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Minister Humphreys Announces Payment Details For €200 Cost Of Living Lump Sum Payment
Image: Maxwells Additional support for over 1.3 million pensioners, carers, people with disabilities and lone parents Payments totalling €261 million to be paid in week commencing Monday 24th April Recipients of Working Family Payment will also benefit from Cost of Living Support The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has today announced that a…
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Minister Harris Welcomes Enactment Of Legislation To Strengthen Monitoring And Management Of Sex Offenders
Plan to operationalise use of electronic tagging for offenders to be in place by end of the year Minister for Justice Simon Harris TD has today welcomed the signing into law of the Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 by President Michael D. Higgins. This Act will strengthen the management and monitoring of sex offenders in…
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Bank of Ireland Fraud Alert – Motorway Text Scams Are On The Rise
Easter commuters should be extra vigilant More commuters means extra potential smishing fraud victims Never trust text messages, always verify Bank of Ireland is warning about an escalating wave of fraudulent text messages, with fraudsters pretending to be a motorway operator and sending messages urging customers to pay outstanding toll charges or update account details.…
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RSA & An Garda Síochána Issue Easter Road Safety Appeal
11 fatalities and 67 serious injuries in Easter Bank holiday collisions over last 5 years 45 road deaths in 2023, up 1 death on the same period in 2022* All road users are urged to take extra care over the Easter Bank Holiday The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána are issuing a…
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2.66 Million Passengers Through Ireland’s Two Busiest Airports In March
March was another record month at both Cork and Dublin airports with 181,000 passengers and 2.48 million travelling through each airport respectively, according to the airports’ operator daa. At Cork Airport, March has followed the trend set in January and February, with another impressive performance. Last weekend, Cork Airport surpassed 500,000 passengers in the year…
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Help Name Cork City’s Newest Bridge
Cork City Council is looking for your help in putting forward suggestions for the naming of the new bridge, which is currently being built from over the N40/South Ring Roadto accommodate pedestrians and cyclists. The new bridge connects Grange/ Frankfield to Tramore Valley park via a 4m wide pedestrian and cycle path. Suggested names which…
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President Of The United States, Joe Biden to visit Ireland
Image: Merrion Street (via Twitter.) On behalf of the Government, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar looks forward to the forthcoming official visit of the President of the United States to Ireland. The President’s visit coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Details and locations of his programme will be announced in due course. Speaking…
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New HSE At Home Hepatitis C Test Could Save Your Life
People living in Ireland can now order a free Hepatitis C test online at www.hse.ie/hepc Get tested for Hep C. It could save your life. Today, the HSE’s National Hepatitis C Treatment programme is launching a free Hepatitis C online service –www.hse.ie/hepc – which provides people with the option to test for Hepatitis C. The free…
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Cork Airport Ready To Welcome Over 102,000 Passengers Over Easter
Image: Members of the Carey and Russell families at Cork Airport heading to Disneyland Paris for the Easter break. Extremely strong demand for international travel over the Easter period, as over 45,000 passengers will travel over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend alone. Cork Airport on track for a bumper summer and as of last weekend,…
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Man In His 50s Dies Following a Fatal House Fire in Douglas
Gardaí are currently at the scene of a fatal house fire that occurred at a property on Douglas Road West, Douglas, Co. Cork, this afternoon, Tuesday 4th April 2023. A man in his 50s was pronounced dead at the scene and his body has since been removed to Cork University Hospital where a post-mortem will…