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The quality of bathing water in Ireland is high, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said, with just over two weeks to go to the start of the official bathing season.
The report found that 97% of designated bathing locations met or exceeded the minimum standard, with 77% deemed...
The use of electric scooters by children under the age of 16 in a public place is to be prohibited from next Monday, under regulations signed by Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan and published yesterday.
Under the Road Traffic (Electric Scooters) Regulations the ordinary speed limit for an...
A group representing international doctors working in Ireland has called for reform of the visa processing system, to enable family members join them.
The Irish Society of International Doctors (ISID) said hundreds of doctors have been facing lengthy delays in getting visas for their spouse and...
The Dublin portal has been closed and will reopen later this week after a solution of "blurring" to address lewd behaviour in front of the installation has been deemed as unsatisfactory.
The livestream art project allows people in Dublin and New York to connect via a live video feed.
The...
President Michael D Higgins has condemned attacks on aid convoys providing humanitarian relief to Gaza.
Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks headed for Gaza yesterday, throwing food packages on the road in the latest in a series of incidents that have come as Israel has pledged to allow...
The Tánaiste has warned that a "disturbing" aspect of being the victim of a fake online ad is that "it is part of the revenue model of these companies".
Micheál Martin told the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence that when he sought to have the matter addressed: "The companies don't...
A third Irish student encampment in support of the people of Palestine has been established at University College Cork (UCC).
Up to 40 students at the college have pitched tents in the UCC main quad. They say their action is taking place in the context "of the horrific ground invasion of...
The Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA) has appealed to the Government to re-engage in talks regarding a State apology and an appropriate compensation package to include provisions for medical expenses.
Reacting to a statement today by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly that he would "love to...
Three hundred jobs are to go in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh with the closure of a call centre by a telecoms company.
Economy Minister Deirdre Hargey said the news that BT planned to withdraw from the town was a huge disappointment.
The company had warned earlier this year that it might...
Logistics company Primeline Group has announced 400 jobs across a range of disciplines, with the opening of a €50 million distribution hub in Ashbourne, Co Meath.
The company said the new 360,000sq/ft development is the largest Irish-owned net zero energy building compliant distribution centre...
Labour leader Ivana Bacik has expressed concern at the plan to cut payments to Ukrainian refugees, claiming such a policy could amount to targeting of older people and women with children.
She called for "clarity" that the new Goverment policy will be fair.
Ukrainian refugees who came to...
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has told the Dáil that 9,000 "wasteful" long-term lease agreements, costing more than €3 billion, have been agreed by Government to provide social housing.
She said it is a very sweet deal for the property funds and in some cases it costs far more than the...
There have been further calls from across the Opposition benches for the Dáil the debate the migrant crisis.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said that there are "unfortunate, vulnerable people living in a tent at the side of a canal", which "is utterly scandalous," and is causing...
In a new analysis of household energy prices, the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities says it expects further price reduction from suppliers in the coming months.
However, the regulator says a return to retail prices levels like those in 2021 is unlikely as wholesale energy prices are...
International English language student representatives have told an Oireachtas committee hearing that the number of hours that students are allowed to work should be increased from 20 to 30 per week in order to combat exploitation by some employers.
Fiachra Ó Luain of the English Language...
A 45-year-old man who threatened to share intimate images and videos of a woman with whom he had a short relationship has been jailed for ten months.
The man, who cannot be named to protect the anonymity of the victim, told gardaí he was annoyed and was drinking when he sent a voice message to...
Ireland's consistent failure to deliver "critical" climate action plans on time has "undermined the whole EU-wide process" of climate action, an Oireachtas committee has heard.
The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action was told that the country's poor performance "has frustrated...
The Cabinet has agreed to ban the sale of tobacco products for those aged under 21.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said he hopes to progress legislation quickly to give it legal effect.
He explained that the Government did not take the approach of the UK Government, which seeks to...
Stormont First Minister Michelle O'Neill has apologised for attending the funeral of a veteran republican at the height of the pandemic in Northern Ireland.
Ms O'Neill was giving evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry in Belfast.
In June 2020, she and other members of the party leadership went to...
The gap between the highest and lowest mortgage rates in the Irish market has widened with the highest rate now double the lowest, new figures show.
Mortgages rates here range from 3.45% to 7.15%.
In the last six weeks, there have been rate decreases from six lenders as the impact of reduced...