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The numbers behind the rent crisis
There is a huge disparity between the average national house price and the average that people are paying to rent properties in Ireland, recent statistics have shown. Despite recent growth, national house prices in Ireland are 25 percent lower than they were in…
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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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Irish secondary schools offering little language choice
Less than half the secondary schools in the Dublin area offer a modern European language, aside from French, Spanish, German and Italian, as a Leaving Cert subject. According to the Department of Education, out of the 80 secondary schools in the Dublin area,…
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Over 15,000 people employed in Ireland didn’t complete primary school
More than 15,000 people in the Irish labour force over the age of 15 have had no formal education, according to the 2016 census. 12,827 of these are Irish Nationals, which equates to 84% of the total figure. Of those who have had…
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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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Chaotic Christmas lights event in Dublin leaves thousands disappointed
The annual Dublin Christmas lighting ceremony took place last Sunday on O’Connell Street, but not everything went to plan. Thousands of excited children, adults and grandparents lined the streets of Dublin to watch two festive parades, while hundreds more clustered around the forty-foot…
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RSA earned €3 million from failed driving tests
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has taken in over €3 million in income from failed driving tests this year. To be categorised as a failed driving test, an RSA spokeswoman said that a person must have sat their test and failed it. This…
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Dublin restaurant closes due to ‘filthy’ conditions
According to figures released by the HSE, Dublin has seen the most restaurant closures so far in 2017. Dublin accounted for 44 percent of the total closures in Ireland so far. Following Dublin is Donegal and Cork, each accounting for three percent of…
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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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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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