GOAL charity CEO Barry Andrews steps down
Barry Andrews, former Fianna Fail minister and CEO of charity GOAL, has stepped down from this latter post. He had announced his intention to do last August. GOAL is the subject of an investigation in …
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Bright and dry for a time, but rain is on the way later on
Today, Thursday, will start dry, bright, and crisp in most places, but rain will be creeping in later in the day. The rain will arrive from the east, and spread westwards towards late afternoon. Temperatures …
Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohue will ask ministers to ‘waive’ their pay rises after savage public backlash
Like acolytes from a parasitic empire, TDs and ministers will stand in line cap in hand on April 1 next, ready to hoard their extra thousands in their wage packets. Because of the Landsdowne Agreement, …
Irish punter wins €500,000 in Tuesday’s EuroMillions plus draw
Although the main jackpot winnings went to a lucky punter in Belgium on Tuesday night, one Irish is still considerably richer this week after scooping up €500,000 in the EuroMillions plus draw. Although the winner …
Secondary school teachers could soon be set to take industrial action in an effort to receive better pay
Secondary school teachers could be the next inline to take Industrial action in a bid to receive better pay. The news comes after the ASTI said last night that second-level teachers may be forced to …
Budget 2017: Government still dithering about when to hand out five extra coins to OAPs and social welfare recipients, but their own raises are ironclad and set for April Fool’s Day 2017
Government officials are still vacillating as to when exactly the populace should get their five euro. Several dates were bandied around yesterday, but there still seems to be no agreement on the precise timepoint when …
Saturday’s Lotto jackpot heading for €3.5m
There was no winner of tonight’s Lotto jackpot, worth almost €3m. The numbers drawn were 4,6,9,20,29,45, Bonus number 32. Saturday’s jackpot is heading for €3.5m, so get your tickets soon, it could be you!
Outrageous: Children will not receive revolutionary Cystic Fibrosis drug due to high cost
There is outrage this evening as it was revealed a so called “wonder drug” that is used to treat adult cystic fibrosis patients has been rejected to treat children. The rejection of the drug which …
Online outrage: Social media users are fuming over cigarettes going up to €11
Yesterday’s budget saw another price hock on cigarettes of 50c. The new budget price will see the price of an average packet of 20 cigarettes go up to a staggering €11 per packet. The astonishing …
€300m down a watery hole: Government books will be hundreds of millions in the red after the abolition of water charges
2017 is not shaping up to be a good year for the Government’s finances, other than their own personal ones, that is. The permanent scrappage of water charges would leave a gaping hole of about …
