Irish Independent

08/07/2024

AI tools being pushed by tech billionaires will hit some jobs more than others. How can you avoid the latest hammer of technology?

If you were stuck for a few bob in the late 1800s/early 20th century, one way you could earn a modest living was as a knocker-up.

08/07/2024

Zara’s Virgin Media colleagues Muireann O’Connell and Paul Quinn were in attendance, while her The Group Chat podcast co-hosts Richard Chambers and Gavan Reilly also scrubbed up for the big day

Virgin Media TV star Zara King officially tied the knot over the weekend.

08/07/2024

The late Robert Fisk’s Dalkey home overlooks all of Dublin Bay, but the view from his writing desk is surprisingly small.

“It directs the eye to a tiny bit of moving ­water,” says writer and filmmaker Nelofer ­Pazira-Fisk, the author and ­journalist’s wife for 11 years before his ­sudden death on October 30, 2020.

Fisk did most of his writing at this desk, behind which Pazira-Fisk stands while she explains the rhythm and routine of their working lives. He was working on his now-published final book, Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East, when he became ill and was admitted to St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, in that strange limbo between two lockdowns.

Fisk died two weeks after admission for what was first thought to be a “bilateral lung infection”, she says. It was a time when Covid restrictions kept visitors from hospital patients. All of these factors have added to the grief and even regret around his death, she explains.

When she felt able, Pazira-Fisk finished her late husband’s book. 'Night of Power'.

📸: Mark Condren

08/07/2024

Labour Court recommends 17.75pc pay rise for Aer Lingus pilots to break deadlock

08/07/2024

Met Éireann issue 24-hour weather warning for 18 counties with potential flooding and hazardous driving conditions

08/07/2024

Primary school deputy principal is seeing first-hand the detrimental effects these drinks are having on children

David Fagan, deputy principal of St Laurence O’Toole’s National School in inner-city Dublin, is concerned with how children are consuming energy drinks in the morning, then “crashing” later in the day.

08/07/2024

Roderic O’Gorman announced as new Green Party leader

08/07/2024

Massive jump in hopefuls drawing down maximum mortgage allowance

The asking price for homes has shot up at its fastest rate for almost two years.

08/07/2024

New figures reveal 7,800 fewer patients were on trolleys in the first half of this year – down 14pc on the same period last year. This is despite 62,000 more patients presenting to emergency departments so far this year

Two hospitals have succeeded in having zero patients on trolleys waiting for a bed in their emergency departments in the first six months of the year amid hopeful signals of a turnaround in the overcrowding crisis.

08/07/2024

Dublin Zoo has confirmed the death of a second elephant due to a virus that killed a female elephant in the herd last week.

Zinda, a seven-year-old elephant, died of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) yesterday.

While the virus poses no threat to humans, it can be fatal when it affects young elephants.

Zinda’s death comes a week after Avani, an eight-year-old female Asian elephant, died after contracting the same virus.

“Dublin Zoo is heartbroken to announce the passing of Zinda, our beloved 7-year-old elephant, on 7th July, due to Elephant EEHV,” a statement from the zoo said.

08/07/2024

Mater Hospital cardiologist says children need to be ‘targeted’ from an early age to encourage healthy habits

Two young men suffered cardiac arrest following excessive consumption of energy drinks, it has emerged – sparking fresh calls for a ban on their sale to children.

08/07/2024

The leftist coalition has taken the most seats in parliament, with 182

Final results say a coalition of the French left has won the most seats in legislative elections.

08/07/2024

Molly Martens emptied $30,000 from joint bank account within days of battering husband Jason Corbett to death

08/07/2024

In a city ranked as the world’s second slowest for drivers, where it takes on average 29 minutes and 30 seconds to travel just 10km and where air pollution poses serious risks to health and well-being, making Dublin a better place for people and public transport is good public policy.

It should be a no-brainer. But last week we have seen calls for the Dublin City Centre Transport Plan to be paused until January. This is a clever strategic ploy to derail the plan and preserve the status quo

In a city ranked as the world’s second slowest for drivers, where it takes on average 29 minutes and 30 seconds to travel just 10km and where air pollution poses serious risks to health and well-being, making Dublin a better place for people and public transport is good public policy.

08/07/2024

"We could have won by two or three but we didn’t and, you know, that’s just the way it is"

JOHN Kiely rejected any suggestion that the pressure of going for a fifth All-Ireland title in-a-row had had any bearing on their loss to Cork in an epic semi-final in Croke Park today.

