National News
Families pay up to €28,000 for private autism care
Families are paying €28,000 per child on private autism care services, some of these being lone parent families. Read more…
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Majority of women agree to assist in smear test review
Over 1,300 letters have been sent out by the HSE to ask if women will consent to a review of smear tests following the CervicalCheck scandal. Read more…
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The government aim to bring sexual consent classes to all universities
Sexual offences have risen by 10.2 per cent, according the Crime Statistics released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Read more…
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Ireland endeavours to lead Europe’s data economy
Irish data centre’s thrive to be “best in Europe.” Read more…
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Steamed passengers puts Iarnród Éireann off track
[dropcap]Irish[/dropcap] rail has set up an alcohol ban on four of their rail services following “constant complaints” of antisocial behaviour.
Budget 2019
BUDGET 2019: Wages, Tax and VAT
Minimum wage will increase to €9.80 per hour, with USC reducing in the third rate from 4.75 per cent to 4.5 per cent. Read more…
Budget 2019
BUDGET 2019: Environment and Agriculture
A planned 50 per cent increase was expected for carbon tax. This would have increased carbon tax from the current amount of €20 to €30 per tonne. The rate has remained unaltered since May 2014. Read more…
Budget 2019
BUDGET 2019: Health
Mental health funding will see the total funding increase to €1 billion, an increase of 9 per cent. Read more…
Budget 2019
BUDGET 2019: Housing
The Budget 2019 has allocated €2.3 billion towards the housing programme next year, announced the minister for finance, Paschal Donohoe at the Dáil today. Read more…
National News
Almost €7m in funding announced for new Dublin Technological University
A further €4.5 million will be put towards the merging of three Institute of Technologies in Dublin. Read more…
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UCD and RCSI launch new medical campus in Malaysia
UCD and the RCSI launched the first accredited medical school in Malaysia, last week Read more…
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New proposal to increase pay for over 60,000 workers in public sector
The announcement is an attempt to end a controversial “two-tier” austerity-era cost-cutting pay rate. It resulted in entrants into the public sector since 2011 receiving less than that of longer serving colleagues. Read more…
National News
Driverless transport takes Dublin by storm
The EZ10 takes to the roads of Dublin city during the driverless vehicles first venture in Ireland. Read more…
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Decrease in the number non-Irish citizens in Ireland
A 2018 CSO report revealed a drop in the number of non-Irish nationals living in Ireland. Read more…
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DCU study shows press freedom leads to lower incidences of bribery
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] DCU study revealed that countries with greater press freedom have lower incidences of bribery involving public officials.
DCU News
DCU President calls for radical change to university funding
[dropcap]DCU[/dropcap] President Brian MacCraith has called for universities to operate in a more entrepreneurial manner, in an effort to make the funding of third level education a more sustainable model.
National News
Abortion services are set to be free of charge
Abortions will be free according to minister for health. Read more…
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Discussions to start on transfer of Catholic schools
The Department of Education are planning to have 400 non or multi-denominational schools in Ireland by 2030. Read more…
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Children’s mental health service extremely understaffed
Ireland’s children mental health services are seriously understaffed according to HSE figures. Read more…
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RTÉ have no guidelines for reporting on climate change
Despite having two past climate change correspondents, RTÉ has no guidelines for reporting on climate change. Read more…
National News
Activists officially lodged complaints about BusConnects
Campaigners lodged official complaints about the new BusConnects system. Read more…
DCU News
DCU student home safe after surviving fire in Greece
DCU student Séan Davis spoke to The College View about how he and his girlfriend, Chloe Sugrue, survived the fire Read more…
National News
GPs call for medical card holders to be charged for their services
GPs speaking at the annual IMO meeting, have called for medical card holders to be charged for their services due to financial constraints faced by doctors. Read more…
National News
Eight out of ten companies pay men more than women
78 per cent of companies are paying men more than women, according to data belonging to 10,000 firms submitted last week. Read more…
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Ireland falls behind on UN Sustainable Development Goals
A recent report by Social Justice Ireland shows Ireland’s poor performance in reaching the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Read more…