Taylor Swift makes Grammy history as female musicians sweep top gongs
Taylor Swift makes Grammy history as female musicians sweep top gongsNaomi Clarke and Ellie Iorizzo, PATaylor Swift has made Grammy history as the first person to win album of the year four times. Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell celebrate with their awards for best song written for visual media and song of the year for What Was I Made For? She said: “I’m just really overwhelmed, you don’t really understand I came really, really far and I can’t believe this is happening and it feels really fake – hi Taylor, I love you,” she said, calling out Swift. Among the untelevised awards ahead of the main show, indie singer Bridgers also landed Grammy Awards with her supergroup boygenius. Meanwhile, Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue was honoured with the inaugural best pop dance recording for hit Padam Padam, which went viral last summer and marks her second Grammy award.
Source:Irish Independent
February 05, 2024 12:24 UTC
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Death toll rises to 28 after shelling of Lysychansk bakery, Russia says
Ukrainian officials have not made any statement on the incident in Lysychansk. Photograph: Tyler Hicks/New York TimesThe death toll from what Russia said was a Ukrainian attack on Lysychansk – a city in the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian region of Luhansk – has risen to 28, including a child, Russia’s ministry for emergencies said on Sunday. The ministry said 10 people were rescued from under the rubble following a Ukrainian attack on a building housing a bakery in Lysychansk. Only about a tenth of Lysychansk’s pre-war population of 110,000 remain in the city, according to Ukrainian officials. However, Ukrainian forces have come under intense Russian attack over the past 24 hours, with continuous assaults, Ukraine’s general staff said in a statement on Sunday.
Source:The Irish Times
February 05, 2024 05:39 UTC
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Is Novo Nordisk set to become Europe’s first trillionaire company?
The global healthcare company could become Europe's first trillionaire company. Photograph: SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty ImagesDenmark’s Novo Nordisk and its US rival Eli Lilly could become the world’s first trillion-dollar healthcare companies. So says Gemma Game, healthcare strategist at Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest. Novo has a bit to go yet, but it’s more than halfway there, with Europe’s most valuable company last week exceeding a market value of $500 billion (€460bn) after reporting better-than-expected earnings. Novo trades on 42 times trailing earnings, prompting UBS to recently caution that it struggles to “stretch the valuation further”.
Source:The Irish Times
February 05, 2024 05:28 UTC
Ukrainian doctors 'at various stages' of registering to work in Ireland
Almost 50 Ukrainian doctors are now in the process of registering to work in Ireland as supports put in place over the last two years take effect, according to the Irish Medical Council. In addition, Coru, which regulates jobs such as physiotherapists, said seven people are at various stages of their recognition process, with a further two already at work. In relation to doctors, a survey carried out last year identified more than 280 Ukrainian doctors who had fled to Ireland after the Russian invasion of their country. Collaboration opened between the Medical Council, the HSE, and its National Doctors Training and Planning, the Forum of Postgraduate Training Bodies, and the Department of Health to support them. A number of Ukrainian doctors and Ukrainian qualified doctors have been working in Ireland since before outbreak of the war.”There are currently two Ukrainian healthcare professionals on registers with Coru, which regulates 16 health and social care professions.
Source:Irish Examiner
February 05, 2024 01:03 UTC
Garda investigation underway after body of man is discovered
Gardai and emergency services are this evening at the scene of an incident on the Leitrim Road in Carrick-on-Shannon. Gardaí in Carrick-on-Shannon along with local emergency services were alerted earlier this afternoon, February 4th, after the body of a man in his late 50s was discovered on lands in the Carrick-on-Shannon area. His body has been transferred to the mortuary at University Hospital Sligo for a post-mortem examination. Gardai told the Rocommon Herald that the local coroner has been informed, and the results of the post-mortem will guide the direction of the Garda investigation. The scene is currently preserved for further examination.
Source:The Herald
February 04, 2024 23:31 UTC
Your questions answered about Ireland's new deposit return scheme
Your questions answered about Ireland's new deposit return schemeIreland's Deposit Return Scheme is live. To locate the nearest deposit return point, individuals can visit the Re-turn 'Where To Return' map. Should consumers be charged a deposit on a drinks container, please be assured that you will get your deposit back when you return it empty and undamaged to Reverse Vending Machine Deposit Return Points nationwide. Why is Ireland launching a Deposit Return Scheme? The Deposit Return Scheme is a practical circular economy initiative that aims to create a closed loop recycling system guaranteeing the material is returned and recycled.
