New laws banning smoking in cars where children are traveling are effective from today. Offenders face a fixed fine of €100 if caught. Meanwhile, ASH Ireland is encouraging people to give up smoking, claiming that …
AÂ new raft of measures introduced in last October’s Budget kicked in at midnight last night. These are: Changed USC rates The 7% rate has been reduced to 5.5%, and the 3.5% and 1.5% rates have …
Less than 48 hours after Storm Frank’s departure, and with large expanses of the country currently underwater, Met Eireann has issued a status yellow rainfall warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary and Waterford. …
The creator of the massively successful RTÉ series Glenroe, Wesley Burrowes, has passed away at the age of 85. The Irish playwright and screenwriter died following a long illness. Best known for creating Glenroe in 1983, Burrowes also scripted the series Tolka …
Tanaiste Joan Burton has fallen out of a boat in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny this afternoon. The video below shows the 66-yr-old got soaked to the skin when she landed rear-end first into the river she …
It has been confirmed that the national minimum wage will be risen to €9.15 per hour from, January 1st, 2016. The news comes after the Low pay commission recommended that the current minimum wage be …
The town of Bandon in Co. Cork has been decimated by flood waters stirred up by Storm Frank’s furious might. Six years ago, on the wake of a similar disaster, they were promised flood defences. …
The rising costs of motor insurance in Ireland is just another indicator of the gross mismanagement of resources and the overall trend of ripping people off that is so prevalent among businesses here. Policy renewal …
Vast swathes of terrain across the Emerald Island have become waterlogged wastelands over the past 36 hours, after Storm Frank’s wrath proved to be a formidable foe. Main streets have turned into maelstroms, town centres …
The legend that is TV presenter Gay Byrne is said to be doing well and “on the mend” this morning according to sources close to the star. It’s believed the presenter suffered a heart attack …
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