Green light for 47 new homes near picturesque Laois Estate

Plans to build 47 new houses not far from Abbeyleix Estate have been approved by An Coimisiún Pleanála.  Jacqueline Duncan applied to Laois County Council for planning permission for the one, two,... Read more »

Kildare County Council shortlisted in four categories at the IPI’s Planning Awards

Kildare County Council has announced that they have been shortlisted in four categories at the Irish Planning Institute’s Planning Awards 2025. The national winners of the competition will be revealed at a gala... Read more »

Extra funding for Lifford Stadium a “face-saving exercise” – Greyhound Action Ireland

A leading activist calling for the banning of greyhound racing in Ireland has labelled a recent change to the operating procedures of Lifford’s Greyhound Stadium as a “face-saving exercise”. Nuala Donlon of... Read more »

Irish fintechs resilient even as VC investment slows in Q2

KPMG finds investors continue to focus on later stage companies and scale-ups with ‘very strong value propositions’. Apprehensive of tariff impact, VC caution slowed down investment in Ireland in the second quarter... Read more »

Teenager aims to repay charity that supported his sister

Giving back to the people who supported his sister as she bravely fought cancer aged just four had been Jack McGonigle’s dream for a long time. Now, the 17-year-old, whose younger sister... Read more »

Two special schools unable to open fully as SNAs refused to cross picket lines – The Irish Times

Special needs assistants (SNAs) taking unofficial industrial action in support of striking school secretaries and caretakers affected a number of schools on Monday. Public service trade union Fórsa said it was aware... Read more »

Gaza flotilla with Irish activists including actor Liam Cunningham forced to turn back due to bad weather

Irish activists are among those set to join the flotilla, including TD Paul Murphy, author Naoise Dolan, comedian Tadhg Hickey and actor Liam Cunningham The Global Sumud Flotilla, consisting of around 20... Read more »

Council considering response to anti-immigrant tricolours

Dublin City Council has said it is considering how to respond to the erection of tricolours on lampposts in communities across the city, which are believed to be part of a campaign... Read more »

Imokilly overcome Muskerry to reach Cork PSHC quarter-finals

Imokilly 1-23  Muskerry 0-15  It wasn’t a procession. Muskerry made sure of that. But Imokilly were nowhere near the level they had touched in dismantling Avondhu, nor the cut they showed when... Read more »

Sunday local soccer fixtures & results

SATURDAY AUGUST 30TH GIRLS: Amber Killarney U13 Girls Premier Castleisland 0-2 Mastergeeha Mastergeeha scorers: Gracie Maher, Annie Mai O’Donoghue MEK 2-3 Killorglin MEK scorers: Laura Fleming, Emma Foley Killorglin scorers: Sienna Boyle... Read more »