National News Archives – Page 3 of 13

Campaign set to encourage women to do apprenticeships

October 17, 2018

TheConnect Trade Union voted unanimously at the union’s first conference on 6th October to launch campaign to get more women involved in apprenticeships.

Seán Gallagher: Presidential Candidate

October 17, 2018

Gallagher was leading in the polls in 2011 until the “Tweetgate” controversy where Pat Kenny read out a tweet which alleged Gallagher had financially corrupt involvement with Fianna Fáil.

Project to help people shopping with dementia launched in Raheny

October 17, 2018

Getting the Messages, a project that aims to make a supermarket more accessible to people with dementia, has been launched in the Raheny area.

Water in Limerick becomes contaminated

October 17, 2018

People in Rathkeale were urged not to uses contaminated water.

Study says three out of four people skip advertisements

October 17, 2018

Eoin Harte analyses a study based on how often and how easily people skip online video advertisements.

PrEP accessibility may increase

October 17, 2018

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA\0 want to provide a HIV preventative drug for free to at risk patients with medical cards.

Vodafone apologises after “sinister” marketing campaign

October 17, 2018

Vodafone Ireland’s latest marketing campaign has been referred to as “creepy” and “sinister” after journalists were sent framed pictures of themselves that appear to be smashed on October 3rd.

“Groudbreaking” Alcohol Bill passes through the Oireachtas

October 17, 2018

A piece of legislation known as the Public Health Alcohol Bill was passed through all stages of the Oireachtas as of October 10th, over 1,000 days since it was first introduced.

Nobel Prize winner pledges to donate prize winnings

October 17, 2018

NobelPeace Prize winner Nadia Murad has announced that she will donate her $500,000 (€432,650) winnings to helping survivors of sex crimes.

Liada Ní Riada: Presidential Candidate

October 17, 2018

Ní Riada credits her background and appreciation of Ireland’s identity as two key components that she believes makes her to be a suitable candidate for the Presidency.

Increase seen in reports of online child sexual abuse content

October 17, 2018

Child sexual abuse content reported online increased by 44 per cent last year in Ireland, according to statistics from Hotline.ie.

Protesters are refusing to vacate an unsafe and unoccupied Dublin property

October 17, 2018

The illegal occupation of a vacant Dublin property, that first started on September 8th as part of a protest to highlight Ireland’s housing crisis, is still in progress.

Go-Ahead take over four Dublin Bus routes

October 17, 2018

Rachel Power writes about the private company Go- Ahead taking control of four Dublin Bus routes.

Joan Freeman: Presidential Candidate

October 17, 2018

She continued, “As President, I will include young people on the Council of State… We need to listen to young people and that’s why I want to give them a voice in shaping the Presidency for the next seven years.

Families pay up to €28,000 for private autism care

October 17, 2018

Families are paying €28,000 per child on private autism care services, some of these being lone parent families.

Majority of women agree to assist in smear test review

October 17, 2018

Over 1,300 letters have been sent out by the HSE to ask if women will consent to a review of smear tests following the CervicalCheck scandal.

The government aim to bring sexual consent classes to all universities

October 17, 2018

Sexual offences have risen by 10.2 per cent, according the Crime Statistics released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Ireland endeavours to lead Europe’s data economy

October 17, 2018

Irish data centre’s thrive to be “best in Europe.”

Steamed passengers puts Iarnród Éireann off track

October 17, 2018

Irish rail has set up an alcohol ban on four of their rail services following “constant complaints” of antisocial behaviour.

BUDGET 2019: Wages, Tax and VAT

October 9, 2018

Minimum wage will increase to €9.80 per hour, with USC reducing in the third rate from 4.75 per cent to 4.5 per cent.

BUDGET 2019: Environment and Agriculture

October 9, 2018

A planned 50 per cent increase was expected for carbon tax. This would have increased carbon tax from the current amount of €20 to €30 per tonne. The rate has remained unaltered since May 2014.

BUDGET 2019: Health

October 9, 2018

Mental health funding will see the total funding increase to €1 billion, an increase of 9 per cent.

BUDGET 2019: Housing

October 9, 2018

The Budget 2019 has allocated €2.3 billion towards the housing programme next year, announced the minister for finance, Paschal Donohoe at the Dáil today.

Almost €7m in funding announced for new Dublin Technological University

October 3, 2018

A further €4.5 million will be put towards the merging of three Institute of Technologies in Dublin.

UCD and RCSI launch new medical campus in Malaysia

October 3, 2018

UCD and the RCSI launched the first accredited medical school in Malaysia, last week