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Ireland
Dublin’s roads are disrupted by fuel protests, with major blockades affecting the M50 and causing petrol shortages at over 100 stations. Concerns rise over critical supplies and hospital appointments. The protests, sparked by soaring fuel prices, continue to escalate.
Ireland’s junior agriculture minister Timmy Dooley has characterised the outlook for farmers as “stark” due to rising fuel and fertiliser costs. Ahead of an EU meeting, he urged flexibility on climate rules and highlighted the need for an exemption for fertilisers from the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
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A tribunal has awarded £23,300 to Bernadette Hayes, an Irish woman, after sustaining racial harassment at work in Leeds. The employment judge found repeated offensive language had created a hostile environment for her.
Data centres could use more electricity than Ireland’s entire industrial sector by 2030, posing a…
The country allocates about half the amount — calculated as a percentage of national wealth or GDP — as neutral Malta and less than a quarter of the budget of fellow neutral state Austria.
The only remaining sibling of Ireland’s longest-missing child has claimed that a garda in Waterford…
The magic of Christmas arrived at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Temple Street when Santa…
Irish drug gangs were sending at least €2m per month over recent years into Russian…
Services sector records strong November growth The service sector saw strong growth during the month…
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