Roads Deaths Up 30% in 2019
March 19, 2019 No Responses

Roads Deaths Up 30% in 2019

There’s been a 30% rise in the number of road deaths so far this year. Five people lost their lives on Irish roads over the bank holiday weekend – bringing the number of fatalities in the first three months of...
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More Mumps Cases in 2019 than in all of 2018
March 19, 2019 No Responses

More Mumps Cases in 2019 than in all of 2018

There have been more cases of mumps in the first 11 weeks of 2019, than all of last year. The latest weekly report from the HSE has found there’s been 593 cases of mumps so far. Cases of the highly...
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Taoiseach to Meet Donald Tusk in Dublin as Brexit Approaches
March 19, 2019 No Responses

Taoiseach to Meet Donald Tusk in Dublin as Brexit Approaches

The Taoiseach is meeting the European Council President in Dublin today – with just 10 days to go until Brexit. Donald Tusk and Leo Varadkar’s meeting comes ahead of a crucial summit of EU leaders later this week. The British...
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Half a Million Expected at Dublin’s St Patrick’s Day Parade
March 17, 2019 No Responses

Half a Million Expected at Dublin’s St Patrick’s Day Parade

Dublin’s St Patrick’s Parade will see about 500,000 throng the city streets today. The parade – whose theme this year is storytelling – begins at noon local time at Dublin’s Parnell Square, led by Grand Marshals Deirdre O’Ka...
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Fine Gael Increases Lead Over Fianna Fáil in Opinion Polls
March 16, 2019 No Responses

Fine Gael Increases Lead Over Fianna Fáil in Opinion Polls

Fine Gael has extended its lead over Fianna Fáil to six points in the latest Behavior & Attitudes poll for The Sunday Times. The latest poll will make comfortable reading for the Taoiseach, who’s currently on his St Patrick’s Day...
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Almost Quarter of a Million Passport Applications in 2019
March 16, 2019 No Responses

Almost Quarter of a Million Passport Applications in 2019

There has been almost a quarter of a million applications for Irish passports in less than three months. Simon Coveney said that more than 230,000 applications have been received to date this year. The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs...
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Taoiseach to End US Visit with March in Chicago
March 16, 2019 No Responses

Taoiseach to End US Visit with March in Chicago

The Taoiseach will march in the Chicago St Patrick’s Parade later today as his US series of engagements comes to a close. He spent last night discussing the plight of the undocumented Irish in America. Leo Varadkar’s US St Patrick’s...
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DUP Labels Brexit Talks with the Government as ‘Constructive’
March 15, 2019 No Responses

DUP Labels Brexit Talks with the Government as ‘Constructive’

The DUP has branded Brexit talks with the Government as “constructive” The move comes as Theresa May battles to build support for her EU withdrawal deal. The Prime Minister knows that winning support from the DUP could lead to her...
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President Trump Hails ‘Strong and Resilient’ US-Irish Relationship
March 14, 2019 No Responses

President Trump Hails ‘Strong and Resilient’ US-Irish Relationship

The United States and Ireland are bound together with ties of kinship and friendship, US president Donald Trump has said. Mr Trump described the relationship between the two countries as “strong and resilient” during an event in Washington DC attended...
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Varadkar and President Trump to Meet at White House Today
March 14, 2019 No Responses

Varadkar and President Trump to Meet at White House Today

Brexit and strengthening Irish-American relations will dominate today’s meeting between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and US President Donald Trump at the White House. They will hold a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office, before the annual St. Patrick’s Day Cele...
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