Out & About
I’d like to start this week’s Out&About by wishing a Happy Easter to all our readers; enjoy your Easter eggs as spring is in the air. The great thing about Easter is it’s a happy time and the daffodils should...
Ireland Expels Russian Diplomat
The Government have today announced that a member of the Russian embassy staff with diplomatic status is to be expelled over the nerve agent attack in Britain. It comes as a host of EU member states as well as the...
Euronext Completes Purchase of Irish Stock Exchange
Euronext announced today that it has completed its acquisition of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) after receiving regulatory approvals. The pan-European exchange will add the ISE to its federal model, where it will operate as Euronext Dublin, with Ireland becom...
Tourist Numbers to Ireland up by more than 12%
The number of trips made to Ireland by people living overseas has increased by 12.4% to 575,300 in February, according to new figures released by the Central Statistics Office today. This marks an overall increase of 63,300 compared to twelve...
UEFA Announce Rules Changes for Next Season’s Competitions
Teams in UEFA’s club competitions next season will be able to make a fourth substitute in extra time and use new signings who have already played in the tournament for their former sides. These changes were among several announced by...
Ireland Gets First Nudist Beach Next Month
Ireland is to get its first official nudist beach. Public notices are set to go up at Hawk Cliff in Dalkey in County Dublin next month, but there has been a mixed reaction to the news. Some of the concerns...
FIFA Publishes Bids from USA and Morocco for World Cup 2026
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has claimed that the process for choosing where the 2026 World Cup will be played is the fairest, most objective and most transparent in world sport. Infantino’s bold assertion comes as FIFA publishes the bid books...
Dublin House Sales Up 16%
The number of house sales rose from 15,058 in 2016 to 17,491 last year, an increase of 16%, according to a new study. According to research carried out by MyHome.ie based on an analysis of the Property Price Register, the...
Kevin Sharkey Says He’s Running For President
Artist Kevin Sharkey has confirmed he wants to run for president. If elected, he would become the first black Uactarán na hÉireann. The Donegal man says the office of president should do more for homelessness than it currently does. The...
Poll: Brits Want Brexit More Than Keeping The North
More voters in Great Britain rate leaving the EU as a priority ahead of maintaining the Union with Northern Ireland, a poll has suggested. More than a third of those polled (36%) said exiting the European Union was a higher...