election

Thousands of schools are expected to close early due to the Presidential Election Irish primary schools are set to close earlier than expected this October due to the upcoming presidential election. Recent reports have confirmed that the election will likely take place on October 24th, meaning thousands of schools will be used as polling stations. […]

9 months ago

On Saturday, February 8, the country will go to the polls for a General Election that seems to have been both coming for ages and happening all of a sudden. With new pledges and policy documents being launched almost every day, you could spend every waking hour between now and casting your vote reading and […]

6 years ago

It was finally confirmed last night. Voters across Ireland have overwhelmingly supported the proposal to remove blasphemy as a punishable offence from the Irish Constitution. The final result from Friday’s referendum shows that 64.85 percent voted Yes while 35.15 percent voted No. The turnout across the country was less than half, coming in at 43.79 percent. […]

8 years ago

Donald Trump is now president-elect of the United States of America, and as Europe processes that news, The Donald is promising a government that will serve the people.  The businessman took the stage at his New York headquarters to cries of ‘USA, USA’, and began by paying tribute to Hillary Clinton. “I just received a […]

10 years ago

In a frankly genius piece of marketing, The Honest Company, a business co-owned by actress Jessica Alba, is now selling US election-themed nappies.  The limited edition ‘bipartisan’ diapers, which feature a cute red elephant being best mates with a blue donkey to promote unity, go on sale online today. Speaking to Time, Honest Company co-founder and CEO […]

10 years ago

Tánaiste Joan Burton has said that she wants to see “full GP care for all” under the next government. Speaking at the launch of ‘Towards a new National Community Health Service’ the Labour leader said that the party was going to be focusing on the development of primary care. “Our ultimate aim is to provide a […]

11 years ago