Haiti Connect & NUI Galway hold Ireland’s first CrisisCamp!
Haiti Connect & NUI Galway hold Ireland’s first CrisisCamp! NUI Galway’s Discipline of Information Technology will be hosting Ireland’s first CrisisCamp on Sunday 26 February. It is being organised by Haiti Connect, a charitable trust based in Co. Galway. CrisisCamps are a series of global workshops organised by members of CrisisCommons a global community of […]
Portlaoise Rugby Club News
Portlaoise Rugby Club : This Weekend Results : Provincial Towns Cup 1st Round Kilkenny 1st’s 13 Portlaoise 1st’s 3 Paul Flood Cup 3rd Round Portlaoise Ladies 1st’s 24 Barnhall Ladies 1st’s 0 This Weeks Matches Sunday 5th February: Free as Six […]
Alcohol breathalysers will be compulsory in France
If taking your car to France this summer, new french legislation due to take affect within the next few months will mean that you are obligated to carry a personal alcohol breathalyser with you at all times. If found in breach of this new law yo…
Half of those with penalty points feel they were caught fairly, half felt hard done
Ireland’s penalty points system is undoubtedly working and enjoys broad support but when motorists are caught some are inclined to feel hard done by. In a poll of 4,000 motorists who had received penalty points at least once nearly half felt aggrieve…
Tourism Ireland Offers Chinese Tourists a Cead Mile Failte to Ring in The Year of The Dragon
Five groups of Chinese tourists arrive in Ireland this week, to ring in the ‘Year of the Dragon’ Irish-style. They will be travelling around the island of Ireland – from the Cliffs of Moher, to Dublin, to the Giant’s Causeway – to celebrate the Chinese New Year here. It is estimated that approximately 10,000 Chinese […]
AA Ireland recognises culinary excellence of 17 new Rosette winners
AA Ireland has announced that an impressive 17 Irish restaurants were newly awarded AA Rosette Awards during the 2011 inspection season in celebration of culinary excellence. Of further triumph for the industry and a barometer of the quality of res…
Record Number Of Hospital Patients On Trolleys In 2011
– Overall increase of 14% to 86,481 – December figure shows welcome reduction of 13% The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s (INMO) trolley watch survey, for 2011 (see attached), has confirmed that it was the worst year, for patients on trolleys, since the Organisation commenced maintaining records in 2004. The figures confirm that 86,481 patients, […]
Household tax the first step to property and water taxes
The Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes has claimed that Government plans to introduce water taxes by 2014 mean that ordinary households will be hit with stealth taxes of 1000+ euro within two years when the combined cost of water tax and property tax are taken into account. The Campaign challenged Minister Hogan’s contention that […]
Reform Of Water Sector Must Not Add To Costs For Rural Ireland – IFA
IFA Environment & Rural Affairs Chairman Harold Kingston has welcomed the consultation commenced by the Department of the Environment, regarding the reform of the delivery of water services in Ireland as “a necessary measure to reduce costs and duplication by the 34 county and city councils which have responsibility for water investment and maintenance.” Mr. […]
Ireland’s Hidden Independence Day & Little Known History
It is mandatory for the Taoiseach,Ceann Comhairle and Chief Justice to witness this Ceremony, as their Seal of office derives from and under the Sovereign Seal. The Indian delegation is in attendance every year to acknowledge the origin of their Independence; the Sovereign Republic of Eire. The Indian flag shares the same colours as the […]