08/07/2024

Schools complain over lack of lab space, while high rents have added to the challenges of teaching

A shortage of space and materials in schools and ambitious timelines will challenge the delivery of new Leaving Cert changes, according to a new report by key education officials.

08/07/2024

Here's how we rated every player from an instant classic

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07/07/2024

Question: I am very concerned about our parents’ relationship with my sister and her family. There are three of us ‘children’ of parents who are now in their 60s — two brothers (of whom I am one) and one sister. We are all happily married and love our parents very much as they gave us a great upbringing. But something strange is happening which makes me and my brother upset.

My sister and her husband have great jobs, live in a big house and have plenty of money, yet our parents keep giving them lavish gifts. They pay for their children’s education, they helped them buy a weekend cottage down the country and they bring them on holidays with them to places like Disney World, the Caribbean and even Japan last year. My brother and I get nothing from them apart from the odd birthday card, and our kids get smallish presents at Christmas.

My brother and I cannot understand why we are left out of this spending spree, and are now worried that when they die my parents will leave all their money to our sister. I know it’s their money and they are free to do as they wish with it but still, I feel it is very unfair.

I would like to approach my parents and have this out with them but I don’t want to start a rift in our family. Have you any advice as to how I could get them to even out their largesse? Particularly as my brother and I are not nearly as well off as our sister. Should I approach my sister too? I’m very torn and would appreciate your help.

Question: I am very concerned about our parents’ relationship with my sister and her family. There are three of us ‘children’ of parents who are now in their 60s — two brothers (of whom I am one) and one sister. We are all happily married and love our parents very much as they gave us a grea...

07/07/2024

Dublin Zoo confirms death of second elephant in a week

07/07/2024

Who do you believe here? 😅

The image of Roy Keane and Ian Wright heading off to the cinema during their time off working on Euro 2024 is already hard to envisage, yet the tale of what happened as they took in the Disney movie Inside Out 2 added layers to this story.

07/07/2024

You can't knock the honesty 😂😂😂

Cork manager Pat Ryan paid tribute to dethroned champions Limerick following today’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final.

07/07/2024

“There was a man on trying to distract the crowd and waste time and it was so obvious. We asked security at a quarter to 10 was she coming or not and they said nope that they were told she wasn’t so we left,” one attendee said

Nicki Minaj fans who attended her Dublin concert last night are calling for a full refund after what some described as “the worst concert ever” after the star left them waiting in the rain as she turned up late and then played for under an hour.

07/07/2024

“Not sure anyone understands sarcasm these days”

Judy Murray has said she was being sarcastic when she labelled Emma Raducanu’s withdrawal from her mixed-doubles match with Andy Murray as “astonishing”.

07/07/2024

Public transport and road repairs will be other priorities for the new Junior Minister for Transport

In 2016, newly elected TD James Lawless told Micheál Martin that he had a keen interest in transport policy, telling the Fianna Fáil leader that he was a “long-suffering” commuter.

07/07/2024

Breaking: Limerick’s five-in-a-row bid is over as brilliant Cork stun champions to book place in All-Ireland hurling final

07/07/2024

We islanders love the water, even those of us who live in midland counties, and Newbridge hairdresser Sam O’Byrne is no exception. He spent 10 years in Australia and adored the lifestyle there, particularly the times he spent surrounded by water, whether at the beach or people-watching in Sydney Harbour. However, about five years ago he got the opportunity to have his own home back in Ireland. One little snag – it’s in Kildare, one of the landlocked counties.

Sam’s solution was to create a garden with, as its centrepiece, a water feature surrounded by Australian planting, and to make sure he could always see it from within the house, he had large expanses of glass put in. “My dad was like, ‘You’re not looking at Bondi Beach, what do you want so much glass for?’ but I’m delighted with it,” Sam notes with a laugh.

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07/07/2024

Breaking: Man rescued from sea after falling overboard off Donegal coast

07/07/2024

Tim Gilchrist had interests in meat ­industry, worked with carpets and on roads

The chequered career of the “Walter Mitty” character who was jailed last week for running drugs from France to Ireland in a Cessna aeroplane ranged from welding in Waterford to allegedly selling meat in Africa.

07/07/2024

A Cork win over Limerick today would turn a great hurling season into one of the greatest. It’d be just reward for the team that saved the summer

A Cork win over Limerick today would turn a great hurling season into one of the greatest. It’d be just reward for the team that saved the summer.

07/07/2024

Cyclist (70s) dies after being found at side of road in Cork