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DCC opens Herbert Park Tearooms

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Dublin City Council has opened the latest new Tearooms, located in Herbert Park, Dublin 4. This is the latest addition to Dublin City Council’s Parks and Landscape Services initiative to refurbish older buildings in parks and transform them into more useable spaces for the public. The building in which the Tearooms are located was formerly […]
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27,000 soak up sunshine at Swords Summer Festival

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The second annual Swords Summer Festival hosted by Fingal County Council took place last weekend, with the 27,000 people in attendance all enjoying the sunshine. The festival, which was a fundraiser for the Swords Lions Club,  kicked off with incredible performances from the Three Tenors and Roy Taylor on Friday night who raised the roof off […]
Business

Ireland to give €20 million to UN Food Programme

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Ireland is to provide €20 million in humanitarian assistance to the UN World Food Programme, it has been announced.     In total, the initiative helps to feed about 80 million people in 75 different countries annually. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is mandated to help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, make agriculture, […]
Transport

5 unmissable French cities that aren’t Paris

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Headed to France this year, but want something a bit more relaxed than Paris?  There are countless towns and villages – including 42 world heritage sites – to visit while on a trip to France. Here’ we’ve compiled a list of some France’s best places to visit outside of the hustle-and-bustle of the capital. Corsica […]
Health

The Built Environment and Mental Health

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By Ekaterina Tikhoniouk One of the first connections between the built environment and physical health was made more than 2,600 years ago, in Hippocrates’ work ‘On Airs, Waters and Places’. In the mid-nineteenth century, the idea finally emerged that poor-quality environments were a major contribution to illnesses and poor physical health. But the influence of the […]
Technology

New Tech Hub in Kells will bring investment to the region

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Plans to develop an ‘International Technology Startup & Scaleup Hub’ in Kells are well underway with development works on the initial phase due to start next week. The Kells Tech Hub, which will be located in the Kells Enterprise & Technology Centre in the Kells Business Park, will foster collaboration between the state agencies, universities, […]
News

Vacant Hospital Provides a Ready Made Solution

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The housing crisis has led many councillors to rethink their conception of housing in order to find workable solutions. West Kerry councillor Michael O’Shea (FF) came across the idea to convert an old hospital into living space while watching an episode of Nationwide on RTE. The programme, which aired last May, featured the work done […]
Technology

Building Ireland’s Smart Cities

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Sensors, streetlights, bike lanes and phone apps are just a part of what is becoming the new urban landscape. Pauline Riordan of Dublinked and Aidan O’Riordan of Cork City Council talk to the Council Journal about Smart Cities and how technology is changing Ireland’s biggest urban centres. There is a strange disparity between government and […]
Technology

New Initiative Launched to Attract Tech Workers to Ireland

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Tech/Life Ireland, a new national initiative to attract tech workers to Ireland, has been launched. The initiative will brand Ireland as a top destination for careers in the technology sector. The initiative, which cost €1.9m, was funded by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and will be delivered in partnership with Enterprise Ireland, IDA […]
Technology

Japanese Garden Grows with CSP Programme

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Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens in Tramore celebrate their first anniversary this summer. The gardens, which opened in June 2015, were dedicated to the eminent Irish-Greek writer, Lafcadio Hearn, who had childhood associations with Tramore, and who is renowned for his work on Japan. The project first began in 2014 when Tramore Development Trust County Waterford […]
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Galway Conference Shine Light on Natural and Constructed Wetlands

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By Féidhlim Harty The recent international conference on natural and constructed wetlands in NUI-Galway hosted experts from across Ireland and elsewhere in Europe; and as far afield as Australia, Asia and North and South America. The conference was the first of its kind in Ireland to bring together speakers from natural wetland and peatland research as […]
Health

Try our delicious Universal kale shake recipe!

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Unless you’re a morning person, the beginning of the day is a rough experience. In full knowledge of that, we’ve decided to share one of our morning shake recipes, so you can wake up right away. You’ll feel great throughout the day if you have this shake for breakfast every morning. All you need is […]
Housing

Government reveals €5.5 bn social housing plan. 

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The government is to spend over €5 billion on the development of social housing during the next five years, it has been announced. Details of the government’s new housing plan were announced by an Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Housing Minister Simon Coveney on Tuesday. ‘Rebuild Ireland’ is a new government initiative which seeks to address […]
Financial

Online bargains on men’s summer clothes

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Summer time means that it’s time to put away that anorak for another few months, and slip into something a little less woolly. With temperatures set to stay high over the next couple of months, you’re going to need a summer wardrobe that you look good and feel good in. We’ve compiled a brief list […]
Financial

Savings on Amazon right now

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From time to time, Amazon wants to clear some stock, and sells items at very, very low prices. Here’s a brief list of some items you can grab on the cheap right now. 925 Silver lever back earrings handmade with teardrop crystal from SWAROVSKI – €13.50 These earrings are usually 85 pounds, but right now they’re […]
News

Heat wave to end as weather expected to cool down over weekend

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Temperatures across the land are expected to drop this weekend, before raising again slowly into next week, Met Eireann have predicted. The weather is expected brighten up in most places this afternoon, with sunny spells continuing to occur until the end of the day. A few passing light showers will mainly affect counties in the […]
Education

Best places to buy books online

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Carrying a bag full of books home from the shops is an exhausting experience. And book shops can be expensive! We’ve compiled a list of five of the best places to buy books online, so you can have your favorite author shipped directly to your door. Book depository By far the best website to order […]