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Ireland welcomes a wave of international visitors for the St. Patrick’s Day weekend festivities
Hundreds of thousands of international tourists are expected to travel to the country over the bank holiday weekend for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. By Alex Cloud Fáilte Ireland estimates that over 589,000 people attended the three-day St. Patrick’s Day festival last year, which generated €138 million in visitor revenue. While the figures for the current year are undetermined, Dublin Live reported that over half a million people were in…
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Freedom Flotilla activist Dr Veronica O’Keane told The City she felt “utterly abandoned” by the Irish Government in their response to their capture in international waters. The group experienced “absolute brutality,” while in custody, according to Keane, “No opportunity was too small to be used as a weapon of humiliation,” she said. O’Keane and Fionn MacAurthur were two of the 22 Irish citizens on the Freedom Flotilla mission delivering…
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An Coimisiún Pleanála (APC) has given the Dublin Airport Authority the green light to build a new runway viewing platform on the Old Airport Road. The plans for a dedicated viewing area will finally meet the demands of plane spotters across Ireland, who have been calling for such a facility for years. The current viewing…
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Jennie’s Law is set to be introduced after Cabinet approved Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan’s memorandum on Oct. 21. Jennie’s Law has been named in honour of domestic abuse victim, Jennifer Poole, who was tragically murdered by her ex-partner, Gavin Murphy, in April 2021. Jennifer was just 24 years old when she was stabbed to death…
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Despite clear laws protecting their right to vote, citizens with intellectual disabilities still face real issues at the ballot box. From confusing, and non-publicised information, to inaccessible polling places, it’s a quiet form of exclusion that is rarely spoken about. Conor Barrett, from Leixlip, has a rare syndrome called ‘MYT1L’, which is a neurodevelopmental disorder.…
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Photo: Mary Phelan Senator Tom Clonan – retired army captain, security advisor, member of Seanad Eireann, author and carer Tom Clonan is a busy man. He started his working life in the Army. He later became an academic, lecturing in the School of Media at TU Dublin. From 2001 to 2016 he was the Irish…
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A new survey shows that Ireland faces several challenges and major international problems, which make it hard for young people to grow up with confidence and ease when looking towards the future. According to the most recent Central Statistics Office (CSO) “Growing Up in Ireland” survey, people aged 25 are mostly concerned about housing…
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