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Mobile network operator blocks 'one million scam calls a day'

EE said it is blocking up to one million scam phone calls targeting people every day, after introducing new technology. The network operator said it has stopped more than 11 million scam calls reaching the public since July. It has introduced an ...

18 Aug 2022 at 13:52

National News

Policing Authority review of cancelled 999 calls to take ‘considerably’ longer

The completion of the Policing Authority review of the controversy surrounding gardai cancelling emergency 999 calls has been delayed and is likely to take “considerably more time than initially anticipated”. In its annual report, the Policing ...

28 Jul 2022 at 19:06

National News

Worrying amount of 'absolutely criminal' hoax calls to ambulance service

Almost 1,400 bogus or hoax calls were made to the National Ambulance Service (NAS) last year. Figures released from the NAS show the number of prank or bogus calls began to rise sharply in the second half of last year from just 76 in the ...

22 May 2022 at 21:27

National News

Govt seeks expressions of interest for design of national HIV/AIDS monument

The government is seeking expressions of interest for the design of a national HIV/AIDS monument. The monument will serve as a reminder of the people who have died from the illness since AIDS was first clinically diagnosed in Ireland 40 ...

02 Jun 2022 at 12:33

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Roundabout needed at 'desperate' road junction in Tipperary

A renewed call has been made for a roundabout to be installed on the bypass road in Clonmel at its junction with Heywood Road. Cllr Pat English told a meeting of Clonmel Borough District that this was “a desperate junction” for ...

12 Feb 2022 at 13:00

National News

Pieta House received 99,000 crisis calls and texts last year

Pieta, Ireland’s national suicide prevention charity, received over 99,000 crisis calls and texts, its Annual Report has show. The report for 2022 also shows that it provided over 51,300 therapy hours free of charge, and over ...

12 Jul 2023 at 15:24

National News

'We need priests' - Bishop urges Leaving Cert students to consider the priesthood

Leaving Certs have been urged to consider the priesthood as a career option by the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Denis Nulty. With the results out on August 25, Bishop Denis Nulty's message is to be open to God's call. The ...

14 Aug 2023 at 11:32

National News

Sinead O’Connor sent texts ‘laden with despair’ to Bob Geldof weeks before death

Bob Geldof told a festival crowd that late singer Sinead O’Connor had sent him text messages weeks before her death which were “laden with desperation, despair and sorrow”. The Boomtown Rats frontman dedicated the band’s ...

01 Aug 2023 at 00:24

National News

Surge in scam victims as Gardaí reveal over 140 people targeted since New Year

Gardaí are warning people to 'be extremely wary' of suspicious calls, texts and emails as they reveal over 140 people have fallen victim to scams since the beginning of the year. An Garda Síochána today (January 24) ...

24 Jan 2024 at 19:23

National News

'Selfless and heroic' - Gardaí brave freezing cold sea at 3am to save young man

A team of Gardaí have been praised as heroes after entering the sea in the middle of the night to save a young man. Officers in Buncrana, Co Donegal received a call shortly after 3am on Sunday, September 17 from a ...

26 Sept 2023 at 12:07

Arts & Entertainment

Here's your chance to star in Netflix hit Wednesday being shot in Ireland

The new series of the Netflix hit show Wednesday, which will soon commence filming in Co Wicklow, has issued a casting call. The casting call, which is for paid work, was issued via Celtic Casting, which was ...

05 Apr 2024 at 10:09

Arts & Entertainment

Irish pop duo Jedward reveal 'close call' after bus crashes into train station

Irish pop duo Jedward have revealed details of a "close call" they experienced when a bus they were travelling in crashed into a train station. According to Edward Grimes, he and his brother John were ...

29 Oct 2023 at 11:33

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