Change is coming. Four extra weeks of unpaid parental leave will be offered to parents of children aged 12 and under from September onward. The current entitlement for unpaid parental leave is 18 weeks per child, which will now be extended to 22. An estimated 60,000 parents a year are expected to gain from this change. […]
A traffic-free trial of College Green is being tested this Sunday. College Green in Dublin is set to be pedestrianised this Sunday. The area will be given exclusively to pedestrians and cyclists between 7am and 7pm in what is the first of three trials of a similar nature. Dublin City Council is putting on a […]
“Whose needs are being met here? Certainly not the children. It’s appalling.” This July, RTÉ One will broadcast an RTÉ Investigates programme, which will examine the standards of childcare in a chain of creches located in Dublin. RTÉ Investigates liaised throughout this process with independent experts who advised on the matters, to create RTÉ Investigates – Creches, Behind […]
A “water conservation campaign” has been launched to encourage the public to use only what they need. One year on from the worst drought in 70 years, which resulted in the country’s first hosepipe ban, Irish Water are launching a water conservation campaign. The penalties will be set at €1.85 for each 1,000 litres used, on […]
The news broke on Tuesday morning. Ryanair has warned it plans to cut and close bases at airports as delays to Boeing’s B737 MAX aircraft are expected to affect growth rates. Ryanair said it expects to cut its amount of B737 aircrafts to 30 for next summer, down from an anticpated 58. The airline said […]
The end of an era. Carbon Nightclub in Galway have announced that they are shutting down after nine years. The iconic nightclub will be closing its doors for the final time on 21 August this year. In a statement posted on their Facebook page, Carbon thanked everyone who attended the nightclub and all of their […]
A Cork man was arrested by ICE officers in America on Wednesday, 10 July. An Irishman has been imprisoned in the US “without warning” by immigration officials is being treated like a criminal, his wife has said. Reports emerged on Sunday of the arrest of a man who has spent almost 10 years working to secure […]
The news was released on Thursday evening. Roughly 800 women who underwent the CervicalCheck screening were not issued with their results due to what the HSE have said was an “IT issue”. The HSE said it sincerely apologised for the issue, and the confusion, stress and considerable anxiety it may have caused for some women. The tests in question […]
As you might imagine, David Attenborough got the biggest cheer of the day at Glastonbury. Glastonbury has seen some some incredible performances so far. Stormzy, Lewis Capaldi and The Killers have all been amazing throughout the weekend, and have driven the crowd wild. There’s also been some not so great performances, but we won’t bother […]
We just hope they don’t ask for our ridiculous old MSN usernames. Nearly all applicants for United States visas will have to submit their social media details, under newly adopted rules. The US State Department will now require nearly all applicants for US visas to submit their social media usernames, as well as all of […]
His biopic was released this week.
