It’s official. As we revealed here on this page last week, Galway is set to host the biggest global party in Irish sailing history.
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) is calling on the Government to help maintain Postbank services, following a meeting with Postbank management yesterday (Thursday) to discuss the future of staff at the company, including 170 workers in its Athlone call centre.
Mullingar company Moon Shine Dairy Farm has once again been recognised as one of the finest food producers in Ireland, picking up a coveted Irish Food Writers’ Guild Food Award for its Moon Shine Organic Milk.
The State and Shell have lost their bid to stop two Mayo citizens pursuing High Court claims as to whether a ministerial consent given eight years ago for the Shell gas pipeline is valid. The decision was welcomed by Cllr Harry Barrett. Judge Laffoy ruled last week that Brendan Philbin and Bríd McGarry were allowed to have that issue and other public law claims ruled on by the court.
The jury in the case of a Wicklow man charged with the oral rape of a Kilkenny woman in a laneway near her home five years ago, was last night sent home and will resume deliberations this morning (Friday).