Landlords and agencies have started asking people for viewing fees, says Threshold
13.10.2018HOUSING CHARITY THRESHOLD is calling for a change in legislation to protect tenants after reports of landlords asking for viewing fees. Agents working at the housing charity have recently received phone calls from people querying the practice. In one case, a young woman requested advice from Threshold. The woman expressed an interest in viewing a […]
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Cyclists get the green light for longer junction crossing times in Dublin
11.10.2018Cyclists will have longer to pass through major traffic junctions in Dublin with the installation of new safety sensors around the city, Minister for Transport Shane Ross has announced. The technology, costing around €10,000 a junction, will detect cyclists arriving at traffic lights, then send a message to the junction box which will delay the […]
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Budget 2019
10.10.2018NCOME TAX The 4.75 per cent rate of Universal Social Charge (USC) will fall by 0.25 percentage points to 4.5 per cent (on incomes between €19,874 and €70,004) The point people hit the higher, 40 per cent rate of income tax will rise by €750 from €34,550 to €35,300 in the case of a single […]
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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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