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The 2023 summer season has brought unforeseen challenges, such as flight cancellations due to strikes and wildfires in parts of Europe, resulting in the evacuation of numerous holidaymakers. Prolonged heatwaves in Southern Europe and severe flooding in other regions have also prompted holiday cancellations and delays. Therefore, it remains crucial for Irish consumers to safeguard their holiday plans and payments in case of any mishaps.

Efforts to increase the population of the corncrake in the west and north of Ireland appear to be paying off, with the numbers recorded in the core breeding areas of Mayo, Donegal and Galway having increased by 15% since 2022 - according to the latest survey from the National Parks and Wildlife Service - which shows an overall increase of 35% in the corncrake population in the past five years.

ALONE, the national organisation supporting older people to age at home, has called for action from the Department of Health on loneliness, as new data shows that Ireland is the loneliest country in Europe.

Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Deputy Dara Calleary, has published a progress report on the implementation of the National AI Strategy 'AI–Here for Good' and is now seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified individuals from academia, business, law, security, social sciences, economics, and civil society to serve on an AI Advisory Council.

The increased cost of the weekly food shop is the most common financial impact experienced by 77% of consumers this year, cited amongst 82% of women surveyed and 73% of men, according to new research from Aviva Life & Pensions Ireland DAC (Aviva).

In the midst of ‘ongoing instances of homophobia and transphobia in society’, local People before Profit candidates, Adrian Curran, Denman Rooke and Masie McMaster, have called on ‘all Galwegians’ to attend the city’s upcoming Pride march gathering taking place at City Hall on Saturday, August 12.

Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the Ibec group representing the food and drink sector, has called on Government to extend the energy support schemes for business due to on-going cost competitiveness pressures.

ISME has written to the Taoiseach to highlight issues around the impact of the proposed 12.4% increase on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in 2024, noting that the measure will create a financially unsustainable situation for many small and medium businesses across Ireland.

What is the Irish passport card?

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