Month: November 2016

The conferring ceremony for students of the Wexford Campus of Carlow IT is taking place in the National Opera House this afternoon Speaking at the conferring ceremony Minister of State…

The Government has been given an ultimatum – agree to a fresh round of pay talks within a week or face tens of thousands of public sector workers being balloted…

Up to five thousand adults and children are expected to visit Santa’s Enchanted Castle in Enniscorthy this Christmas. Ten people are currently working on transforming the castle into a magical…

The Irish Government has formally committed to accepting up to 200 unaccompanied child refugees from Calais. The commitment came as the Dáil accepted a motion on the closure of the…

The Minister for Agriculture is warning that Brexit may be particularly difficult for farming. Many farmers in County Wexford carry out regular cross border trading in milk and meat products….

Barack Obama has invited US President-elect Donald Trump for a meeting at the White House tomorrow. They’ll chat about the transition of power after the celebrity businessman beat his rival…

Five people have died after a tram derailed in south London. Dozens more have been injured following the incident in Croydon this morning. The tram driver’s been arrested and emergency…

The Government’s Task Force on Emergency Planning is launching its winter campaign with the hashtag BeWinterReady. It brings together vital information from a number of sources on a specially designed…

The ASTI is locked in talks this afternoon aimed at resolving the teachers dispute. Secondary schools are operating as normal today after the union agreed to suspended its industrial action….

Almost 450 people are waiting on a bed at hospitals across the country this afternoon. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation claims 340 people are on trolley’s while a further…

All secondary students across County Wexford are heading back to class today, after the ASTI suspended its industrial action. Last night the union accepted an invitation from the Teachers’ Conciliation…

The Government’s appeal of the Apple tax ruling will be lodged in the European Courts today. In August the European Commission ruled Ireland should collect thirteen billion euro in back-taxes….

Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States. He’s been addressing his supporters in New York after claiming key states including Florida and North Carolina. There…

The Environment watchdog says air pollution in Ireland will soon be bad enough to kill as many people as tobacco. Smoke from vehicles and burning fuels are causing fatal breathing…

Fianna Fáil is to support a referendum guaranteeing public ownership of the water network. It means the referendum bill may be passed when it comes before the Dáil tomorrow. The…

There’s no end in sight for the teachers strike with many schools set to remain shut again tomorrow. The row over supervision payments could see around 400 schools closed for…

Rents across Ireland have hit an all-time high. The latest report by Daft.ie shows the average rent is now €1,077 per month – an increase of 11.7% on this time…

Some secondary schools across County Wexford will remain closed – for a second consecutive day – in a row over pay. Members of the ASTI are refusing to carry out…

The Cabinet will meet this morning to discuss accepting a Garda pay deal. They’re unlikely to reject the Labour Court ruling, but there could be disagreement over where the extra…

With just hours to go before the US presidential race is over, candidates are putting their last efforts into getting out the voters. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are focussing…

The ‘Right to Change’ movement has called on all TD’s to support a referendum to keep water services in public ownership. The Dáil will debate legislation on Wednesday with a…

Library staff across the country are to be balloted for industrial action. The trade union IMPACT has raised concerns that the introduction of ‘staffless’ library services could lead to job…

Hundreds of secondary school students from some schools across County Wexford will be unable to attend class today, because of industrial action by teachers. Two hundred thousand students are affected…

US stock futures have jumped after the FBI reaffirmed its decision not prosecute Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. It says it has no reason to alter its decision that Mrs…

Investigations are continuing after a man in his 60’s was fatally stabbed in Dublin yesterday. Gardaí were called to the scene at Robinsons Court on Cork Street at around 2.30pm yesterday…