Protesters gathered outside the Victory Centre in Firhouse, Dublin on Saturday, October 14th, to oppose the Church of Scientology’s grand opening of their new headquarters there. It was widely reported that the religious movement had purchased the building earlier this year in order to establish a European base of operations. Controversial leader of the Church
Storm Ophelia made landfall early Monday morning leaving three dead and hundreds of thousands without electricity. Gavin Hyland reports on the recovery operation from the worst storm to hit Ireland in half a century. The cleanup from storm Ophelia has begun and early estimations expect the damage to cost between €500 and €800 million with
A Saudi human rights group has been launched in Dublin two weeks ago, making it the first Saudi human rights group abroad. The launch of the group, Citizens Without Chains (CWC), took place on Friday the 29th of September at the Wood Quay Venue in Dublin. The group’s founder, Abdulaziz Almoayyad, is a businessman who
DIT has launched a brand new online web chat service for students to avail of counselling services from the comfort of their own homes. Quick consultations can now be carried out via Google Chat as students can instantly connect with trained counsellors based in almost every DIT campus every morning from 10am until 11am. Although
Dublin Bus, the Irish Wheelchair Association and the National Transport Authority have teamed up to launch a new awareness campaign for Dublin Bus wheelchair users. The campaign launch was attended by Finian McGrath TD and Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross TD. Dublin Bus only has one designated wheelchair space and if
The DSPCA have identified the scorpion that was discovered on a building site on Baggot Street in Dublin last Wednesday. It has been identified as Euscorpius Carpathicus, which can be identified by its colour; some are black with yellow spots and others an orange-brown colour. It is believed that the scorpion arrived to Ireland from
