Former Rose of Tralee Seeking FG Nomination for Euro Elections
February 10, 2019 No Responses

Former Rose of Tralee Seeking FG Nomination for Euro Elections

Former Rose of Tralee winner Maria Walsh has confirmed she is seeking the Fine Gael nomination to contest the European elections in May. The 2014 Rose of Tralee winner said she wants to become an MEP to represent the interests...
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Irish Girl Guides Add Climate Change Badge
February 9, 2019 No Responses

Irish Girl Guides Add Climate Change Badge

The Irish Girl Guides is introducing a new climate change badge for its 12 thousand members. The badge is being introduced in conjunction with Trócaire to clamp down on the issue. Trócaire and the Irish Girl Guides launched the badge...
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SDLP Votes ‘Decisively’ for Partnership with Fianna Fáil
February 9, 2019 No Responses

SDLP Votes ‘Decisively’ for Partnership with Fianna Fáil

The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) has voted ‘decisively’ in favor of a partnership with Fianna Fáil. At a conference this afternoon in County Down, roughly 70% of members backed the move, with 30% against. SDLP leader Colum Eastwood...
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Tens of Thousands March in Dublin to Support Nurses’ Strikeq
February 9, 2019 No Responses

Tens of Thousands March in Dublin to Support Nurses’ Strikeq

Tens of thousands of people have marched through Dublin city center in support of the nurses’ campaign for better pay. Three days of strike action are set to be held this coming week. Demonstrators paraded from Parnell Square down O’Connell...
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Man Injured in Paramilitary Style Shooting in Derry
February 8, 2019 No Responses

Man Injured in Paramilitary Style Shooting in Derry

A man has been injured following a shooting in the Creggan area of Derry this evening. Police are appealing for witnesses to what they describe as a paramilitary-style shooting which happened shortly after 6pm in the vicinity of Central Drive....
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Varadkar Will Not Be Negotiating Brexit When He Meets May at Farmleigh
February 8, 2019 No Responses

Varadkar Will Not Be Negotiating Brexit When He Meets May at Farmleigh

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he will not be negotiating Brexit when he meets Theresa May for dinner in Dublin this evening. After holding talks in Brussels yesterday, the British Prime Minister was flying to Dublin in an effort to...
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Belfast Bakery at Center of ‘Gay Cake’ Case Will Not Seek Legal Costs
February 7, 2019 No Responses

Belfast Bakery at Center of ‘Gay Cake’ Case Will Not Seek Legal Costs

A bakery which beat a discrimination case after it refused to make a cake with the slogan Support Gay Marriage will not seek legal costs. Ashers, a bakery in Belfast, was judged in 2015 to have broken the law after...
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Police Arrest Twelfth Person Over Murder of Community Worker in Belfast
February 5, 2019 No Responses

Police Arrest Twelfth Person Over Murder of Community Worker in Belfast

Detectives investigating the murder of community worker Ian Ogle have made a twelfth arrest. A 38-year-old man was detained by police on Tuesday morning. He is being questioned at Musgrave Serious Crime Suite in Belfast. Mr Ogle, 45, died after...
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One in Ten Irish Eat Fast Food at Least Once a Week
February 5, 2019 No Responses

One in Ten Irish Eat Fast Food at Least Once a Week

A tenth of the population has a takeaway or fast food at least once a week. A new survey by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) highlights our over-reliance on convenience food. This research provides an insight into our...
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Murdered Belfast Community Worker Died With ‘Unparalleled Bravery’
February 4, 2019 No Responses

Murdered Belfast Community Worker Died With ‘Unparalleled Bravery’

Murdered Belfast community worker Ian Ogle died with “unparalleled bravery” while protecting those he thought were in danger, his funeral has heard. The 45-year-old died after he was attacked and stabbed 11 times as he prayed with a pastor on...
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