Irish Homeowners Urged to Protect Against Power Outages as Storms Surge Through 2025
Cork based Wizer Energy highlights the benefits of solar and battery storage in response to Ireland’s increasing extreme weather events With Ireland experiencing 14 named storms in 2024 and 2025 already off to a dramatic start with Storm Éowyn, households across the country are facing an ever increasing risk of power outages. In the aftermath of Storm […]
Tipperary’ Supervalu and Centra Stores See Almost 4 Million Containers Returned Since Beginning of Deposit Return Scheme
Supervalu and Centra stores across Tipperary have revealed that almost 4 million eligible single use containers were returned through the Deposit Return Scheme since it began in February. Within the first eight months of the scheme Centra and Supervalu stores nationwide became the first to reach the landmark figure of 125 million containers returned. Twenty-seven […]
Beef Prices at Odds with Market Conditions – IFA
IFA Livestock chair Declan Hanrahan said attempts by factories to lower quotes for beef cattle are at odds with market conditions. He said UK prices have increased again this past week following tight supplies and a good demand for beef in our key market. Mr. Hanrahan said that Irish beef accounts for the majority […]
Lidl Ireland Import German Eggs after Failing to Support Local Producers – IFA
The IFA Poultry chair Nigel Sweetnam has criticised Lidl Ireland’s plans to import German eggs, calling the move deeply troubling and contrary to their commitment to local producers. Lidl is the only major retailer facing a shortage of eggs in Ireland, but the IFA say that they should have expected this when they refused to […]
Cabragh Wetlands to host ‘Irish Night’ showcasing Ireland’s music, dance and storytelling
The Cabragh Wetlands are set to host an ‘Irish Night’. The night will be filled with Irish dance, music and storytelling. Directions to The Cabragh Wetlands visitor centre can be accessed on Google Maps with the Eircode – E41 T266. The event will take place on Tuesday, June 4th, 2024. Irish Night will run from […]
IPCC Synthesis Report underlines importance of the Government’s commitment to scaling and speeding up Ireland’s climate action
Statement from Minister Ryan The stark report that has been released today by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) confirms that, with global warming having already reached 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels, climate change is causing widespread and increasingly-irreversible losses and damages. We have a rapidly-closing window of opportunity to maintain a liveable future […]
UFO Data Reveals Ireland is the European Country with the MOST Alien Visits
UFO Data Reveals THE European Country With The Longest Alien Visits Monaco is the European country with the longest duration of alien visits, with UFO sightings lasting an average of 45 minutes Liechtenstein, Latvia and Ukraine follow closely behind with the average sighting exceeding 20 minutes San Marino stands as the European country where UFOs […]
EU Commission: Ireland Still A Nation Of Rural Dwellers
Ireland has one of the highest shares of people (42%) living in rural areas of almost any other EU country. On average only 27% of EU citizens now live in rural areas with a low of 7% in Malta followed by 12% in the United Kingdom. 35% of Ireland’s population live in cities compared to […]
Ireland Moves Up Competitiveness Rankings in Latest Global Survey
IDA Ireland, today welcomed the news that Ireland ranks 7th of the 61 countries benchmarked in the 2016 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook. This means that Ireland has moved up nine places in overall competitiveness from last year’s ranking. Ireland achieved top ranking position in a number of important sub factors as follows:- 1st for Real […]
