soon introduce a “boost” for …
Greek finance minister resigns
Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has today announced his resignation, a day after his country voted a resounding “No” against further austerity measures. Mr. Varoufakis outlined the reasons for his resignation in a blog titled …
Shocking: Investigation underway after an 11 year old boy was brutally beaten by thugs in playground attack
Gardai in Co Cavan have launched a full scale investigation after a 11 year old boy was brutally beaten by six thugs in an attack on a playground. Gardai say the disgraceful and unprovoked assault …
TóibÃn: “Employers, like landlords, are to become Irish Water debt collectors”
Speaking in the Dáil during the Fine Gael/Labour Civil Debt Bill last Friday Sinn Féin TD Peadar TóibÃn stated ‘Outside of the public sector 70% of those working are employed by SMEs, and the majority …
The USA beat Japan 5 – 2 to win the Women’s World Cup 2015
The United States of America are celebrating a well fought and well won victory in the final of the Women’s World Cup tonight. They beat a fairly strident Japanese team, and were lead onto …
Greece rejects further austerity
With over 70pc of the votes counted, it has become clear that the Greek nation has made a stand against austerity and defied the European Union’s demands. Though the final tally is yet to be …
Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen are set to have their pensions increased by an extra €2000 a year
Due to a provision in the Landsdowne Road agreement on public sector pay, former ministers and taoisigh are to get an increase in their pensions. Ahern and Cowen who currently receive around €134,000 a …
