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Dublin’s housing crisis isn’t new - one in four lived in cramped one-room tenements in 1911, data shows
The Journal
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July 3, 2025
THE HOUSING CRISIS may be regular front-page news, but data from 1911 shows Dublin’s overcrowding problems are nothing new – and were once far worse. Nearly a quarter of Dublin’s population was living in one-room tenements in 1911, according to...
Irish Examiner view: Free bets escalate gambling problems
Irish Examiner
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July 4, 2025
Readers who are annoyed by gambling company advertisements that offer free bets to customers are on to something, to judge by a new report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).The ESRI says that people at risk of problem gambling...
Dublin radiographer banned from conducting X-rays on under 18s for a year
Dublin Live
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July 4, 2025
A radiographer who was found guilty of professional misconduct over his inappropriate behaviour in carrying out a chest X-ray on a young female patient whom he later tried to contact via social media has been banned from conducting any radiography...
Irish pub with 'distinct personality' boasting stellar accommodation up for sale
Galway Beo
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July 3, 2025
A popular pub in a Galway town that not only has a stellar accommodation offering but also beautiful views, has been put up for sale. Sextons Bar, located on Main Street, Kinvara, has been a central point of the village for decades boasting a...
Ferry service linking Ireland and France set to be scrapped
The Irish Post
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July 3, 2025
A FERRY service linking Ireland and France is set to be scrapped later this year. Stena Line has confirmed they plan to withdraw their three-day Rosslare-Cherbourg service, following a “strategic route review”. The last sailing will depart...
Greenhouse emissions fell 2% last year but Ireland is still way off reaching its climate targets
The Journal
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July 4, 2025
IRELAND’S GREENHOUSE GAS emissions fell by 2% last year, according to data released by the Environmental Protection Agency, which warned that the rate of reduction is still far off what’s needed to reach national and EU targets. In total, 54...
Dublin make two changes for All-Ireland semi-final clash with Cork
Irish Examiner
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July 3, 2025
Dublin have made two changes to their named side for Saturday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Cork.Conor Donohoe and Darragh Power come into the team for suspended captain Chris Crummey and Diarmaid Ó Dúlaing. Donohoe is free to play have...
Diary of a Gen Z Student: The differences between Irish and Portugese men when it comes to flirting
Irish Examiner
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July 4, 2025
‘Stay away from those Portuguese boys’, was the sage advice my father gave to me as he kindly dropped me to Terminal 1 of Dublin airport last week. Classic fatherly advice. And classic daughterly reaction: I laughed at him. I was going to Lisbon...
US multinationals to increase employee numbers in Ireland
RTE Ireland
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July 3, 2025
60% of US multinationals that are members of the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland plan to increase employee numbers here over the next year. The findings of a new survey carried out by the American Chamber also show that a further 32.5% of US...
Renishaw Helps Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) to Advance Aerospace Optics Manufacturing
Automation.com
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July 3, 2025
July 03, 2025 Renishaw Inc News Renishaw Helps Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) to Advance Aerospace Optics Manufacturing July 3, 2025 - Renishaw has collaborated with Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) to support groundbreaking research into...
Tourism Ireland and VisitBritain celebrate The British and Irish Lions Tour launch
Travel Weekly
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July 4, 2025
Tourism Ireland and VisitBritain have celebrated The British and Irish Lions Tour by co-hosting an engaging an entertaining trade and media event during The British & Irish Lions vs Queensland Reds rugby match. The event brought together travel...
Cork and Dublin make changes ahead of semi-final
BBC
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July 3, 2025
Both Cork and Dublin show changes to their teams for Saturday's All-Ireland hurling semi-final at Croke Park. The game, with throw-in set for 17:00 BST, will be broadcast live on BBC Two NI, as well as the iPlayer and BBC Sport website. The...
Taoiseach warns trade ban on Israeli settlements could hit Irish companies under US anti-boycott laws
The Journal
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July 3, 2025
TAOISEACH MICHEÁL MARTIN has said the government must tread carefully when considering the expansion of its proposed trade ban with Israeli settlements, stressing that including services could inadvertently harm Irish-based multinational companies...
Most US firms in Ireland to grow or keep jobs despite global pressure, survey finds
Irish Examiner
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July 3, 2025
The overwhelming majority of US businesses in Ireland plan to increase or maintain their employment levels in Ireland despite the global uncertainty, and deliberate efforts by US president Donald Trump to bring more manufacturing back to the...
Young man and teenager charged over Dublin firebomb attack that destroyed family home
The Journal
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July 3, 2025
TWO PEOPLE HAVE been charged in connection with the firebomb attack on a family home in Ballyfermot, Dublin last month. A man in his 20s and a juvenile in his teens were arrested and charged with criminal damage by fire. Both are due to appear in...
Man racially abuses tourist in horrific viral Dublin Bus video
Dublin Live
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July 3, 2025
A video has gone viral of a man repeatedly shouting horrific racial abuse at a tourist on a Dublin Bus over the weekend. The shocking video shows the man continuously shouting racist remarks regarding Covid-19 at a Dublin Bus passenger who was...
Exclusive East Belfast street to get Irish street signs after Alliance/Unionist block broken
Belfast Live
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July 3, 2025
A decision at a City Hall committee meeting to block the erection of Irish street signs on an East Belfast street where almost half of the occupiers opposed the move has been reversed. At a Belfast City Council committee meeting last month, the...
‘It’s widespread. Every age cohort, every walk of life. Fraud doesn’t see the customer, it sees the account,’ CEO of Bank of Ireland Retail on a scourge of the digital era
Irish Independent
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Digital alternatives are a challenge to the pillar banks, but Susan Russell says experience and staffing are their trump cards Susan Russell, CEO Bank of Ireland Retail. Photo: Fergal Phillips Yesterday at 06:30 Susan Russell knows Bank of Ireland...
OTB must not 'disadvantage Ireland unduly' - Martin
RTE Ireland
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July 4, 2025
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the aim of the Occupied Territories Bill must be to apply pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza, rather than "disadvantage Ireland unduly". He said this meant the Government had to take into account, when...
For the craic: I taunted those poor, sunburned British tourists with my Irish passport
The Journal
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July 3, 2025
IT LOOKED LIKE we might miss our flight. The airline wouldn’t give us our boarding passes – we were travelling from Malaga to London – without checking my girlfriend’s papers. She’s from Spain but has worked in the NHS for 10 years. There was only...