WHILE officials compiled stats and figures in relation to housing demand in townslands and villages across Co Wexford ahead of two special meetings on housing, it was once again stressed to them that this figures were significantly skewed and in reality, were not worth a damn. he only rural councillor in the Wexford Borough District, Cllr…
Thousands of South Korean truckers are returning to work after voting to end a 16-day walkout that disrupted construction and other domestic industries. he drivers went on strike on November 24 in a bid to seek financial protections as fuel prices rise. The government took aggressive steps to minimise interruptions such as widening back-to-work orders…
ONE of the country’s most celebrated night spots, Copper Face Jacks, sustained a cumulative revenue hit of €20.7 million during the two years of the pandemic. ew accounts show that last year, the nightclub’s firm, Breanagh Catering, clocked up average daily nightclub revenues of €26,721. Covid-19 restrictions meant that Copper Face Jacks was only permitted…
Royal author Gyles Brandreth has called the Duchess of Sussex’s demonstration of her curtsy to the Queen “mocking” and “embarrassing”. he writer and broadcaster told Vanessa Feltz’s Drivetime show on TalkTV: “Nobody curtsies to the Queen like that, and nobody would have advised her to do it that way.” In the Sussexes’ Netflix documentary, Meghan,…
The Kerry senior footballers will start their National League title defence with a 3.45pm throw-in against Donegal in Ballybofey on Sunday, January 28, and finish their Division 1 campaign in Salthill on March 26 when they play Galway in a replay of last July’s All-Ireland SFC Final. he footballers will have two home games in…
Tatum Bird hails from sun-speckled Australia and, though just 22, has clocked up decent air miles in the Sevens game but had never nested anywhere else. Until now. chance conversation between a club colleague back home, who knew the Blackrock College head coach and fellow Aussie Ben Martin, lit the spark. The burning desire to…
Kildare’s GAA’s financial transformation over the last decade has been quite eye-catching and that was reinforced at last night’s convention when a surplus of almost €1.1m was revealed in the accounts. ust over a decade ago the county needed advance payments of around €300k from Croke Park to help them pay off creditors owed around…
A spacious and secluded property in an exclusive development in Raheen, Arklow has been placed on the market for €690,000. espite being just a few kilometres from Arklow Town (5km) and Avoca (4km), the four bedroom/three bathroom ‘Beechlawn’, which is part of a private development of seven detached houses, enjoys an immense sense of privacy. The…
A former Miss Croatia has caused controversy with her raunchy displays at World Cup games in Qatar. vana Knoll has been one of the most talked about spectators over the last few weeks, with her revealing outfits leaving little to the imagination in a country where the display of flesh is frowned upon. Ms Knoll was born…
Iran says it has carried out the first execution of a prisoner convicted of a crime allegedly committed during its ongoing nationwide demonstrations. ran’s Mizan news agency reported the execution, with the man accused of blocking a street and attacking a security force member with a machete in Tehran. The Mizan news agency, run by…