IKEA will give a free cooked breakfast to all customers who make their way to their Dublin store in the correct clothing this weekend. The Swedish furniture chain is asking all visitors to turn up in their pyjamas on Saturday, September 7 and earn themself a free cooked breakfast in the Ikea café. Those who make the journey will need to be a Ikea Family member, the store’s … [Read more...] about Ikea offers free breakfast to Irish customers who turn up in correct clothing this weekend
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Beauty of Donegal revealed in new geophysical county maps
A SERIES of new geophysical maps released this week unveil the hidden beauty of Co. Donegal. Three images have been released by the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) organisation in their ongoing Tellus county maps project. Showcasing the county from an entirely new perspective, the colourful maps show the magnetic, electromagnetic, and radiometric properties of the land … [Read more...] about Beauty of Donegal revealed in new geophysical county maps
‘Increasingly difficult’ to manage parishes across Ireland due to priest shortages, bishop warns
IT is becoming “increasingly difficult” to manage Catholic Church parishes in one of Ireland’s largest dioceses due a priests shortage a bishop has warned. Retirement among the clergy and a lack of new vocations over successive years has left the Diocese of Killaloe struggling to maintain “full cover” to the five counties it serves. The vocations crisis prompted the Diocese to … [Read more...] about ‘Increasingly difficult’ to manage parishes across Ireland due to priest shortages, bishop warns
‘Baggage reclaim is a joke’: Belfast International ranked among worst airports
BELFAST International Airport has been ranked among the worst airports in a survey of passengers undertaken earlier this year. In April 2024, Which? surveyed almost 5,000 people about their experiences at airports in Britain and Northern Ireland in the previous 12 months. Respondents, who rated the airports across 11 categories, including seating, staff, toilets and queues at … [Read more...] about ‘Baggage reclaim is a joke’: Belfast International ranked among worst airports
Taoiseach pledges to stand with Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’
TAOISEACH Simon Harris has pledged Ireland will stand with Ukraine for “as long as it takes” during a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. The two leaders signed a joint memorandum on areas of co-operation during the meeting, which included common work on demining Ukraine and on cyber security. Mr Harris, who announced a €36m package for Ukraine and neighbouring … [Read more...] about Taoiseach pledges to stand with Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’