Irish Heart Foundation calls on the people of Offaly to escape their chair this September
The Irish Heart Foundation has today launched its month-long heart health campaign entitled, ‘Escape Your Chair’. The campaign, which aims to raise awareness of prolonged sitting as a risk factor for heart disease and stroke will be empowering and encouraging the public to move more and sit less throughout September for heart month, by providing […]
Ireland’s Moms and Dads are not benefiting from the States supports available to new parents
· Taxback.com: “At least 75% of the people we deal with do not know of the financial assistance they are entitled to” · Paternity Leave is still broadly underutilised across the board Tax refund specialists Taxback.com say that it has come to their attention that new parents in particular are overwhelmingly unaware of the […]
AA warns to expect significant increase in incidents and crashes on roads in September
The return of schools means a big increase in traffic volumes. It also means more traffic incidents, crashes and delays. AA Ireland is warning road users of the increased risk of collisions and incidents as commuter patterns return to peak levels after the Summer. An analysis of road traffic incidents reported to AA Roadwatch […]
EU Commission to help workers in event of ‘no deal’ Brexit – Hogan
Statement by Phil Hogan, EU Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development This morning (4 September 2019), the European Commission adopted the latest in a series of Brexit Preparedness Communications, in which we reiterated our call to all stakeholders to prepare for a no-deal scenario. In order to help businesses that trade with the UK, we […]
Compelling Stories; Real and Raw in TG4’s new Autumn Schedule
Powerful storytelling forms the backbone of TG4’s new Autumn schedule launched today in Cork City. TG4 is renowned for its documentaries and this season will not disappoint, with an array of compelling and moving stories that reflect Irish life. There is something for everyone in the line-up of music, sport, entertainment and travel programming that […]
Primary School Children Choose Entrepreneurship
60% of eleven and twelve-year-old Irish children say that they would like to be an entrepreneur in the future, according to a major new survey of 8000 children who spent 12-16 weeks creating classroom businesses in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme in 2019. 60% of girls indicated that they would choose entrepreneurship as their career, according […]
It’s the Final Countdown to Cannonball – Official route for spectators
Cannonball, the action-packed supercar spectacle, is set to roll on September 6th – 8th with proceeds to the Irish Cancer Society. Top mark cars including McLaren, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Porsche, Maserati, Rolls Royce and Bentley and Cannonball is the largest organised roadtrip in Europe. The event has already raised €1,016,000 for Irish charities and, […]
Another month of declining new car sales: Motor Industry calls on Government for no tax increases on new cars
Official statistics released today by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that the total new car registrations for the month of August are down 13.3% (5,131) when compared with August 2018 (5,921). New car registrations year to date are down 7.9% (110,572) on the same period last year (120,003). New Light Commercial […]
IFA Calls For Government Commission Of Investigation Into The Beef Sector
IFA President Joe Healy has called on the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to establish a statutory Commission of Investigation into the beef sector to establish processor and retailer margins along the supply chain. Mr. Healy said that the terms of reference would have to be agreed with farmers, but the Commission should have full […]
