Laois Students Win Top Prizes In Texaco Art Competition
Four Laois students have won top prizes in this year’s 64th Texaco Children’s Art Competition. All winners of Special Merit Awards, they are Asma Zulfiqar (15), from Scoil Chríost Rí, Portlaoise, Gerard Kenny (10) and Oisín Smyth (6), both from Shanganamore National School and Rían Dooley (3), from Íosa Linn Pre-school, Ballybrittas. Prizes will be […]
Ireland’s Best Hurdlers And Chasers Stand Their Ground For Punchestown Festival
The highest rated National Hunt horses from each division in Ireland all stood their ground at the latest entry stage today for the Punchestown Festival with Identity Thief, Melon, Penhill, Samcro, Douvan and Footpad all on course to line up at Ireland’s premier jumping fixture. Melon, Identity Thief and Penhill are all joint at the […]
Citizens’ Assembly Report A Mandate For Revolutionising Ireland’s Climate Policy
The Citizens’ Assembly will publish its report on climate chang. The report includes the Assembly’s 13 recommendations on ‘how the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change’. These were agreed by the Assembly after four days of expert presentations in 2017 and following a major public consultation which received close to 2000 submissions. The […]
Fastest-Selling Music Gig In GIAF History
Galway International Arts Festival and Róisín Dubh are delighted to announce the return to the Festival Big Top of 2FM Live with Jenny Greene & the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. 2FM Live with Jenny Greene & the RTÉ Concert Orchestra became the fastest selling music gig in Galway International Arts Festival’s 40-year history in 2017, […]
Unbeaten Samcro To Lead Elliott Into Battle At Punchestown
Ireland’s highest rated novice hurdler, Samcro, will spearhead Gordon Elliott’s team of runners at the Punchestown Festival next week and a leap out of novice company for the BETDAQ Punchestown Champion Hurdle hasn’t been ruled out by connections. Despite creating history by surpassing 200 Irish winners in a season and also winning both the […]
New 2030 Targets To Reduce Plastic Pollution Agreed – Mairead McGuinness MEP
“Moments to make, minutes to consume and a lifetime to breakdown European Citizens are concerned about the build-up of waste – plastic, metal and cardboard on our beaches, in our fields, streams and backyards”, said Mairead McGuinness MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament today, after a vote in the European Parliament on the new […]
A Little Known History – 50 Years Of Car Assembly In Ireland
A vital, and often underappreciated, stage in the transition of the Republic of Ireland from an agriculture-based to an industrial economy Sean Lemass’s innovative scheme was the real start of the light industrial sector in Ireland in the 1930’s 50 plus makes of car assembled in Ireland – for example Jaguar, Dodge, Chrysler, Citroën, Adler, Alfa […]
Enterprise Ireland Launches €1m CSF For Female Entrepreneurs
Enterprise Ireland’s €1 million Competitive Start Fund (CSF) for Female Entrepreneurs will open for applications on Tuesday, 1 May. Up to €50,000 in equity funding is available to a maximum of 20 successful female applicants with early stage start-up companies. Last year, 46 per cent of all companies who received CSF investment from Enterprise Ireland were […]
Government Plan Lacks Ambition To Fix Lakes And Rivers – Environmental Groups
The overdue River Basin Management Plan, launched by the Minister Eoghan Murphy, falls far short of what is needed to protect our rivers, lakes and bays and to bring them up to a healthy standard, according to the Sustainable Water Network of national and local environemntal groups. Despite the best efforts of a team of […]
Commissioner Hogan Must Fight To Secure CAP Budget Increase – Healy
Addressing a crowd of over 700 farmers in Kilkenny this evening, IFA President Joe Healy said there must be an increase in the next CAP Budget to improve farm incomes, to reflect inflation and to fill the hole left by Brexit. The IFA President issued a strong message to the Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan: […]