National News Archives – Page 3 of 12

Decrease in the number non-Irish citizens in Ireland

October 3, 2018

A 2018 CSO report revealed a drop in the number of non-Irish nationals living in Ireland.

DCU study shows press freedom leads to lower incidences of bribery

October 3, 2018

A DCU study revealed that countries with greater press freedom have lower incidences of bribery involving public officials.

DCU President calls for radical change to university funding

October 3, 2018

DCU President Brian MacCraith has called for universities to operate in a more entrepreneurial manner, in an effort to make the funding of third level education a more sustainable model.

Abortion services are set to be free of charge

October 3, 2018

Abortions will be free according to minister for health.

Discussions to start on transfer of Catholic schools

October 3, 2018

The Department of Education are planning to have 400 non or multi-denominational schools in Ireland by 2030.

Children’s mental health service extremely understaffed

October 3, 2018

Ireland’s children mental health services are seriously understaffed according to HSE figures.

RTÉ have no guidelines for reporting on climate change

October 3, 2018

Despite having two past climate change correspondents, RTÉ has no guidelines for reporting on climate change.

Activists officially lodged complaints about BusConnects

October 3, 2018

Campaigners lodged official complaints about the new BusConnects system.

DCU student home safe after surviving fire in Greece

July 28, 2018

DCU student Séan Davis spoke to The College View about how he and his girlfriend, Chloe Sugrue, survived the fire

GPs call for medical card holders to be charged for their services

April 18, 2018

GPs speaking at the annual IMO meeting, have called for medical card holders to be charged for their services due to financial constraints faced by doctors.

Eight out of ten companies pay men more than women

April 18, 2018

78 per cent of companies are paying men more than women, according to data belonging to 10,000 firms submitted last week.

Ireland falls behind on UN Sustainable Development Goals

April 18, 2018

A recent report by Social Justice Ireland shows Ireland’s poor performance in reaching the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

A bill in the Dáil is to separate sex education from religion

April 18, 2018

The government have announced a bill to bring in sex education in schools, but don’t want it to be associated with religion.

Explainer: The Eighth Amendment

April 18, 2018

A referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment will be a historical event for Irish society whether the Ireland votes yes or no.

High amount of rugby injuries spark concern among medical staff

April 18, 2018

There are more injuries in rugby than one might assume and physiotherapists are saying that there is a need for more concern and fear to be placed on injuries in the sport.

USI Vote to Support Boycott Campaign Against Israel

April 18, 2018

The USI have voted to support the boycott against Israel in their occupation of Palestine and failure to obide by UN law.

The Metro Hotel must pick up “more of the slack” says local Councillor.

April 18, 2018

Payment to the victims of the Metro Hotel Fire in Ballymun are coming to an end.

Significant increase in illegal online purchasing of cannabis

April 4, 2018

There has been a significant increase in the illegal purchase of cannabis online, especially among third level students internationally, a researcher has found.

Dublin tech company offers to freeze eggs for female employees

April 4, 2018

A Dublin technology company is offering female employees in its Dublin office the chance to have their eggs frozen as part of their salary package. HubSpot, is thought to be the first company in Ireland

Campaign launched for warning labels on takeaways

April 4, 2018

Chinese takeaways and ready meals should carry health warning labels on their packaging and menus for high salt content, according to health campaign group Action on Salt.

Applications for apprenticeships by school leavers rises by almost 25 per cent

April 4, 2018

The number of school-leavers going on to apprenticeships in Ireland rose by 24 per cent last year. Solas figures revealed that Irish apprenticeships increased from 10,445 in 2016 to 12,849 last year.

New metro poses risk to local GAA club

April 4, 2018

Glasnevin GAA club Na Fianna are set to lose some of their facilities after the National Transport Authority (NTA) recently announced the preferred route for the new Metrolink project. The NTA and Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Number of girls getting HPV vaccine rises

April 4, 2018

There was an increase in the uptake of girls getting the HPV vaccine this year, according to the latest figures released by the Health Service Executive (HSE) on March 22nd .

€7.6 million mental health fund aims to help over 8,000

March 21, 2018

The EU has funded €7.6 million in an effort to improve mental health support across the country, the HSE announced on March 9th.

Free contraceptive pill could be introduced

March 21, 2018

The Irish Government are drawing up proposals to examine the possibility of introducing free contraceptive pill for Irish women.