Europe Ireland Property tax on holiday homes should be increased to meet the cost of an ageing society and a site-value tax on non-residential property should be introduced; the recommendations of the tax experts report are not in play for Budget 2023
Europe Ireland Refugees from twenty European countries considered 'safe' will need a visa to enter Ireland, suspending for one year the validity of the visa waiver agreement for refugees
Europe Ireland Number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools has risen to 7.285, around +500 in one monthn and a larger increase is expected in September; Education Minister has stated that the capacity of the school system is generally good
Europe Ireland Plans have been approved to turn the former Magdalene Laundry on Seán McDermott Street in north central Dublin into a national memorial and research centre, becoming a "multipurpose place of consciousness"
Europe Ireland Dublin-based airline Ryanair has announced the removal of the controversial Afrikaans language test for South African passengers, introduced to identify passengers with forged passports bound for the UK
Europe Ireland A proposal to house hundreds of Ukrainian refugees on a luxury cruise ship docked at Dublin Port has been rejected by department officials due to concerns over the impact of the plan on port capacity
Europe Ireland Hundreds of schools have asked for government help in responding to the refugee crisis in Ukraine, as class sizes and requests for funding for books, iPads and school trips have drastically increased
Europe Ireland Ireland will focus on protecting human rights in light of the war in Ukraine and promoting a welcoming, inclusive and diverse Europe during its six-month presidency of the Council of Europe
Europe Ireland According to 88% of respondents in a new Red C Research poll conducted for European Movement Ireland, Ireland should remain an EU member state, an increase of four percentage points on 2020 and 2021 figures
Europe Ireland Seven nurses working in the Irish health system are assaulted every day, figures released at INMO's annual conference reveal; 4.763 incidents occurred in 2021, 909 in the first three months of 2022 alone
Europe Ireland Among workers who currently work remotely for some or all of the time, most expect to continue working from home for some time, according to the Irish Times/Ipsos survey
Europe Ireland A Wexford hotelier has said providing accommodation for refugees from Ukraine, currently housed at dozens of the country's hotels, will become "unsustainable" as the summer season hits, unless more support comes from the government
Europe Ireland RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, an Irish language radio station, will mark 50 years of broadcasting this weekend with a gala concert tonight featuring the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and some of the country’s top traditional musicians