The favourite choice for a quick lunch is the ham and cheese sandwich A homemade lunch is becoming a rarity in the country. And whose fault is that? The new lifestyle they have, more work less time to cook. Besides, the health problems this new habit can bring, their wallets are complaining. A new research […]
In The Age of Profits-First, Aer Lingus’ Actions Show Compassion For Families Affected By Berkeley Balcony Collapse Waking up this morning you may have noticed Aer Lingus trending online after what has been described as “an act of compassion” from the airline towards those affected by the Berkeley tragedy. Jonathan Wallace, from Dalkey in County […]
Visitors can see one of the tallest ships in Dublin Port Who wants to know what the inside of a big ship is like has to visit the Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican tall ship docked at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay in Dublin. It is one of the world’s largest tall ships, weighing 1,800 tonnes, 270 ft […]
The world has more the 6,000 languages, 182 you can listen in Ireland Outside home´s door: “Good Morning”. Inside: “Dzień dobry”, “Bonjour”or “Bună dimineaţa”. In Ireland, more than one in 10 speak a language other than English or Irish when at home. The 2011 census recorded a total of 182 different languages spoken across the […]
Tom Morris I am so moved by what Ireland has done. I am surprised by how much this has impacted me emotionally. I’m a gay Irish American with roots in Manorhamilton, Leitrim. I am deeply grateful to all the Yes voters. To the legion of non-LGBT people who worked so hard to bring this day […]
Newcastle United 2 West Ham United 0 When it was all over, as Newcastle looked back over the wreckage of their season and basked in a pleasure that had been a long time coming, one moment stood out. There was bitterness and there was rancour. Yet the mutiny, for once, was not that of Newcastle’s […]
New data show Ireland’s unemployment rate fell to 9.9 per cent in the first quarter of the year, the first time since the fateful year of 2008 that the rate came in below 10 per cent. This represents a key psychological threshold, although the figures show that more than 200,000 people are still without work. […]
Revenues at Vodafone Ireland fell almost 3 per cent as inter-operator revenues fell and competition continued in the pay-as-you-go market. Revenues were €935.8 million in the year to March 31st 2015, a 2.6 per cent decline compared with the previous period. But the operator, which has around 2 million mobile customers, said contract subscriptions rose […]
The ownership of Eircom is back up for grabs after it rejected a “credible” offer of up to €3.3 billion, while its biggest shareholder has also sold a quarter of the group to Anchorage Capital, a US investment house. Anchorage, which has global operations and is headquartered in New York, did not comment when asked if […]
Tony Fadell, the executive that Google put in charge of its Glass wearable device, says there will be “no sacred cows” when the company begins its rethink of the product. In January, Google suspended sales of the test versions of the device, having previously suggested the high-tech spectacles would go on general sale by the […]
