•Ireland flag Ireland has expanded its employment permit system in a major policy move aimed at attracting more international workers and addressing ongoing labour shortages across key sectors, including construction, healthcare, transport and agri-food. The government confirmed 32 changes to the employment permit framework following a compreh...
•Ireland’s deputy prime minister, Simon Harris Ireland said today that it would vote against the European Union’s trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur, days before EU states are due to vote on the treaty. “The government’s position on Mercosur has always been clear: we did not support the deal in the form in […]
•Deportees Ireland on Wednesday deported 35 Nigerians for flouting various immigration offences. A statement from the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), which led the operation, said Immigration officials confirmed that five children and nine women were among those deported, reports AFP. The children removed were all part of family grou...
An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy said today it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) criticised Meta for a security flaw in its video upload function which hackers were able to exploit to g...
•Ireland’s flag Ireland goes to the polls today with the incumbent coalition parties neck-and-neck with opposition party Sinn Fein after a campaign marked by rancour over housing and cost-of-living crises. Polls open across the country at 0700 GMT and close at 2200 GMT as voters choose new members of the 174-seat lower chamber of parliam...
•England’s midfielders Jack Grealish and Declan Rice celebrate victory England interim manager Lee Carsley enjoyed a dream debut as goals from Declan Rice and Jack Grealish silenced their Ireland tormentors and inspired a 2-0 win in Saturday’s Nations League opener in Dublin. Rice and Grealish, who both snubbed Ireland to represent Engla...

