ireland
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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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Army numbers decreasing despite recruitment drive
Despite a recruitment drive over the course of last year, there are more than 100 fewer Defence Forces personnel now than there were at the end of 2015. Following a Freedom of Information request, the Defence Forces released information which shows that 551…
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Creative Christmas addition to Dublin
Frost is a seasonal shopping experience which opened in Dublin city centre this week. Keeva Tyrrell reports on the latest Christmas addition to the capital’s streets. Located on the ground floor of the Fumbally Exchange on Dame Lane, the shop will run from…
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Over 22,000 recipients of paternity benefit in 2017
More than 22,000 fathers have taken paternity leave in 2017 so far. Figures released by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection show that 22,375 fathers have received paternity leave in the first ten months of the year. The payment for paternity…
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Dublin’s parks cost €3 million in 2016
Almost €3 million was spent on the maintenance of Dublin City’s parks in 2016, thecity.ie has learned. Over half of the total money was used to maintain the Phoenix Park with €1.57M spent, with costs ranging from pest control to animal welfare to…
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Access to music education on the rise
In 2016, then Taoiseach Enda Kenny pledged to have music education accessible to every young person in Ireland within the next five years. That might have seemed over ambitious to some; or to others, simply another case of the government making more false promises.…
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Adverse reactions to HPV vaccine decrease
The number of reported adverse reactions to the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine looks like it will fall substantially in 2017, according to figures released by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA). In information released under the FOI Act, HPRA records show that…
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Number of children in foster care falls by almost 200
An amendment to the Adoption Act 2017 now recognises foster children, who were born to married parents, as eligible for adoption. The new legislation, which was implemented in mid-October, opens a new door for children in foster care to be adopted. Before this,…
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Dublin rally for America’s ‘Dreamers’
A rally was held in Dublin on Monday evening in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme in the United States. The DACA programme was established by the Obama administration in 2012 to protect those who entered the US as…
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