It may be hard to believe, since it’s almost May, but it’s actually snowing across some areas of the country. There was a severe snowstorm in Co. Mayo earlier, and temperatures are rather unseasonably low …
Thursday morning’s commute in the capital is shaping up to be chaotic, as Luas trams will not move from their depots. Drivers are staging another day of industrial action, in a long-running dispute over pay …
Acting Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly found himself entangled in a bitter net of defeat, after his much beloved water charges were flushed before his very eyes by the people’s power. ‘Enviromental sabotage’, Mr. …
After the acting Government’s capitulation on water charges, questions arise as to what will happen with those people who did pay the bill. Minister Richard Bruton has said that ‘those who paid should get their …
In a clear indication of what TDs think of mental health issues, last night’s debate inside the Dáil chamber was attended by only 10 out of 158 TDs. Today, there has been widespread criticism of …
The long-awaited National Broadband Plan is facing yet another delay, and it’s estimated that the year 2022 will be in full swing by the time every home in Ireland has access to high-speed internet. The …
A man in his 30s has sadly lost his life in an early morning crash today, after the car he was driving plunge into a canal in Kildare. The man was the only occupant of …
Ireland has scored a major victory against the acting government, after it was announced that water charges will be scrapped while an independent commission looks into the issue of water infrastructure. In PR terms, it …
After months of popular uprising against the much hated tax and its facilitator, Irish Water, the water charges are set to be scrapped for the foreseeable future while a newly formed commission looks at how …
Winston Churchill once said “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it“. Today, acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny, a much lesser statesman by any account, paraphrased such words and said that ‘history …
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