18+ hour, 27+ min ago   (784+ words) The Covid-19 lockdown provided the nudge Edel Duffy needed to launch her online business, Her Place Cosmetics. The Galway native and marketing graduate had moved to Australia in 2010, settling in Sydney, having first lived in Perth, but she missed her…...

23+ hour, 57+ min ago   (388+ words) I heard some terrific news the other day: “The happiest men over 40 are 25lbs overweight.” So said Prof Arthur Brooks of the John F Kennedy school of government at Harvard University in the United States, more commonly known as the Harvard…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (552+ words) A charity run by a Wicklow-based businessman received more than 170 warnings from the Charities Regulator over its failure to file annual accounts over a period of six years. Earlier this year the Shauna Kavanagh Foundation (SKF) company was listed for…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (462+ words) A doctor who was jailed for sexual assault in Britain in August was the subject of a complaint alleging sexual harassment of a younger colleague in Dublin 20 years ago. Muhammad Iqbal (64), of Julianstown, Co Meath, was jailed last month for…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (602+ words) A planning notice for the Dublin District Heating Project has been issued, opening a six-week period for public submissions on the long-promised scheme. The project, meant to begin a decade ago, will take heat generated by burning household waste at…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (463+ words) Hospitals face significant disruption at the end of this month when the country’s three largest trade unions intend to begin a campaign of industrial action. Substantial votes for industrial action, up to and including strike, have been announced by public…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (399+ words) The HSE has warned festivalgoers about the circulation of high-strength MDMA and synthetic stimulants that “significantly” increase overdose risk. Ahead of the District X dance music festival this weekend, the executive said it is monitoring “several emerging concerns in the…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (400+ words) Living and dead cockroaches scattered throughout a pub and a live rodent spotted running across the floor of a cold room were among the reasons the food safety watchdog issued closure orders last month. The latest report from the Food…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (426+ words) More than 30 women have alleged that they experienced sexual harassment, misogyny, bullying or intimidation while working in the National Ambulance Service (NAS). An unpublished Health Service Executive (HSE) internal review obtained by RTÉ’s Prime Time programme also raised concerns about…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (648+ words) The Government’s move to remove autonomy over day-to-day spending from several HSE regions represents a significant reversal of healthcare reforms, announced with much fanfare just two years ago, aimed at having decisions made at a more local level. Only a…...