According to the report, 70pc of employers have struggled to recruit talent over the last year A survey of CEOs and HR leaders published today by business group Ibec found skills deficits... Read more »

Barnardos will tell an Oireachtas committee that not all of the over 35,000 children it supports would receive a hot meal without The Hot School Meal programme. This morning’s Committee on Education... Read more »

A cattle farmer who imported almost three-quarters of a million euros of cannabis into the State has argued that his solicitor failed to recognise the importance of garda evidence that he claims... Read more »

Network Ireland Waterford Branch has officially welcomed its new President for 2026, Claire Mooney, Director of ReduceCosts, following the AGM and presidential handover held on December 19th, 2025. Based in Waterford City,... Read more »

A temporary FIFA transfer embargo on Finn Harps has been lifted despite lingering complications around historic training compensation cases. Harps’ name reappeared on the FIFA Registration Ban List recent again having initially... Read more »

On Friday morning, January 9 2026, Maura Kilbride Harkin of Cartron passed to her eternal reward following a prolonged illness and in the loving care of her family.  Predeceased by her husband... Read more »

Roscrea is this week mourning the loss of a well known educator who was dedicated to supporting his local community. Steve Crofton from Parkmore in Roscrea and formerly of The Crescent, Loughrea, Co. Galway,... Read more »

Preschool children in Laois are among the best in the country at raising funds for children around Ireland with additional needs, according to the organisers of National Pyjama Day. Last time around, over... Read more »

A Kildare couple have taken to social media in a bid to find somewhere to live in a mobile home they have just bought amid the growing housing crisis. In a post... Read more »