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TV celebrity Piers Morgan says he has been inundated with critical emails after describing himself as Irish while commenting on Thierry Henry handling the ball during the France-Ireland World Cup play-off. He tells me: 'My...
Parts of Co Clare are on high flood alert because of increasing water levels in the river Shannon. The ESB has been forced to release a significant amount of water at the Parteen Weir due to rising water levels in the River...
Fifty children in the Taoiseach's hometown lose out in lottery By John Whelan Sunday November 22 2009 A high-profile midland's convent was forced to hold a lottery to allocate the last remaining places for next year's intake of...
By Gordon Deegan Friday November 13 2009 Local authorities across the country have received over €44m from the Government's contentious second-home levy from the owners of 220,000 homes. The money generated from the owners of...
Thousands of workers around the country have taken to the streets in a series of marches to protest against proposed Government cuts in pay and services. Rallies were held in Dublin, Cork, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick, Sligo,...
Mayo Historical & Archaeological Society will be holding their next lecture in this seasons series on Monday next, 16th November at 8.00pm. sharp in The Michael Davitt Room, 1st. floor in GMIT, Castlebar. This lecture is being...
Over a chorus of gleeful Irish pub-goers literally singing Barack Obama's praises, NBC's Al Roker, broadcasting live from Ireland on Monday's Today show, explored the current president's Irish roots as he observed: "As St....
Picking up from Al Roker's puffery about Barack Obama's Irish heritage from Monday, NBC's Meredith Vieira, on Tuesday's Today show asked Ireland's President Mary McAleese to gauge the U.S. President's popularity on the Emerald...
A majority of local authorities cannot account for more than 40% of the water supply for which they are responsible. Five city and county councils cannot account for more than 50%. The Minister for the Environment, John...
Figures issued today by business information services company Experian shows that the retail vacancy rate for County Offaly is currently 27.1% which is 12.4% per cent higher than the all Ireland county average of 14.7%.
