“I don’t see our advice changing in the short-term.” The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is set to recommend that restrictions on non-essential international travel remain in place until at least the end of June. Speaking at a press briefing on last week, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Ronan Glynn said: “I don’t see our […]
A man in his 30s has been arrested after an assault took place in The Market area of the town. A woman in her late 20s is in critical condition in hospital after an assault at the Market in Ennis on Thursday evening. Gardaí were alerted to the assault at approximately 6.20pm on Thursday evening […]
Price promotions on alcohol products in Ireland are banned from today onwards. New regulations governing the sale of alcohol in Ireland are now in effect in Ireland, regulations which are designed to restrict price promotions of alcohol products. From today (11 January), it is prohibited to award or use loyalty card points for the purchase […]
One to add to your watch list this month. Without wanting to rub it in or anything, we’re going to be spending a lot of time at home for the next month and probably beyond, so the more stuff we have to keep us entertained, the better. Netflix have stepped up in that regard with […]
“Healthy people are getting very sick. Everyone gets how serious this is now.” HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid has said that the Covid-19 situation in Ireland is now worse than it was during the first wave of the virus last year. As of Wednesday morning (6 January), there are 921 people in hospital receiving treatment […]
“There is an issue in terms of having a million people on the go, which is essentially what opening schools means…” Taoiseach Micheál Martin has all but confirmed that schools in Ireland will not reopen next week and will remain closed until 31 January. Speaking to RTÉ News at One on Tuesday, Martin confirmed that […]
A similar event caused the infamous ‘Beast from the East’ in Ireland three years ago. A ‘Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW)’ event has been forecast to hit Ireland early this month, the same type of weather event that led to Storm Emma and the infamous ‘Beast from the East’ in Ireland in early 2018. An SSW […]
It’s been a cold start to 2021 and it’s about to get even colder. Met Éireann has forecast showers of rain, hail, sleet and snow and temperatures as low as -4 degrees in the coming days, with no end to the bitter start to 2021 in sight for the foreseeable future. This week will start […]
Consumers who have purchased affected products have been asked to cease feeding it to their pets immediately. A limited number of Pedigree products have been recalled in Ireland due to the potential risk of illness caused to dogs by Vitamin D levels. Mars Petcare announced a proactive recall of a limited number of Pedigree Complete […]
The seizure was made at Dublin Airport on Sunday. A woman in her 20s has been arrested after three kilograms of Crystal Methamphetamine was seized by Gardaí at Dublin Airport on Sunday (13 December). Gardaí in Ballymun arrested the woman in connection with a Revenue operation that resulted in the seizure of the Crystal Methamphetamine, […]
Two things that would have proved baffling at the start of 2020, but make perfect sense now. It’s still a raw subject for many Irish people, but one of the biggest stories of 2020 – and yes, we say that with confidence in the year of a global pandemic and a US presidential election – […]
There’s some great ones! We’re nearly there folks, we’ve nearly made it through 2020. There’s just one more month to go and with Level 5 restrictions due to be lifted on the first day of the month and Christmas only around the corner, the finale to this sh*tshow of a year might not be so […]