Category: News
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Government promises to meet social housing needs – How do they measure up?
With plans to spend €1.2 billion on social housing, and an announcement of capital funding to support the delivery of over 11,000 new social homes in 2020, the Government’s 2020 Budget has made clear commitments. But, how much exactly has been spent on…
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“At least in Ireland I have a better life”
Dublin will ensure you’ll discover amazing homemade scones, caffeine shots in hidden cafés and the perfect vintage clothes in a second-hand shop. To a historic landmark with an inspiring back story or a chance to chat with a Dublin character, this city is…
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Dublin Airport’s new runway to attract more tourists to our shores
The tourism sector of the Irish economy is set to receive a major boost with the building of a new runway at Dublin Airport. In 2018, over 31 million people passed through Dublin Airport, travelling to over 180 destinations across the world. An…
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Are bigger muscles worth the life-threatening effects?
The last decade has seen a complete transformation of the fitness industry in Ireland. Our country is now filled with commercial gyms, boxing clubs, training academies and smaller, private gyms. However, with this surge in health and training, there is now more pressure…
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Is social media doing enough to combat abusive content?
Twitter has disputed claims it hasn’t done enough to deal with abusive content on its platform after being questioned about racist abuse directed towards a mixed race couple living in Ireland.
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PrEP programme to be introduced in Ireland by November
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Health Minister Simon Harris and Health Promotion Minister Catherine Byrne have announced that a HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) programme will begin from November.
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Trinity animal testing increases by 90 percent
Figures received under Freedom of Information legislation have found that the number of animals used for experiments in Trinity college have more than doubled in the last year
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Nationalities of international undergraduate students in Ireland’s ‘Big 3’ Universities revealed for academic year 17/18
University College Dublin (UCD) has 7,869 international undergraduate students, making up 27 percent of total undergraduate student numbers in that college for the academic year 2017/2018. The college had another 21,257 Irish undergraduate students in that time. Meanwhile, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has…
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The formation of the suicide-prevention group Marinewatch that has saved 156 lives
Established in December 2012, the suicide-prevention group Marinewatch has worked tirelessly every single night for the past six years. During this time, they have dealt with a total of 334 incidents, 156 of which were suicide interventions. Wexford town has been well known…
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Climate change in Ireland, a societal as well as environmental issue
A report published by a United Nations Intergovernmental Panel back in October found that the potential consequences of climate change are even worse than initially projected. The report found that current trends project the planet warming over the 1.5-degree celsius mark between 2030…
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