More than 200 new jobs will be created in Dublin across eight high growth companies from Europe and the US. The new jobs will be spread across the technology and business service sectors with a range of activities such as sales and marketing, software services and tech support. The companies hiring: • (50) Affirma Consulting, the award-winning […]
Month: March 2018
In a statement released this afternoon, Fingal County Council have announced there is currently a water outage in Balbriggan. “Water off until 4pm today (approx),” said the Council. Emergency repairs are underway in the affected areas of Ring Commons and Bog of The Ring. The Council said Irish Water is aware of the outage. 🚰Water […]
Survey finds 48% of businesses across Ireland have no cyber security policy. The lack of awareness among small businesses needs to be addressed. Magnet Networks Cyber Security Awareness Survey found that 171,000 businesses in Ireland could be vulnerable to cyber attacks. It was found that 48% of all businesses have no cyber security policy in […]
Irish Water have set restrictions on water usage from 7pm tonight (March 5th) till 7am tomorrow morning (March 6th) for the Greater Dublin Area. Irish Water will reduce water pressure in Dublin, parts of Wicklow, Kildare and Meath following increased demand for water supply due to Storm Emma. In the Greater Dublin Area Irish Water […]
Following an extremely challenging few days due to the impact of Storm Emma, flight operations have now returned to normal at Dublin Airport. All flights from Dublin Airport’s existing airlines, bar Ryanair, were cancelled from 3pm on Thursday (March 1st). Around 400,000 tonnes of snow from 600 acres of airfield was cleared in recent days. On […]
117,000 premises in Ireland were left without electricity during the peak of Storm Emma according to a statement released by ESB Networks this afternoon. ESB are working tirelessly with emergency services and Local Authorities to restore power to homes across the country. Power was restored to 90,000 customers in Dublin since last night. At present, 26,000 […]
Met Eireann has lifted its blizzard warning and removed instructions for the public to stay indoors until 6pm this evening. However, a status red snow-ice warning is currently in place for Munster, Leinster and Galway with strong easterly winds until 6pm. A status orange warning is in place for the rest of the country. The […]
Many roads across Ireland remain “treacherous” and “impassable” today due to Storm Emma striking the country. Both the Gardai and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) have issued severe weather warnings for motorists not to make any unnecessary journeys in light of recent events. A Gardai spokesperson said: “Gardaí are asking motorists to avoid
As Storm Emma hits the country Irish people are urged to stay indoors from 4pm today (March 1st) until 3pm tomorrow (March 2nd). Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann have cancelled all services today. Meanwhile, a limited Luas service is operating on both the Green and Red Line, but services will stop completely at midday. Supermarket […]
Extreme weather left drivers stranded and more roads impassable overnight across the UK – with another day of sub-zero temperatures, icy blasts and “blizzard-like” conditions to come. The Met Office has issued a red alert weather warning for parts of south Wales and the soutwest of England from 3pm today until 2am tomorrow morning. Storm […]
Met Éireann has extended its Status Red snow ice alert in Munster and Leinster to include the entire country It came into effect at 11pm and remains in place until 3pm tomorrow and means that people should take action to protect themselves and their properties as the weather continues to deteriorate. Further heavy snow showers […]