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Irish projects bag €26m to develop shared EU transport networks
Silicon Republic
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July 4, 2025
Iarnród Éireann is receiving nearly €22m to lead two projects aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change. Two Irish projects and three multi-country projects involving Irish organisations have been approved to receive more than €26m in EU...
Celebrate Legacy and Community at the Hispanic Heritage Festival on July 13
River Journal - New York
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July 9, 2025
Get ready for a joyful explosion of culture, music and flavor at the Hispanic Heritage Festival on Sunday, July 13, from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla. This high-energy, family-friendly celebration honors the rich and diverse...
20 Best Countries For Work-Life Balance—And U.S. Isn't On It
Newsweek
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July 9, 2025
A new report by Global has revealed the top countries for work-life balance in 2025, with New Zealand leading the world, and the U.S. is not included. Why It Matters Maintaining a good work-life equilibrium means having enough time and energy to...
Irish flight cancellations: O'Leary tells von der Leyen 'do something or quit'
Newstalk
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July 4, 2025
Michael O’Leary has told the President of the European Commission to resign if she cannot stop the cancellation of Irish overflights through French airspace. After French air traffic controllers went ahead with industrial action, Ryanair announced...
Ireland’s greatest romantic novels: The country’s top authors and fiction lovers pick their favourite books about love
Irish Independent
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As the Museum of Literature in Dublin launches a new exhibition celebrating Ireland’s great romantic novels, Tanya Sweeney asks authors and fiction lovers for the best books about love from homegrown writers that had a lasting impact on them The...
Irish chart-toppers The Script 'paint the town green' in Llangollen
The Leader
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They certainly 'painted the town green' in the beautiful Dee Valley as they brought their Satellites UK Tour to a delighted sell-out crowd. Made up of Danny O'Donoghue (vocals), Glen Power (drums), Ben Sargeant (bass) and Ben Weaver (guitar) - The...
PROMOFER Valorizes Lignocellulosic Biomass And Food Industry Waste
Renewable Energy Magazine
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The PROMOFER project consortium after the first year of intense research activities met in Dublin on the 17th of June at the premises of the University College Dublin (UCD) to discuss the progress achieved within the different Work Packages. The...
Sam Prendergast guides Ireland to victory over Georgia as Paul O’Connell’s short reign begins in style
Planet Rugby
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July 5, 2025
Paul O’Connell’s short reign in charge of Ireland got off to the perfect start as their understrength side cruised to a 34-5 victory over Georgia in Tbilisi. Tommy O’Brien, making his debut after a fine season for Leinster, scored a brace within...
Dublin and Cork airports have busiest June to date
RTE Ireland
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July 4, 2025
New figures show record numbers of air passengers passed through both Dublin Airport and Cork Airport last month. The daa said 3.54 million passengers travelled through Dublin Airport in June, an increase of 5.8% on the same month last year,...
Dublin City Council grants permission for 14-storey office block despite opposition from OPW, local school and religious trust
Irish Independent
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The council has granted planning to the firm, headed up by developer David Kennan and Winthrop engineering group founder Barry English, despite opposition from the Office of Public Works (OPW), an inner-city primary school, a religious trust and...
Social welfare Ireland: Recipients warned of payment date change in weeks due to schedule shake up
RSVP Live
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July 5, 2025
Social welfare recipients should be aware as there is a shake up to the payment schedule on the way. In the coming weeks, the August bank holiday will take place on Monday the 4th of August Because it's a bank holiday, banks and post offices will...
No excuses from Dublin as risks fail to pay off
RTE Ireland
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July 5, 2025
Choose your poison: the close to defeat to Cork with 14 men in the 2013 All-Ireland semi-final or shipping seven goals to the rampant Rebels on your re-emergence at the same stage on Saturday? Dublin's reward for stunning Limerick turned out to be...
Paul O’Connell impressed by Ireland’s ability to adapt to conditions in seeing off Georgia
The Irish Times
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Georgia 5 Ireland 34 A quietly impressive Ireland victory, forged on the back of a strong work ethic, controlled aggression, clever game management and flashes of real quality that ultimately separated them from Georgia in Tbilisi on Saturday...
Interpol: Kinahans will be 'taken down' as Irish organised crime now on top globally
Irish Examiner
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July 5, 2025
Irish cartels are now at the top echelons of organised crime internationally, an Interpol chief has said.But David Caunter, Interpol director of organised and emerging crime, is optimistic that all leaders of the Kinahan cartel, Ireland's largest...
Cork return to All-Ireland final after demolishing Dublin in Croke Park
The Irish Times
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All-Ireland SHC semi-final: Cork 7-26 Dublin 2-21 Initially, the All-Ireland semi-final weekend was seen as a great festival of hurling and some elemental matches took place, as teams fought for a final place. This evening in Croke Park was a...
Professor Weseh delivers inaugural lecture on livestock production
Ghana News Agency
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July 5, 2025
By Comfort Sena Fetrie-Akagbor Tamale, July 05, GNA – Professor Addah Weseh, Senior Lecturer, University for Development Studies (UDS) has said Ghana has abundant feed resources and land to support livestock production. He said despite this huge...
Camogie: Rockett fires 1-11 as Waterford move into third All-Ireland semi-final in four years
Hogan Stand
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July 5, 2025
July 05, 2025 Waterford 2-20 Clare 2-10 by Daragh Ó Conchúir at Croke Park Seventeen years after making her inter-county debut, Niamh Rockett scored 1-11 and kept her dream of completing what would be a sensational premier junior, intermediate and...
Dublin’s housing crisis isn’t new - one in four lived in cramped one-room tenements in 1911, data shows
The Journal
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July 3, 2025
THE HOUSING CRISIS may be regular front-page news, but data from 1911 shows Dublin’s overcrowding problems are nothing new – and were once far worse. Nearly a quarter of Dublin’s population was living in one-room tenements in 1911, according to...
Niamh Rockett digs Waterford out after early Banner blitz to reach All-Ireland semi-final
The Irish Times
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All-Ireland senior camogie quarter-final: Waterford 2-20 Clare 2-10 Seventeen years after making her intercounty debut, Niamh Rockett scored 1-11 and kept her dream of completing what would be a sensational premier junior, intermediate and senior...
PorterShed’s AI Venture Forge selects inaugural cohort of ten
Silicon Republic
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July 9, 2025
Ten companies have been selected for PorterShed’s new AI Venture Forge Accelerator that targets pure AI start-ups and innovation teams. Following a competitive selection process, ten companies from throughout Ireland have been chosen to join the...