Helen Bruce

2 weeks ago | extra.ie | Helen Bruce

Excavation works on the site of a mass grave at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home – believed to hold almost 800 children – are to begin next week. Preliminary work is set to start on Monday, and is expected to take around four weeks, before the full-scale excavation gets under way. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW The work will continue over the next two years in an effort to reunite the infant remains buried there with the families of their descendants.

2 weeks ago | extra.ie | Helen Bruce

Health insurance now costs an average of almost €2,000, an increase of €200 in a year, as the numbers buying plummet. The Health Insurance Authority has found that 7,318 people bought health insurance in the first three months of this year, compared to 13,633 people over the same length of time six months previously. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW Its market bulletin reports that the average cost of a plan is now €1,929 – a jump of almost €200 compared with the average price for 2024.

2 weeks ago | extrag.ie | Helen Bruce

Ba chóir go mbeadh an chéad Luan i mí Iúil ina lá saoire bainc nua chun lá féile Naomh Colmcille a cheiliúradh, a mhol Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall. Tá an Chomhairle le hiarraidh ar an Rialtas lá saoire nua a bhunú in onóir an naoimh, a rugadh i nGartán, in aice le Leitir Ceanainn (Letterkenny). Is é Colmcille an tríú naomh pátrún in Éirinn, i ndiaidh Naomh Pádraig agus Naomh Bríd, ach an t-aon cheann acu gan lá saoire poiblí tiomnaithe.

3 weeks ago | extra.ie | Helen Bruce

The son of Coolmore Stud owner John Magnier has agreed it was unusual for his father to ask him to deliver ‘substantial’ brown envelopes full of cash. John Paul Magnier told the High Court that he was asked to get €50,000 in cash, and to divide it into two envelopes, for the owners of Barne Estate in Co. Tipperary. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW He said the envelopes were brown.

3 weeks ago | irishcentral.com | Helen Bruce

Extreme wind, flooding, and heat have been flagged in the first comprehensive assessment of where, when, and how climate risks are likely to impact Ireland over the coming decades. The State’s environmental watchdog, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has warned of 115 risks associated with a projected increase in the severity and frequency of extreme weather events through 2030, 2050, and 2100.