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As Refillz shops emerge, cost and plastic reduction remain uncertain
By Iqra Siddiqui Plastic is embedded in everyday life, shaping how people shop, consume, and dispose. But refill shops are emerging as an alternative, offering a way to cut down on single-use packaging. But higher costs and convenience barriers continue to influence consumer behaviour. Experts suggest it could help reduce plastic waste. However, the question…
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Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin announced that the Government plans to build 10,000 social housing units over the next four years. The €2.2 billion sum will be the first major investment in housing by the Government since 2009. “The Government is determined to meet the scale of investment commensurate with the challenge,”…
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The rise in the contribution charge announced in the budget leaves a bad taste in the mouth for many students. Fees are up €250 making it an even €3,000 to pay most college registration fees next year. The Back To Education Allowance and the Student Grant scheme however have been left unaffected. There has been…
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In Ireland we produce about one million tonnes of food waste annually and if we give each tonne a value of roughly €2000 that equates to over €2 billion of food not being used and going in the bin. It is also estimated that 600,000 people experience some form of food poverty in this country.…
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The Dublin Hangover Service popped up on my radar around a year ago, invading my Facebook newsfeed as its page gained thousands of ‘likes’, seemingly overnight. The service was designed to bring items like McDonald’s, coke and crisps to punters who needed food the morning after a night out, but who also felt the journey…
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Soaring rent prices and a lack of accommodation in Dublin is forcing third level students to choose to study outside of the capital or in many cases, commute. Finding accommodation, and the money to finance it, is a huge struggle for students and one student who knows this more than most is 22 year old, Cian.…
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Last Saturday saw, according to whoever’s statistics one chooses to believe, 30,000, 100,000 or even 150,000 protesters marching through Dublin. But what became of the people we were all talking about three years ago: the Occupy Dame Street Movement? The short answer is that, like Monty Python’s legendary parrot, it is dead and deceased. It is…
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