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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Translation company secures €500k funding
04.01.2019Full service translation and interpreting company, TRANSLIT, has secured half a million euro in funding through private equity firm, Clashrock Capital. Headquartered in Cork, with offices in Dublin and Limerick, TRANSLIT has an impressive portfolio of national and international public and private sector clients. The company, which employs translators and interpreters all around the world, […]
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House prices in Ireland rose by 5.5% or €1,000 a month during 2018
31.12.2018House prices in Ireland rose by 5.5%, or €1,000, a month during 2018, according to the latest House Price Survey released today by the property website, daft.ie. The average price nationwide in the final quarter of the year was €254,000, down 1.1% on the figure for the third quarter. In Dublin, prices rose by 2.9% […]
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Previewing Ireland’s economy in 2019: The stats don’t lie – Ireland is doing well right now
29.12.2018WRITING THIS TIME last year, I expected our economic fortunes to get better before they got worse. I saw clouds gathering on the distant horizon, but no major storms forecast for 2018. Ireland isn’t quite partying like it’s 2006, but the stats don’t lie – 2018 has been a bumper year by most measures. The […]
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The myth of the free council house: 'We're not just handing them over, that would be crazy
26.12.2018LAST YEAR, SOCIAL housing tenants paid almost €351 million to local authorities in rent. According to Mary Hayes, administrative officer for Dublin City Council housing allocations, getting a local authority home is “not as easy as people think”. And she said no one is simply handed a ‘free house’. There is a strict set of […]
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New laws on learner drivers in effect from Saturday
21.12.2018Car owners who allow learner drivers to use their cars unaccompanied will face fines or jail terms under new laws coming into force from midnight tonight. The Road Safety Authority said an average of 12 fatal road crashes a year involve a learner driver and about ten of those are not accompanied by a qualified […]
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