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‘I thought I was going to die’: Blind entrepreneur Jason Romero on running across the US
59+ min ago (550+ words) “It was the journey of a lifetime,” says Jason Romero of his 60-day-long run across the United States. “I’ll never do it again.” Romero was the first and still only legally blind person to complete the feat, which involved running…...
Central Bank records sharp jump in fraudulent payments to €180m
10+ hour, 10+ min ago (492+ words) Almost €180 million was stolen in financial frauds last year, according to new figures from the Central Bank compiled on the basis of reports from payment service providers in Ireland. Its annual payment fraud statistics point to an increase of 27.2 per…...
Right to repair has questions still need to be answered
14+ hour, 17+ min ago (1069+ words) An EU directive which makes it easier for Irish consumers who want to have their washing machines, phones, vacuum cleaners and other household goods repaired rather than replaced when they break down should be good news for both the environment…...
SSE Airtricity to hike prices by close to 10%
11+ hour, 13+ min ago (372+ words) SSE Airtricity is to increase the unit rate of its electricity by 9.4 per cent and gas by 11.6 per cent from early next month. It is also increasing its daily stranding chargefor electricity by 6.1 per cent but it is not increasing…...
US says Britain not taking advantage of Brexit
12+ hour, 56+ min ago (811+ words) The UK is choosing “Brussels over America”, causing a “problem” for London’s effort to expand a trade deal with the US, warned US President Donald Trump’s top negotiator. Jamieson Greer, the US trade representative, said that the UK had failed…...
Fare increases end of the line for cost-of-living policy on public transport
23+ hour, 43+ min ago (669+ words) The Government was “not in a position to fund everything forever”, said Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Thursday after the National Transport Authority (NTA) confirmed bus and rail fares were to increase by 15 per cent on average. The NTA maintained its…...
Brazilian trio accused of leasing 17 properties countrywide to operate as brothels
1+ day, 34+ min ago (586+ words) Three Brazilians have been accused of using “a complex web” of accounts yielding €3.5 million by leasing 17 properties throughout Ireland to operate as brothels, a court has heard. Matheus Berberick (35) and his 27-year-old sister, Maria Berberick, of Raheen Close, along with…...
‘An unrelenting hum’: EPA receives noise complaints about Dublin data centre
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (574+ words) The Environmental Protection Agency has begun an investigation after receiving complaints about noise levels coming from a data centre in Clondalkin, west Dublin. The EPA said it received the first complaint regarding noise at Echelon Data Centres’ DUB10 site on July…...
Bus and rail fares to increase 15% on average
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (426+ words) Bus and rail fares are to increase on average by 15 per cent, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has said. NTA chief executive Anne Shaw said it was envisaged the fare rises would take effect in January. She said the aim…...
Two more couples seek alternative wedding venue as luxury hotel can’t reopen
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (313+ words) Two couples due to get married this weekend at Glasson Lakehouse, Co Westmeath are searching for alternative wedding venues after it was decided that it cannot yet reopen following a recent norovirus outbreak. The four-star hotel 13km from Athlone town, temporarily…...