Why we shouldn’t sell alcohol on Good Friday?
A litany of websites have offered innumerable reasons why Ireland should sell ‘Grandpa’s old cough syrup’ on Good Friday, but not too many voices are being heard to keep the ban in place. Middle class …
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Ambulance called out for dog having pups
AN emergency call to help out a 14-year-old in labour turned out to be a dog having pups. Paramedics were furious when they discovered t hat an emergency call-out for a Dundalk patient was in …
News update: 10th April
Higgins visit: Day two has passed of what has been cited as a historic visit for Michael D higgins to England. This evening he thanked Britain for their support through out the crisis at a …
Irish Emergency Response Charity Is Saving Lives In The Philippines
Disaster Tech Lab, an emergency response charity which has been deployed in Haiti and the USA previously is now making a lifesaving impact in the Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated …
Senator Mullen calls on Government to extend LPT deadline
Senator Rónán Mullen, Independent Candidate for Europe, has called on the Government to extend the deadline of 31st March 2014 for people to bring their local property tax affairs up to date. Commenting on the fact that the …
“We got to do all the things we did with our other children”
One Day More is a support group for parents who find out that their unborn babies will not live for very long. The group is made up of parents who have all received such sad …
News update: 20th March
Ambulance malfunction: Investigations are underway into faulty electrics that left a sick child and paramedics locked in an ambulance for forty minutes when they were on their way to hospital.  St.Patricks day attack: After a …
News Update: 13th March
Harlem Gas explosion: At least two have died and many more have been injured following a gas leak and subsequent explosion in an apartment complex in Harlem, New York. Â Â Penalty point scandal: An investigation …
East link tolling system to stay in place
Dublin councillors voted this week to keep toll charges in place for the East link toll bridge in the Docklands area. However the council agreed that the current fee may not be applicable.  While the …
Make the Irish language optional
Wide debate has recently started about whether the Irish language is ‘dying’. Apart from a minute number of every day speakers, Irish is soon forgotten once you hand in your Paipear 2 in the Leaving …
