Unemployment drops to 8.3%, official figures show

Unemployment has dropped to 8.3%, official figures have shown. The labour market survey also showed the number of people working in Ireland is just shy of two million, after 46,900 workers took up new jobs in the last year.

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Charity calls for more student accommodation to ease housing crisis

Students should be rapidly taken out of private rented homes countrywide to help ease the accommodation crisis, a leading housing charity has said. Bob Jordan, chief executive of Threshold, said tax breaks could be reintroduced immediately to encourage developers to build more on-campus accommodation at colleges and universities.

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Time to turn promises into action, Higgins tells World Humanitarian Summit

President Michael D Higgins has called on world leaders to create a United Nations that helps people who are crying out to be saved from poverty, hunger, conflict, displacement and climate change. In an address to the World Humanitarian Summit, organised by UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon, the President said it was time for political leaders… Continue reading Time to turn promises into action, Higgins tells World Humanitarian Summit

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Minister may oppose Government over scrapping of Irish Water

A junior minister in the fledgling minority government is poised to vote against it on its first major challenge. John Halligan, Minister of State for Training and Skills, said he thinks he will back Opposition demands in the Dail this week to scrap Irish Water.

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More than 6,100 people homeless at end of April, new figures show

More than 6,100 men, women and children were homeless at the end of April, a report on the unprecedented crisis has revealed. While leading charity Focus Ireland said another 74 families lost their home in Dublin, the latest Government statistics showed another dramatic increase in the amount of people forced into two and three star… Continue reading More than 6,100 people homeless at end of April, new figures show

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Republic fans to cheer team on in Irish language at Euro 2016

The band behind the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2016 anthem hope it shows the Irish language is “cool and modern” when fans roar it from French football terraces this summer. Seo Linn – whose Irish translation of Avicii’s Wake Me Up went viral, amassing millions of views on YouTube – will stir passion with The… Continue reading Republic fans to cheer team on in Irish language at Euro 2016

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Violinist pulls strings to help Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 campaign

A fiddle player is hoping his medley of tunes will evoke the elation of Italia 90 for Irish football fans this summer. Niall Murphy from Camlough in County Armagh has created a mix of Irish traditional music featuring the Republic of Ireland’s song from the 1990 World Cup when the team qualified for the tournament… Continue reading Violinist pulls strings to help Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 campaign

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