Christmas spending surges with a 30% Debit and Credit Card spending increase recorded in early December
Early days of pre-Christmas 2024 spending shows a 30% increase versus the same period 2023 36 – 45s have spent the most money so far, this festive season – and like to make a last minute dash to the shops. Just over half (53%) say they occasionally / rarely / never plan ahead to cover […]
Circle K announces return of Christmas Car Wash fundraising initiative in support of The Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation
Circle K, Ireland’s leading forecourt and convenience retailer and largest car wash provider has today announced the return of its Christmas Car Wash initiative at participating stores nationwide. Now in its fourth year, the initiative will once again see funds raised go directly to the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation. From Wednesday, 18th December to Tuesday, 24th […]
Minister Ryan opens €50 million retrofit scheme for SMEs – Business Energy Upgrade Scheme
Business Energy Upgrade Scheme will support small and medium businesses to improve energy efficiency and save costs Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has launched a new €50 million Business Energy Upgrades Scheme (BEUS) to support small and medium sized businesses to carry out energy efficiency upgrades. The scheme will provide substantial […]
New Research Reveals Quality Time is at the ‘Center’ of Many Happy Families in Ireland
Center Parcs Ireland Research Study Reveals What Brings Families in Ireland Together Today Key Findings: Ireland scores 68.2 (out of 100) in the second ever national Family Togetherness Index, higher than the first index conducted in 2018 (65.3) Nearly half of (46%) parents say they experience more quality time with their children since the first […]
‘It takes a village’ – Offaly farming community urged to help teachers deliver farm safety education
AgriKids and Irish Rural Link are calling on communities to register their interest in a new farm safety education manual designed to support primary school teachers, and members of their local farming communities, with the tools needed to co-deliver an effective farm safety education programme in the classroom. Funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food […]
Offaly organic farmer and agronomist in the line-up for prominent agri-leadership conference
Offaly organic farmer and artisan food producer Margaret Edgill from Daingean and agronomist Thomas Murray from Banagher are among the scholars who will present the findings of their research at the upcoming 2024 Nuffield Ireland conference ‘Shaping the Future of Irish Agriculture’ which takes place in the Mount Wolseley Hotel, Carlow on Friday 15th November 2024. The annual event, sponsored by […]
Businesses to commit over €1 million to finance wildlife ponds, hedgerows and woodlands on farms across Ireland
Today marks the launch of ReFarm, by Pippa Hackett, Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity. ReFarm is a new national initiative aimed at making farming for nature sustainable and scalable, while providing businesses with an opportunity to fund nature-positive actions on Irish farms in a way that can be reported on under new […]
Offaly schools invited to apply for Law Society Solicitors of the Future programme for Transition Year students
Second-level schools in Offaly are invited to apply for a place on the Law Society of Ireland’s Solicitors of the Future work experience programme for Transition Year (TY) students interested in learning about life as a solicitor in practice. The popular week-long programme will take place at the Law Society in Dublin in February 2025. President […]
Over 600 million Plastic Bottles and Cans Brought Back by People in Ireland
Over 600 million drinks containers have been returned since the launch of the Deposit Return Scheme on February 1, 2024. Almost 900,000 plastic bottles and cans were returned at events. Over €70,000 in deposit donations has been raised for the Return for Children charity initiative, with 470,000 containers donated. Re-turn, the operator of Ireland’s […]
