Irish Government funded 190 projects serving community in Britain this year

NEARLY 200 projects serving the Irish diaspora in Britain were supported by emigrant support programme (ESP) funding over the past year. Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs awarded €17.5m in supports and grants for diaspora-related projects across the country they confirmed as they marked the 20th anniversary of the ESP scheme. Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, … [Read more...] about Irish Government funded 190 projects serving community in Britain this year

THERE have been tearful reunions at Dublin Airport this week as Irish people arrived home for the Christmas holidays. Emotions ran high at the airport as people now located across the globe made their way back to see family and friends for the festive season. Thomas Taylor kisses his two-year-old daughter as he reutrns home via Dublin Airport The airport captured many of the … [Read more...] about Tearful reunions as Irish people return home for Christmas

IRELAND’S first supervised drug injecting centre has opened in Dublin. The site, located in the city's Riverbank Centre, provides a supervised space where drug users can inject drugs under the care of trained medical professionals. Minister of State Colm Burke granted an 18-month licence to the centre, which is a pilot facility being operated under Merchants Quay Ireland. It … [Read more...] about First supervised drug injecting centre opens in Ireland

TRIBUTES have been paid to a father-of-one who was killed in a horror accident in Kildare. Jason Hallahan died after the car he was driving went into the Grand Canal at Grangeclare West in Kilmeague at around 8pm on December 22. Garda at the scene of the incident at Grangeclare West in Kilmeague, Co. Kildare The Prosperous native was removed from the water and treated by … [Read more...] about Tributes to Kildare man killed in ‘tragic accident’

GARDAÍ have appealed for witnesses to a hit-and-run in Dublin to come forward. A pedestrian, aged in his 40s, was seriously injured when he was hit by a car in Rathmines at around 8.45pm on December 22. The car involved did not remain at the scene. The collision happened on Lower Rathmines Road in Rathmines, at around 8.45pm on December 22 The man is currently in a stable … [Read more...] about Appeal for witnesses after pedestrian seriously injured in Dublin hit-and-run