July 2012
13 posts
Global Research vessel Tara arrives in Dun...
And finally, a boat involved in the first-ever attempt to make a global study of marine plankton arrived in Dun Laoghaire harbour yesterday, The French research schooner Tara has travelled 115,000 kilometres and visited 50 countries over the past two-and-a-half years, on a mission to further the understanding of the effect of climate change on planktonic ecosystems. The vessel is berthed at the...
Survey reveals one in five children exposed to...
A new survey has revealed that at least one in every five children has seen potentially dangerous content online, including websites which promote anorexia and suicide techniques. According to research commissioned by the EU Kids Online network, about 14 per cent have also been exposed to sexual images while browsing the internet. The researchers for ‘Towards a better internet for children’ said...
Suicide rate increases by 7% - males at higher...
Figures released today by the Central Statistics Office show that the number of recorded suicides in the Republic increased by 7 per cent in 2011. The number of suicides registered last year was 525, compared with 490 in the previous year. The 2011 figures also saw a rise in male suicides, which accounted for 84 per cent of all suicide deaths. Commenting on the figures, the Irish Association of...
US-based ancestry service to create 35 new jobs in...
A US-based ancestry search service is set to create 35 new jobs in Dublin over the next two years. Ancestry.com has been in temporary offices in the capital since Autumn 2011 and currently employs 15 people. The company now plans to run its international operations from Dublin and will open a new office in Sir John Rogerson’s Quay later this year. The new positions will be in areas such as...
Food Safety Authority recommends display of...
A report from the Food Safety Authority has called for calorie counts to be displayed on menus in restaurants, bars and cafés. The report, which recommends that the labelling scheme should be introduced on a voluntary basis initially, follows a national consultation earlier this year during which over 3,300 submissions were received by the FSA, 80 per cent of which came from consumers. The...
Guidewire Software to create at least 10 new jobs...
The software company Guidewire has announced it will create at least ten new jobs in Dublin with the establishment of a new consulting centre. The software developer provides operational systems to over one hundred insurance companies throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the US, and already employs 25 people at its premises in Blanchardstown.
Unemployment figure rises to 14.9%
Figures published today by the Central Statistics Office show that the number of people on the Live Register rose again last month. The CSO said that on a seasonally-adjusted basis, an extra 2,700 people joined the dole queues in June, compared to the previous month. The number of people signing on now stands at almost 452,000, bringing our standardised unemployment rate up to 14.9%. The Small...
Scientists may have discovered elusive Higgs boson
Scientists at the CERN research centre in Switzerland have discovered a new subatomic particle that could be the elusive Higgs boson. The team working at the Large Hadron Collider outside Geneva has spent years looking for evidence of the subatomic particle, which is critical in describing the fundamental make-up of the universe.
Letters are being posted to hundreds of thousands of people who still haven’t paid the controversial €100 Household Charge.
The reminders are the first of three warning letters from local authorities. Responding to the news, Cllr Ruth Coppinger of the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes said: ‘We say to the more than one million people taking part in the biggest boycott in over a...
New visa restrictions on the way for Australia
Irish people planning on working in Australia will be faced with new visa restrictions from today.
A number of occupations have been removed from the official skills shortage list including bricklayers, floor tilers and chemists, who will now only be able to apply for a skilled permanent work visa with sponsorship from an employer or state government.
Anyone who has already lodged an application...
Bin tax increase
Dubliners will have to pay more to have their bins collected as of yesterday.
The tax is because of an increase in landfill levies.
The tax applies to black bag waste and was introduced in an effort to encourage recycling.
Ulster Bank custumers face more delays
Ulster Bank custumers face more delays as Ulster Bank has said it cannot predict when normal service will resume for its customers.
In a statement this morning, the bank said there may be “some bumps along the road” as it sorts through its transaction backlog.
It is now nearly two weeks since the technical breakdown happened.
The bank had earlier pledged that the backlog of payments would be...
Good news on the job front today
Good news on the job front today with the announcement of the the creation of over 200 jobs today.
More than a 100 jobs have been announced with the arrival of a new health insurance company Glo Health to the country.
Meanwhile, 60 high tech jobs are being created at an alarm monitoring company in Sandyford.
