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Ireland's Ryanair fare rebound as consumers recover from interest-rate hit

DUBLIN, Ireland: Ryanair is forecasting a rebound in fares this summer as consumer demand recovers from the impact of high interest rates, the airline said.

Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan told Reuters that demand remains strong across Europe, with bookings for the summer running around one percent ahead of last year. "We operate in 37 countries, and we're seeing strong summer demand everywhere," Sorahan sa

Monthly rent in Ireland exceeds 2,000 euros for first time

DUBLIN, Ireland: The average open-market rent across Ireland has surpassed 2,000 euros per month for the first time, reaching 2,053 euros in the first quarter of 2025, according to the latest Daft.ie quarterly rental report.

This marks a sharp increase from a low of just 765 euros in 2011 and is now 48 percent higher than pre-pandemic levels. Rents rose by 3.4 percent in the first three months of 2025, one of th

Ireland's watchdog calls for stronger maritime safety enforcement

DUBLIN, Ireland: A marine safety watchdog has urged the Minister for Transport to consider deploying gardai, naval officers, and harbor masters to enforce maritime safety regulations amid rising concerns over the lack of compliance with personal flotation device (PFD) rules.

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) stated that the persistent disregard for regulations requiring the wearing of Personal Flota

Record number of Ireland's beaches given top award

DUBLIN, Ireland: A record number of Ireland's beaches and marinas have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag for the 2025 bathing season, marking a new high in environmental recognition across the country.

An Taisce, the environmental group responsible for the awards, granted Blue Flag status to 89 beaches and 10 marinas, surpassing the previous record of 85 beaches.

Kerry topped the list with 15 Blue Fl

RTB to probe unusual rent spikes in Ireland's Co Galway

DUBLIN, Ireland: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) is set to investigate persistently high rents in Co Galway after detecting "unusual" trends in its latest rental index.

The RTB noted that Galway had experienced eight consecutive quarters of significant rent increases for new tenancies despite being designated as a rent pressure zone where annual rent hikes are capped at two percent.

According to the

Tragic Three-Car Collision in Galway Claims Life of Man in His 40s

CO GALWAY, Ireland - A man in his 40s has died following a serious three-car collision in Ballybane.

The multi-car crash occurred at Clareview Park at approximately 2:50pm Sunday afternoon, prompting a major emergency response. The driver of one of the cars reportedly collided with the other two. The driver, aman in his 40s was treated at the scene before being transported to University Hospital Galway. He later

Man in 60s dies in single-vehicle crash in Tuam, Co. Galway

CO GALWAY, Ireland - Gardai are appealing for witnesses after Friday night's fatal traffic collision in Tuam, Co. Galway.

The incident occurred shortly after 10:30 Friday nighon a local road in Blackacre, Tuam, late Friday night, when a single vehicle was involved in a collision. Emergency services arrived to find the driver, a man in his 60s and the only person in the car, unresponsive. He was

Israeli troops fire warning shots at foreign diplomats

The IDF has accused the international delegation of straying from an approved route in the West Bank

Israeli soldiers fired shots near a group of foreign diplomats visiting the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, prompting representatives from over 20 countries and accompanying journalists to scramble for cover, according to videos from the scene.

The tour, organized

Miss World 2025 Contestants visit KIMS-USHALAKSHMI Centre for Breast Diseases in Hyderabad

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 21 (ANI): Impressed with the disruptive Breast Cancer advocacy initiatives spearheaded by Ushalakshmi Breast Cancer Foundation & KIMS-USHALAKSHMI Centre for Breast Diseases, a focused group of Miss World 2025 contestants representing five Nations visited the centres of excellence at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Telangana, today.

Welcoming the gathering, Dr

New EU-UK Agreements Have Common Thread: Russia

The first EU-UK summit since Brexit over five years ago moved Britain closer to the EU, but without crossing any well-known Brexit red lines such as rejoining the EUs customs union or single market.

The May 19 meeting in London came as one of the most prominent Brexiteers, Nigel Farage, and his populist Reform UK party top some public opinion polls in Britain.

In the end the two sides agreed on three docume

An 18th-century rebellion for liberty, equality and freedom - not in France or the United States, but Ireland

Shortly before midnight on May 23, 1798, highwaymen just north of Dublin intercepted and set on fire a mail coach headed to Belfast.

It was the signal meant to ignite revolution across all Ireland.

At the time, Ireland was a kingdom within the state of Great Britain. The island's three religious f

Ireland Curtis Campher, Craig Young ruled out of three-game series against West Indies due to injury

New Delhi [India] May 20 (ANI): Ireland all-rounder Curtis Campher and seamer raig Young Chave been ruled out of the three-game series against West Indies after picking up injuries, according to the ICC.

Injury has forced Ireland to make two late changes to their squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series at home against the West Indies.

Curtis Campher fractured his finger in the nets when batting, whil

"100 Test wickets would be really special...": Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani

London [UK], May 19 (ANI): Ahead of his side's one-off Test match against England, Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani admitted that taking 100 Test wickets 'would be really special.'

England will host Zimbabwe for a one-off Test from May 22 at Nottingham in a bid to prepare for the home series against India starting from June 20.

Speaking about getting to the milestone ahead of the game, Muzarabani said a

IRELAND-DUBLIN-CHINA-LI HONGZHONG-VISIT

(250518) -- DUBLIN, May 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Li Hongzhong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, meets with Verona Murphy, Ceann Comhairle (speaker) of Dail, the lower house of the Irish parliament, in Dublin, Ireland, May 15, 2025.

Li paid a visit to Ireland from Wednesday to Saturday with a Chin

FRANCE-CANNES-FILM FESTIVAL-"BONO: STORIES OF SURRENDER"-PREMIERE

(250517) -- CANNES, May 17, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Irish singer-songwriter and executive producer Paul David Hewson (R), also known as Bono, and his wife Ali Hewson leave after the premiere of the film "Bono: Stories of Surrender" at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2025. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)