Tipperary Teen Entrepreneurs On Countdown To Student Enterprise National Final
23,600 students from 480 Irish secondary schools take part in Student Enterprise Programme through the Local Enterprise Offices every year, bringing the world of business into the classroom. Some of the county’s most enterprising teenagers are ‘counting down’ to the Student Enterprise Programme National Finals on Wednesday, May 2nd in Croke Park. Starting every September, […]
Spirit Of Excellence At Irish Restaurant Awards Cocktail Competition 2018
The Irish Restaurant Awards 2018 live cocktail competition, sponsored by Absolut Lime, took place today, Monday 23rd of April, in the Dublin Bar Academy, 141 North King Street, Arran Quay, Dublin 7. The themes of this year’s live cocktail competition was ‘This is Ireland’, which saw entrants create an original cocktail using Absolut Lime, […]
Irish Water Confirms River Shannon To Meet Urgent Water Needs Of Eastern And Midlands Region
Irish Water has published a report summarising feedback from the latest consultation on the Water Supply Project, Eastern and Midlands Region where the utility asked for views on its identification of the preferred scheme for a new water supply for the region and on the proposed environmental methodology for the Project Environmental Impact Assessment. The […]
Tour de Munster 2018 Announces Charity Partnership With DSI
Tour de Munster, the annual charity cycle entering its 18th year this August, officially announced April 21st, that it will once again “share the journey” with Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) Munster Branches for the 9th consecutive year. The partnership announcement took place at the ‘Unsung Hero Charity Cycle and Family Fun Day’ at Ballyseedy […]
Offaly Eateries To Compete At Al-Ireland Restaurant Awards 2018
The All-Ireland Restaurant Awards 2018 will be taking place on May 14th at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road. This will be the 10th anniversary since the beginning of the prestigious annual awards ceremony which is the largest and most coveted in the Irish hospitality industry. Since its beginning in 2009 the event has grown significantly […]
Motorists Believe Road Repairs Require urgent Attention – AA
Motorists rank road repairs as one of the key transport issues in 2018 as many roads have been left severely damaged following the harsh weather seen this winter, according to recent research from AA Car Insurance. In response to an AA Car Insurance survey of over 4,000 motorists, 83.34% of respondents identified repairing damaged roads as a […]
UL Newspaper Scoops National Media Award
Journalism students at UL have scooped the prestigious Newspaper of the Year title at the National Student Media Awards. Limerick Voice a 40-page local newspaper, produced by masters and fourth year Journalism and New Media students won the top media award in the category sponsored by The Irish Times. The UL newspaper is part of a module […]
Thousands Of Shoppers Plan To Ditch Plastic At Supermarkets In Ireland
This Saturday, thousands of shoppers nationwide are planning to leave leave their unwanted plastic packaging at supermarket retailers as part of the Sick of Plastic campaign organised by Friends of the Earth and VOICE Ireland. The campaign has received widespread public interest over the past month with over 360 people registering as local organisers. The […]
McGuiness Meets French President Ahead Of Strasbourg Debate
Mairead McGuinness MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament met the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, at the Parliament in Strasbourg as he addressed MEPs on his vision for the future of Europe this week. During the debate, McGuinness called for a strengthening of the links between the EU Parliament and national parliaments to address […]
Seven Industrial Sites Named On EPA’s Latest National Priortity Sites List For Enforcement
Seven industrial sites are currently on the EPA National Priority Sites List for Enforcement. Four of the sites are in the agri-food sector. The seven sites represent less than 1% of industrial sites licensed by the EPA yet account for 26% of complaints and 13% of open compliance investigation files. Five sites have come off the previous National […]
