A total of 250 new jobs have been announced by the professional services firm, Grant Thornton in Dublin. The firm provides financial advisory and accounting services and majority of its new placements will be in its new centre of excellence.…
The new French President has promised to unite a divided and fractured France after winning the election for the French presidency. The pro-EU centrist centrist candidate, defeated the far right’s Marine Le Pen, winning 66.06% of the vote to her…
A conference about national stereotyping & cultural identities in recent European crisis situations takes place from 9th to 11th of march at Trinity College. Recently, we could notice significant changes in Europe. Europe has to face serious political, social and…
Every year in Germany The Rosenmontag Carnival takes place. The most famous part of it is a parade with political caricatures. This year the Germans decided to be very ironic and cruelly depict what is going on nowadays in the…
Babylon Radio’s weekly column is here to provide you with a quick insight into some of the world’s most pressing issues. Merry Christmas! 2016 has been riddled with many newsworthy stories. Ranging from ‘Brexit’ to Donald Trump and celebrity deaths…
A record amount of Irish passports – over 700,000 – have been issued so far this year. The passport office tweeted the milestone: “Wow, we have just broken a new record, over 700,000 Passports have been issued so far this…
Babylon Radio’s weekly column is here to provide you with a quick insight into some of the world’s most pressing issues. The biggest political upset of our lives took place this week. Donald J. Trump’s ascendency to the role of…
The FTSE has closed at a near record high of 7,074.34 today, alleviating doubts about the state of the British economy in the wake of the Brexit result, but leaving many Irish investors short changed. The FTSE soared 1.3%, nearing the…
Bank of Ireland continues to trade “in line with expectations”, the company said today in advance of its annual shareholders meeting. It said improvements were achieved in the volume of non-performing loans while new lending increased. But its pension deficit…