Clerys staff stage protest outside store
Over 400 staff lost their jobs yesterday evening as famous Dublin department store Clerys closed its doors for the last time. All were told the store was going into liquidation, and that was that. Earlier …
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Right2Water campaigners propose to scrap water charges and increase spending by €9.4bn
Campaigners have made proposals to eliminate water charges and find alternative financial sources through “progressive general taxation.” They have put together a Fiscal Framework document which outlines what a progressive government would be able to …
W.B. Yeats was born 150 years ago today
The poet was born in Sandymount, Dublin, on June 13 1865, and died in January 1939 at the age of 73. The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys and Minister of State …
Forecasters say the country is set experience milder weather this weekend
With many of us experiencing mainly good weather during the past week, the outlook for the weekend is more mediocre with most country expected to experience milder weather. Saturday: Met Eireann say most of the …
Recent report shows that the HSE received more than 20,000 complaints regarding patient care last year
According to a report published in the Irish Times this morning it is understood that the HSE has received more than 20,000 complaints regarding patient care. The report suggests that the HSE received on average …
Double shooting in Blanchardstown, Dublin
Two men have been shot and injured, one of them critically, in a shooting incident in the Blanchardstown area of Dublin this evening. It is understood the pair were ambushed as they made their way …
Aras Attracta: Six staff members charged with assault
On the wake of the appalling abuse case uncovered at the Aras Attracta care home, six staff members have been charged with assault. Five women and one man appeared before Swinford District Court sitting in …
Gardai investigating death of a homeless man on a street bench
A man understood to be in his early 60s was found slumped on a street bench in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, yesterday evening. Gardai are not treating the death as suspicious, but are probing the event …
Woman’s remains discovered in the River Shannon
There a reports circulating this evening that a body has been recovered from the River Shannon. Reports say that the body is believed to be that of a woman, and was discovered by the Bunratty …
Bad news for Prosecco lovers everywhere
Just when we thought our favourite party tipple was back in the black, the brand that owns the popular party popper has started to recall bottles of Prosecco that are “spontaneously exploding”. This may lead …
