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New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that people were happier with their lives last year compared to 2021 amid Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.
The CSO said that 28.9% of respondents to its Survey on Income and Living Conditions survey reported high levels of satisfaction with...
Tented accommodation for asylum seekers will be provided at Thornton Hall in the very near future, the Department of Integration has confirmed.
The Department said it is working with the Irish Prison Service and the Department of Justice to use a portion of the 160-acre site for this emergency...
The Department of Education spent €282 million on the purchase of modular accommodation last year, an Oireachtas committee has heard.
Separately, over the past three years, the department spent €113m renting prefabs, the Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) was told.
Secretary-General of the...
IBM is to create an additional 800 jobs across Ireland over the next three years.
The roles will be in area such as research and development, digital sales and consulting.
They will be located in IBM's Dublin campus, as well as in its office in Cork and at its Red Hat subsidiary in Waterford...
Public sector workers have called for increased starting salaries in the civil and public service amid claims that pay for new entrants is far too low.
Motions on the issue have been passed at the biennial conference of Fórsa, the country's largest public sector trade union.
More than 700...
The Simon Communities of Ireland and Simon Community Northern Ireland have estimated that more than 30,000 households across the island of Ireland are experiencing hidden homelessness.
Hidden homelessness is a term used to describe those who may be considered homeless, but whose housing...
Alarm is reported to have been expressed at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party tonight, during a lengthy discussion on migration, after TDs and Senators were warned that there could be between 26,000 to 30,000 asylum applications this year.
Minister for Finance Michael McGrath is said to have...
The quality of bathing water in Ireland is high, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said, with just over two weeks to go to the start of the official bathing season.
The report found that 97% of designated bathing locations met or exceeded the minimum standard, with 77% deemed...
The use of electric scooters by children under the age of 16 in a public place is to be prohibited from next Monday, under regulations signed by Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan and published yesterday.
Under the Road Traffic (Electric Scooters) Regulations the ordinary speed limit for an...
A group representing international doctors working in Ireland has called for reform of the visa processing system, to enable family members join them.
The Irish Society of International Doctors (ISID) said hundreds of doctors have been facing lengthy delays in getting visas for their spouse and...
The Dublin portal has been closed and will reopen later this week after a solution of "blurring" to address lewd behaviour in front of the installation has been deemed as unsatisfactory.
The livestream art project allows people in Dublin and New York to connect via a live video feed.
The...
President Michael D Higgins has condemned attacks on aid convoys providing humanitarian relief to Gaza.
Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks headed for Gaza yesterday, throwing food packages on the road in the latest in a series of incidents that have come as Israel has pledged to allow...
The Tánaiste has warned that a "disturbing" aspect of being the victim of a fake online ad is that "it is part of the revenue model of these companies".
Micheál Martin told the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence that when he sought to have the matter addressed: "The companies don't...
A third Irish student encampment in support of the people of Palestine has been established at University College Cork (UCC).
Up to 40 students at the college have pitched tents in the UCC main quad. They say their action is taking place in the context "of the horrific ground invasion of...
The Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA) has appealed to the Government to re-engage in talks regarding a State apology and an appropriate compensation package to include provisions for medical expenses.
Reacting to a statement today by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly that he would "love to...
Three hundred jobs are to go in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh with the closure of a call centre by a telecoms company.
Economy Minister Deirdre Hargey said the news that BT planned to withdraw from the town was a huge disappointment.
The company had warned earlier this year that it might...
Logistics company Primeline Group has announced 400 jobs across a range of disciplines, with the opening of a €50 million distribution hub in Ashbourne, Co Meath.
The company said the new 360,000sq/ft development is the largest Irish-owned net zero energy building compliant distribution centre...
Labour leader Ivana Bacik has expressed concern at the plan to cut payments to Ukrainian refugees, claiming such a policy could amount to targeting of older people and women with children.
She called for "clarity" that the new Goverment policy will be fair.
Ukrainian refugees who came to...
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has told the Dáil that 9,000 "wasteful" long-term lease agreements, costing more than €3 billion, have been agreed by Government to provide social housing.
She said it is a very sweet deal for the property funds and in some cases it costs far more than the...
There have been further calls from across the Opposition benches for the Dáil the debate the migrant crisis.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said that there are "unfortunate, vulnerable people living in a tent at the side of a canal", which "is utterly scandalous," and is causing...