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AN EMERGENCY exercise has been hosted by the Irish and British Governments to help prepare for an attack on their shared undersea cables. The desktop exercise, titled Eastern Pearl, which was carried out yesterday, was the first of its kind. It took place in Dublin, where a simulated scenario saw disruption caused to multiple cables which lie under the Irish Sea. Minister … [Read more...] about Ireland and UK host joint emergency exercise to prepare for subsea attack

GARDAÍ have issued a fresh appeal for information this week on the 36th anniversary of the murder of bookmaker Dessie Fox. Detectives at Naas Garda Station continue to investigate the murder of the 47-year-old who was shot at Healy’s Bridge in Prosperous, Co. Kildare on September 30, 1990. The well-known on-course bookmaker, who was from Dungannon in Co. Tyrone, had left his … [Read more...] about Appeal for information on 36th anniversary of murder of bookmaker Dessie Fox

ATLANTIC salmon numbers in Ireland are in “serious decline” according to a government-commissioned review of stock levels. The study found those stocks to be in “serious and sustained decline”, with the number of wild salmon returning to Ireland falling from well over one million annually during the 1970s to fewer than 200,000 in recent years. Atlantic salmon are at risk of … [Read more...] about Atlantic salmon numbers in ‘serious and sustained decline’ in Ireland

A NEW podcast is exploring the lives of Irish women who made London their home, from the 1960s through to the 1990s. For Renee Gallagher, the story is personal. Born in Sligo, Gallagher moved to London in the late 1980s and has lived there ever since. Around 15 years ago she began volunteering with London-based charity Ashford Place before climbing the ladder to become its … [Read more...] about ‘We’re always the popular auntie’: Irish women’s London stories celebrated in new podcast

MORE than €200m could be raised if Ireland was to impose a levy on visitors, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Galway have explored the concept of a tourist tax as a vehicle to generate additional revenue for the Irish Government. Their policy brief Designing a Visitor Accommodation Levy (VAL) for Ireland showed that an efficient scheme could raise … [Read more...] about Applying a tourist tax in Ireland could raise €200m a year