Category: ireland
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Our Balbriggan is your Balbriggan
Balbriggan is Ireland’s youngest town with an average age of 30.8 years and Ireland’s fastest-growing town. There has been rapid immigration in the last two decades resulting in Ireland becoming an increasingly diverse country in terms of national and ethnic origin.
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Meet the Róg Poets
The Róg Poets are an up and coming hip-hop group hailing from South Dublin. Their unique sounds and smooth rhymes reflect the versatility of the growing Irish hip-hop scene. The group is comprised of Mory, Johnny Welfare, Baz Greko and Smokey, who all…
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Shamrock Growers in Clover as Sales Set to Rise Once Again
Abdul Aziz investigates how shamrock producers are preparing for their busiest time of year yet — St. Patrick’s Day — and what goes in to it
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Fewer Irish speakers according to Census 2016
Recent figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in November this year show that the number of people speaking Irish is declining. Information gathered during the 2016 census revealed that as of April 2016, 1,761,420 people (39.8% of the population), aged 3…
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Increase in female film production
Figures from the Irish Film Board have shown that the number of female producers involved in Irish filmmaking peaked in 2016, with 50 percent of film producing roles in 2016 undertaken by women. This was a twenty percentage point swing from the previous…
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Jack and Emily likely to be among top baby names again in 2017
As we come towards the end of 2017, data about trends throughout the year will begin to emerge. With this is mind we took a look at the most popular baby names in 2016, and what we expect to feature at the top…
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Irish Navy spent €1.25 million on Mediterranean mission in 2016
The Irish Navy has been operating military missions in the Mediterranean because thousands of refugees have drowned trying to cross to Europe. The well-documented crisis led to the Irish Navy being deployed on a humanitarian mission but that stance has also changed. Ireland…
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Timeline of Tánaiste’s demise
The Irish government was on the brink of collapse at the most crucial time in Brexit negotiations but surprisingly it was not Brexit that almost caused an early election. Louise Burne explains the timeline of events that almost brought down the Dáil. The…
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Average Irish household to spend over €2,600 this Christmas
Retail Ireland’s Christmas Monitor 2017 predicts an increase in total sales of over €100 million, with sales over the Christmas season to increase to €4.5 billion from €4.4 billion last year. Retail Ireland Director Thomas Burke said: “Now that the uncertain political…
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Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has estimated that greenhouse gas emissions in 2016 were 3.5 percent higher than in 2015. A report by the EPA shows that Ireland is one of four countries in Europe in which greenhouse gas emissions are still above…
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