“You Either Quit or You Don’t”
11.06.2026
A landlord who refused to allow a struggling family pay a portion of their rent through rent allowance for 15 months has been ordered to pay them €14,000 in compensation
07.10.2018In the case, Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudication Officer, Ewa Sobanska said that she was ordering the landlord to pay €7,000 to each parent in the case as she found the discrimination “to be at the more serious end of the scale”. Ms Sobanska said that she was making the award taking into account the […]
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Data Protection Commission launch probe into Facebook data breach
05.10.2018The Data Protection Commission has begun an investigation into last week’s Facebook data breach, in which around 50 million accounts were affected. The commission said the investigation would examine the company’s compliance under GDPR to ensure the security of the personal data it processes. It said that Facebook was continuing its own internal investigation into the breach. […]
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#RaisetheRoof Housing Protest
02.10.2018The National Homeless and Housing Coalition are proud to join forces with community and grassroots campaign groups, trade unions, students, women’s organisations, housing agencies and political parties in the biggest yet united campaign to fight for an end to the housing crisis. More than 80 organisations have come together under the slogan #RaisetheRoof. The Irish […]
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Non-Irish Nationalities Living in Ireland
30.09.2018Ten nationalities account for 70% of Non-Irish Nationals The Central Statistics Office (CSO) today (Tuesday 18th September) publishes a report based on Census 2016 results, “Non-Irish Nationalities Living in Ireland” which focuses on the top ten non-Irish nationalities by population size. In April 2016, there were 535,475 non-Irish nationals living in Ireland. This was a […]
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Listowel named as Ireland’s Tidiest Town
25.09.2018Listowel has won the overall award in this year’s Tidy Towns competition. It is the first time the Kerry town has won the overall award and it was also named this year’s best small town. There were a record 833 entries across four categories in the 60th year of the competition. Glaslough in Co Monaghan was […]
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UCD named top university in Ireland for employability
21.09.2018University College Dublin has been named Ireland’s leading university for employability and ranked in the top 100 universities worldwide in the latest global QS rankings. The southside Dublin university has been ranked 74th in the QS graduate employability rankings, climbing one place from its 75th position on last year’s scale. The annual QS rankings in […]
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Budget to bring in extra paid leave for new mums and dads
19.09.2018Mothers and fathers to each get two extra weeks to spend with family in first year after baby’s birth New mothers and fathers will each get two extra weeks off work to spend with their baby as part of reforms in Budget 2019. The extra parental leave, which will be paid for the first time, […]
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Met Éireann have confirmed the summer of 2018 as one of the hottest and driest on record
18.09.2018Data released by the forecaster has revealed that “absolute drought conditions” prevailed at all of its stations for 53 days between 22 May and 14 July. Meanwhile, the highest average temperature this century was recorded in a number of locations, including Oak Park in Carlow, where it reached 16.8 degrees Celsius, the highest since 1995. […]
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More Irish than the Irish themselves: Huge spike in number of British becoming 'naturalised citizens'
16.09.2018FINE GAEL SENATOR Neale Richmond today revealed that the number of British people becoming Irish citizens has grown exponentially in the last year. Figures obtained by the senator showed how 529 British people became Irish citizens in the last year. Richmond said that the result of the Brexit referendum is the only obvious reason behind […]
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All set for September Sambo
13.09.2018All set for September SamboPreparations are at an advanced stage as Northern Ireland gets set to host the international Sambo martial arts tournament in late September. Seventy-two athletes from ten countries will touch down for the one-day NI President’s Cup Tournament which will be held in the Seven Towers Leisure Centre, Ballymena, on Saturday, 29th […]
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