Mayo County council have expressed concerns recently about the safety of elderly people in the county when operating mobility scooters. They have said that in recent times there have been…

Deputy Anne Ferris is to propose a bill to the government that would amend the Employment Act 1998. The proposed bill from Deputy Ferris would scrap the compulsory retirement age…

The Garda Club on Harrington Street in Dublin is to finally close its doors and will be sold 50 years on from when it first opened.  The location was very…

March saw the first ever state auction of former Garda Stations. The auction was held at Ganly Walter’s offices in Dublin. The former stations that were sold were  Mallow Road,…

The Minister for Health and the National Treatment Purchase Fund has been strongly urged by Age Action Ireland to clarify exactly what cuts are being made to payments to nursing…

Retired Garda Sergeant Patrick Doherty sadly passed away earlier this week at 6.20 am on St. Patrick’s Day at Marymount Hospice in Co Cork. Mr. Doherty was originally from Charlestown…

The Saint Patrick’s Day bank holiday weekend is once again upon us. The whole world it seems will once again come alive with the festivities  and go green on March…

Saturday the 17th of May will see  the Annual Garda Remembrance day take place in Dubhlinn Gardens, Dublin Castle. As always hundreds of members and former members of the Gardai…

An Taisce has published a map in the style of the “London Underground” of current transport proposals that it hopes will soon become a reality in the greater Dublin area. …

Figures of European car sales for 2013 has shown that Ireland is last in terms of the take up of electric vehicles. A survey that has been carried out on…

New road traffic laws have come into effect as of yesterday. The new laws include roadside impairment tests, novice driver licences and higher penalty points will be awarded for drivers…

In January The Community Foundation for Ireland announced the launch of its Older Persons’ Fund. The fund opened for applications on 3rd of February and intends to continue the foundation’s…

It has been announced that pensioners who earn an average of €16,000 each year  will face cuts to their payment as new proposals that are intended to put an end…

Billionaire Donald Trump has has purchased Doonbeg Golf Club and five-star lodge located in County Clare. It will surely be another feather in the tycoon’s hat as the location is…

Irish Olympic boxing medallist Kenny Egan has announced that he will stand for Fine Gael in the local elections and said that his approach will be to “keep it real.”…

The company who operates  the State-owned, barrier-free toll have said that  there are on average 78 instances every day of drivers tailgating lorries, mistakenly believing that this prevents cameras reading…

Uniformed Gardai were shot at during an ATM robbery in Wexford in the early hours of this morning.  The incident occurred at 3.30am this morning when Gardai were alerted to…

Experts have advised the Irish government to consider investing in an early warning tsunami system because of the dangers posed by fault lines around the Atlantic Ocean. The recent major…

Tributes have been paid today to former Detective Superintendent PJ Browne who passed away suddenly, aged just 62. Mr. Browne had also been the crime analyst for the Herald newspaper…

The Government  has allocated a €15 million flood relief fund which will deal with the immediate causes of hardship, discomfort and relocation caused by the recent storms according to Taoiseach…

An Irish photographer has been shortlisted for the famous 2014 Sony World Photography Awards. Irish man Ivor Prickett has made it onto the shortlist in the People category of the…

On Ireland’s major main streets the sight of buskers is common place. They play everything from Bob Dylan to The Dubliners, some of it is good and some of it…

Dementia affects 25% of in patients in Irish care facilities and costs the government a massive €21 million every year. It is a condioton that most of us will have…

Irish banks have been sent into a panic over the realisation that an IT security problem with ATM machines could see hundreds of the machines being forced to shut down…