NEARY 50,000 families across Ireland have received the nation’s first ever new baby grants over the past year. The one-off €280 grant was introduced last year in the 2025 budget to help families provide for the material needs of a newborn baby or newly-adopted child. In the year since its launch, the Newborn Baby Grant has been paid out in respect of 49,841 children, at a cost … [Read more...] about Almost 50,000 Irish families receive newborn baby grants
Trade and cultural links ‘flourishing’ between Ireland and Slovakia
RELATIONS between Ireland and Slovakia are “flourishing” according to Minister for European Affairs Thomas Byrne. The Irish minister made the claim while in Bratislava this week to meet with Slovakia’s State Secretary for Foreign and European Affairs, Marek Eštok. The minister also had a meeting with the Slovak Parliament’s European Affairs Committee while in Slovakia’s capital … [Read more...] about Trade and cultural links ‘flourishing’ between Ireland and Slovakia
McEntee hits out at Trump’s tariff threat to countries opposed to his plan to acquire Greenland
IRELAND'S Foreign Affairs minister has hit out at US President Donald Trump, branding his plan to impose tariffs on counties opposed to his plan to acquire Greenland 'completely unacceptable'. Trump announced on Saturday that from February 1, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Britain, The Netherlands and Finland will face tariffs of 10 per cent on goods entering the … [Read more...] about McEntee hits out at Trump’s tariff threat to countries opposed to his plan to acquire Greenland
Former nun jailed for abuse of children at homes in Scotland run by Catholic order, the Sisters of Nazareth
A FORMER nun has been jailed after she was found guilty of cruelly abusing children in homes in Scotland run by the Catholic order, the Sisters of Nazareth. Carol Buirds, 75, as well as fellow former nun Eileen McElhinney, 78, and 68-year-old Dorothy Kane, who was employed as a support worker, were found guilty of subjecting multiple victims to cruel and unnatural treatment … [Read more...] about Former nun jailed for abuse of children at homes in Scotland run by Catholic order, the Sisters of Nazareth
TD proposes late licences for pubs in Ireland should national team reach World Cup finals
AN INDEPENDENT TD has proposed granting late licences for Ireland's pubs to allow them to screen the national team's World Cup games, should the Boys in Green qualify for the tournament. Ireland must overcome Czechia and either Denmark or North Macedonia in the play-offs to reach the group stage of the tournament in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Should they do so, they face … [Read more...] about TD proposes late licences for pubs in Ireland should national team reach World Cup finals