Ireland’s headlong dash to Net Zero is exacting a brutal toll on ordinary families, with electricity prices surging 12.1% at Energia—adding €205 annually to standard tariffs—and SSE Airtricity hiking 9.5% from October 2025. Average household …
A total of 660 admitted patients are waiting for hospital beds on Monday morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s (INMO) Trolley Watch, reports Breaking News. Of these patients, 390 are waiting in …
Concerns are growing over further delays to the opening of the National Children’s Hospital, as Children’s Health Ireland has yet to be granted early access to the building, reports Breaking News. CHI had planned to …
The national average home listing price increased by an average of 5.5% throughout last year, as detailed in the most recent Daft.ie report, reports RTE. The average price for a three-bedroom semi-detached house in the …
Ordinary Irish motorists are being hammered once again by the National Car Test (NCT) system, with fresh 2025 figures exposing a broken regime that punishes hardworking families rather than protecting road safety. Over 1.7 million …
Although the number of GPs has risen by 10 per cent, the State is effectively “treading water” on shortages because the population has grown by nine per cent, according to the medical director of the …
Irish tourists travelling to Spain this summer could be caught out by a strict six-drink rule, a travel expert has cautioned. Visitors heading to the Balearic Islands may face hefty fines as Spanish authorities step …
Alcohol consumption among Irish adults decreased by 4.5% last year, continuing a long-term decline observed over the past 25 years, according to a new report, reports RTE. The report, commissioned by the Drinks Industry Group …
The Ukrainian Embassy in Ireland has published a statement expressing “serious concern” over the ongoing export of alumina from Ireland to Russia, despite the Irish Government indicating it has opened an investigation into such exports, …
There were 9,363 children awaiting initial contact from a Child Disability Network Team (CDNT) at the end of 2025. HSE figures show that 6,035 children have been waiting more than a year for their first …
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