Month: October 2016

The Tánaiste says the State will always make sure its citizens are protected. But Frances Fitzgerald has again stopped short of saying there is a contingency plan in case Gardai…

Developers and Auctioneers are calling for a cut in the VAT rate so more new houses are built to alleviate the housing crisis. The Daft-dot-ie housing price report says house…

A human rights organisation is holding a demonstration outside the Egyptian Embassy in Dublin this evening. Amnesty International is protesting over Irishman Ibrahim Halawa’s Egyptian trial being delayed for the…

The Social Protection Minister says there will be “an adequate and decent” welfare package announced in next Tuesday’s budget. But it’s unclear if Leo Varadkar will be able to deliver…

An initiative from Wexford Rotary Club helping to prevent road accidents is to be rolled out across the country. The Just 1 Life campaign is aimed at young people learning…

Amnesty International will hold a demonstration in Dublin this evening, in protest at the trial of Irishman Ibrahim Halawa being delayed for the fifteenth time. It’s now due to take…

Haiti has started evacuating residents as Hurricane Matthew threatens widespread damage. Flash floods and winds of up to one hundred and fifty miles per hour are expected. It’s predicted to…

A new report shows house prices are increasing at the highest rate outside of Dublin. The latest report by Daft.ie, shows Cork City has seen the biggest increase in house…

Doctors say a British man with HIV – who is undergoing treatment to try to cure him – has shown “remarkable” progress. The research is being carried out by five…

It’s being claimed Donald Trump may have gone nearly two decades without paying any federal income tax. The New York Times says it’s obtained Mr Trump’s 1995 records, indicating he…

Comments made by the Archbishop Eamon Martin around the issue of fatal foetal abnormalities have been criticised by a group who are campaigning for Irish law to allow terminations for…

Gardaí are continuing to question a man arrested in connection with a murder in the Dublin Wicklow Mountains. A 64 year old man was reported missing on Thursday after he…

The British Prime Minister says she’ll trigger Article 50 – the formal process for leaving the EU – before the end of March. Theresa May is due to outline the…

The US is preparing to evacuate its base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba over the threat from Hurricane Matthew. The base is notorious as the site of a detention facility…

Doctors say up to 350 hospital patients are dying each year as a direct result of overcrowding. Medical experts are calling for a significant increase in capacity – and say…

Loneliness can be as damaging as smoking to an older person according to experts. Irish charity for older people ALONE says that isolation can have a detrimental impact on the…

The Catholic Bishop of Clogher Liam MacDaid has resigned due to ill health. Pope Francis says he’s accepted the resignation of the Bishop – who’s held the position since 2010….

There’s been a broad welcome for this morning’s peaceful completion of an Orange Order parade in North Belfast. It follows a deal to end a 3-year stand-off. Nationalist residents in…

Medical consultants say the health service needs the equivalent of six extra large hospitals. The Irish Hospital Consultants Association says hundreds more acute beds are needed to bring the service…

Drug testing for motorists looks set to be introduced by Christmas. Under new legislation announced this week in the Road Traffic Bill for 2016 – Gardaí will be able to…

A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a man was discovered on the Dublin Wicklow border. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man reported missing on…

At least two barrel bombs have hit the largest hospital in the rebel-held area of Aleppo in Syria. It makes it the third airstrike on hospitals this week in the…