Category: ireland
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No need for €1,000 student fee increase
Calls from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (PER) to increase third level fees by at least €1,000 appear unjustified when recent university figures are taken into account. University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland’s largest university, reported a surplus of over €20 million…
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Dublin City Council unable to determine the number of places of worship
It is impossible to know the exact number of places of religious worship in Dublin, according to Dublin City Council. The recent announcement about the arrival of the Church of Scientology’s European Headquarters in Firhouse has raised the question of what other religious…
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Ireland last in EU for reading news online
Ireland ranks dead last in reading news online and has one of the highest percentages of booking travel and holiday accommodation in Europe. A 2017 edition of Eurostat’s ‘The life of women and men in Europe’ shows there are large differences in…
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2800% increase in number of emergency beds
Peter McVerry Trust (PMVT) annual report has revealed an increase of 2,800% in the number of beds it has provided in emergency accommodation in the last decade. The figures released in the latest annual report by the national housing and homeless charity revealed…
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New alcohol laws put in place to tackle Ireland’s binge drinking problem
New minimum prices on some alcoholic beverages will effectively ban the low-cost sales of alcoholic products. The proposed law of a minimum unit pricing of 10 cent per gram of alcohol will mainly affect drinks with higher alcohol content levels and the majority…
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Reduction in euthanasia for Dublin’s dogs
Last year saw a significant decrease in the number of stray or abandoned dogs in Dublin being euthanised when compared to 2015. Figures obtained from each of the council offices show how out of 1,423 dogs claimed by the four Dublin councils, 109…
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Number of students receiving grants up almost 19,000 since 2013
The number of third-level students that have received financial grants over the past five years has risen by 18,778 in Ireland. According to figures provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), the number of students that have received financial grants rose from 60,022…
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More public transport journeys despite 2016 strikes
Most Dubliners chose to travel on Dublin Bus in 2016 according to new figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Over 125 million bus journeys were taken over the course of the twelve months. The number of bus journeys taken in 2016…
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Thirteen a month die on our roads in 2017
Almost thirteen people are dying per month on Irish roads in 2017, according to figures from the Road Safety Authority. The figures show data from January to 30th June 2017 and are released as Minister for Transport, Tourism, and Sport Shane Ross proposed…
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The pressures of being an influencer
Influencer. It seems to be the term of the moment. This single word is usually always followed by the same question; what the hell is an influencer? To put it simply, an influencer is a social media user who has an influence…
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