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Electric Ireland announces 4% price increase on gas and electricity from April
28.02.2019ELECTRIC IRELAND WILL raise its residential gas and electricity prices from April, the second price increase for its customers in less than a year. The company blamed sustained increase in the price of buying wholesale energy as it announced its prices would rise by 4% from 1 April, ending a winter price freeze for its customers. […]
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In the event of a no-deal Brexit the driving licence of a UK licence holder living here in Ireland will not be recognised and the driver will not be able to continue to drive here in Ireland on that licence
22.02.2019The advice to such drivers is that they should exchange their UK driving licence for an Irish driving licence before the 29 March 2019, which is set as the withdrawal date of the UK from the EU. Under current arrangements a UK licence holder resident here in Ireland has an entitlement to make such an […]
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Majority of Irish people would like to see a united Ireland in their lifetime
19.02.2019THE MAJORITY OF Irish people would like to see a united Ireland in their lifetime, a new poll has shown. Last night’s poll for Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ 1, which was carried out by Amárach Research, revealed that 63% of people want to see a united Ireland before they die. Just 18% of people […]
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Ireland Is Ready to Increase Trade with Russia After Brexit
13.02.2019Ireland is ready to increase its commodity turnover with the Russian Federation after Brexit in order to fill loss of income from the gap with Great Britain, said the coordinator of the friendship group between the parliaments of Ireland and Russia Fergus O’Dowd. On February 12th the State Duma held a meeting of deputies of […]
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US sanctions imposed on parent company of Aughinish Alumina in Limerick lifted
28.01.2019US sanctions imposed on the Russian parent company of Aughnish Alumina in Co Limerick have been lifted. There had been fears that the sanctions would threaten the future of the Limerick plant, which employs 460 workers, as well as 200 contractors. The Irish Government had lobbied US officials to highlight the impact on Aughinish Alumina. […]
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Subtitle Spotlight European Film Festival 2019
27.01.2019Subtitle Spotlight European Film Festival is back once more, bringing a selection of European subtitled films that invite you to see cinema in a whole new way. With a total of ten titles there’ll be something to suit all tastes. Festival Pass: €65 (Entry to all 13 festival screenings) To purchase a 5 Film Pass […]
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Derry ‘car bomb’: Police warning as vehicle up in flames near courthouse
20.01.2019Northern Irish politicians have condemned the blast outside a courthouse, with one MLA calling it a “disgraceful act of terrorism A car bomb exploded outside a courthouse in Derry forcing police to evacuate locals. Pictures from the scene show a vehicle on flames on Bishop Street following the blast which occurred at 8.15pm on Saturday […]
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Solidarity’s Birthright Citizenship Bill to be debated in the Dáil on Thursday 17 January 2018
15.01.2019Give equal access to citizenship to all children End the attacks on migrant communities’ rights End deportations of children, end direct provision Solidarity will move the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017 at Second Stage in the Dáil on Thursday, 17th January 2019. The provisions of the Bill would restore the […]
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‘Pub life and gambling’: A Soviet Russian guide to 1970s Ireland
09.01.2019Yuri Ustimenko was Russian news agency TAAS’ Irish correspondent from 1969 to 1971. BACK IN 1979, the Department of Foreign Affairs concerned itself with – among other issues affecting the country’s reputation abroad – a small Soviet guidebook to Ireland. A glimpse into how important impressions abroad were can be found in a report on […]
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2018 Another Record Low for Road Fatalities 4% drop in road deaths in 2018 compared to 2017
05.01.2019Provisional road collision statistics for 2018 show Ireland continued to improve its road safety performance by recording a 4% drop in road deaths, making it the safest year since road deaths were first recorded in 1959. Up to 3pm on the 31 December 2018 a total of 149 people lost their lives on Ireland’s roads […]
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