Source:Irish Independent
February 04, 2024 22:52 UTC
Ireland leads Nicholls State against Northwestern State after 23-point game
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Source:The Herald
February 04, 2024 21:05 UTC
Andy Farrell: No risk of Ireland suffering World Cup hangover against France
Andy Farrell’s Ireland secured a resounding bonus-point win over France (Andrew Matthews/PA)“There are no hangovers with us,” said head coach Farrell. “There’s a realisation of where we’re at and where we need to go to next and what we need to learn and that’s it. “Hangovers are for tomorrow; we’re three months down the line – that’s a big hangover, if you can’t get over it in that time. Despite Ireland registering their biggest victory away to France, new captain Peter O’Mahony, who succeeded Johnny Sexton following the World Cup, believes there is significant room for improvement moving towards a round-two clash with Italy. We’ve plenty to work on but there were parts of the game that felt like a good performance.”
Source:The Herald
February 04, 2024 18:40 UTC
Irish unity poll by 2034, says NI First Minister Michelle O'Neill
UK Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said she didn’t want to “speculate” on a Border poll. The Sinn Fein vice-president also echoed the party’s leader, Mary Lou McDonald, who said it showed Irish unity was now within “touching distance”. “That is where things that affect Northern Ireland will be discussed. Labour’s shadow digital minister Chris Bryant said a border poll in Northern Ireland may “come at some point”. That’s for the people of Northern Ireland.
Source:The Herald
February 04, 2024 17:00 UTC
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Source:The Herald
February 04, 2024 11:41 UTC
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Concurrent Technologies is the tough tech firm that's firing on all cylinders
Strategy: Concurrent Technologies has shifted its focus towards defenceFor many years, Concurrent worked primarily with telecoms businesses. Lately, however, the firm has shifted its focus towards defence, which now accounts for around 70 per cent of revenues. A shift in the culture took root within months and today the company is firing on all cylinders. Rival contractors are often considerably larger than Concurrent and the firm would normally win one or two bids a year. While current economic conditions do not automatically lead to increased spending on defence, they certainly focus government minds – and that is likely to benefit Concurrent.
Source:Daily Mail
February 04, 2024 08:22 UTC
Over 5,000 apply for cost-rental homes
Some 5,000 people have applied for the 620 cost-rental apartments the Land Development Agency put on the market last month in Dublin and Kildare. He told the Oireachtas housing committee last week that the LDA was doing “enormous damage to the very idea of cost rental”. Cost-rental properties are aimed at people whose income is too high to qualify for social housing but who cannot afford to buy or rent on the private market. The bank decided to sell it in December 2022, but then entered talks with the LDA about its use for affordable houses. “It’s a fine site that could accommodate around 800 homes.
Source:Irish Independent
February 04, 2024 07:55 UTC
Universities urged by minister to plan ahead for more student housing at affordable prices
Technological universities have been told to prepare future accommodation plans by next month as part of a state scheme to improve access to student housing. Further and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris and the Higher Education Authority (HEA) have written to the presidents of each technological university (TU). He said a first phase of the feasibility study involved “extensive data-gathering across all TUs, universities and colleges”. Huge demand for places has put greater pressure on housing markets near higher education institutes, with students facing significant competition and rising rents. “This policy aims to enable options to mitigate demand for accommodation given the increased accessibility of higher education institutions and the role enhanced transport links can play.
Source:Irish Independent
February 04, 2024 07:43 UTC
GAA: Mayo defeat Dublin with late point to continue unbeaten start
GAA: Mayo defeat Dublin with late point to continue unbeaten startMichael BoltonA late point from Fergal Boland secured Mayo a dramatic 1-12 to 0-14 win in Saturday's Division One fixture in Castlebar. Dublin started the second half the same as the first with the first three scores of the game. However, Mayo took the lead through a goal from Stephen Coen, after he got on to the end of Jordan Flynn's high ball. Jason Flynn scored their first in the 44th minute, with the second coming 10 minutes later through Ciaran Fahy. Flynn scored his second in the 58th minute, with substitute Conor Whelan scoring their fourth in the 68th minute, as Galway ran out 31 point winners.
Source:Irish Independent
February 03, 2024 22:42 UTC
Northern Ireland gets its first nationalist first minister in historic shift
But there is no doubt that the political landscape of Northern Ireland is changing. But many people suspected they also didn’t want to accept Sinn Fein playing a more dominant role. And so, for 730 days, there wasn’t a functioning government at the Stormont Estate, the seat of power in Northern Ireland. He was also the first member of Sinn Fein to serve as lord mayor of Belfast, from 2002 to 2003. Maskey said he still hopes to someday live in a united Ireland.
Source:The Herald
February 03, 2024 19:45 UTC