The organisation representing 33,000 chartered accountants in Ireland has said individual businesses are not clear about what they can do in terms of investing in equipment, staff training, and the new sources of energy required for them to play their part in transitioning to a carbon neutral society. Chartered Accountants …

The vast majority of Irish tech start-up and scaling companies are deploying or preparing to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) according to a new survey. The research from Scale Ireland also shows that finance is still the biggest challenge facing indigenous founders. The 2024 State of Start-ups Survey reveals that 82% …

The Minister for Health has directed the HSE to reverse cuts to allowances for specialised bras for women who have undergone a mastectomy. Stephen Donnelly said that a new “threshold of support” could “lead to a number of women receiving less” allowances than previously. The Department of Health said that …

Eleven possible cases of measles have been reported by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre in its weekly Infectious Disease Report, which was published online today. It covers the week up to Saturday, 17 February, and the 11 cases are subject to confirmation through laboratory testing. Five of the possible cases …

Maverick, the 11-month old yellow labrador whose name suits his nature arrived in Ita Murray’s house in south Dublin when he was just a small puppy. Now he is almost fully grown and ready for assessment. If he passes that assessment in the next four to five weeks, this could …

An eight-year-old has become the youngest player to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess. Ashwath Kaushik beat Poland’s Jacek Stopa at the Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open in Switzerland on Sunday. Indian-born Ashwath, who lives in Singapore, defeated 37-year-old Jacek Stopa to break the record set a month earlier by Leonid Ivanovic …

The head of the electoral commission – An Coimisiún Toghcháin – has called on voters to treat every day like “April Fools’ Day”, during election campaigns. Appearing before the Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs, the commission’s Chief Executive Art O’Leary spoke of the need to be vigilant of disinformation ahead …

EU member states have backed a push from Brussels for “safeguards” to stop cheap Ukrainian farm imports from flooding the market amid angry demonstrations in Poland. Polish farmers have been blockading routes out of Ukraine to protest what they call “uncontrolled” imports and demand a change to EU agricultural policy. …

Passengers aboard a US flight grabbed and subdued a man who tried to open an emergency exit mid-air, forcing the American Airlines plane to return shortly after take-off. Video of yesterday’s altercation, shared widely on social media and television, showed passengers yanking the man’s hands off of the mid-plane exit …

A family-run veterinary practice, has told the oral hearings into the MetroLink project, they are worried that their business will decline during the construction phase. Source link