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Saturday 19 September 2020
Today’s pilot online ceremony is one of the first of its kind in Europe.
Such ceremonies were put on hold after a High Court ruling in July.
They come here under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.
“Nineteen series of this!?”
Everywhere bar the border region and midlands recorded an increase in overseas visitors last year.
“It was the proudest day of my life. Honestly.”
Over 3,000 people from over 120 countries attended the citizenship ceremonies.
There were 8,919,700 million visits to Ireland up to the end of November, an 11% increase compared to the same period in 2015.
Latest figures show a million people visited the country in October, alone.
“If it says ‘road closed’ just plough on”
Crystal bowls feature heavily.
Tourism in Ireland is worth over €7 billion for the first time ever.
Did your area make the cut?
Including the top spot. Ah go ‘way.
Including the top spot. Ah go ‘way.
Joan Burton says initial refugees would be followed later by their families.
Richardt Strauss and Olly Hodges were also granted citizenship today.
The Irish flyweight is gearing up for the 3Arena on 24 October.
The new tourism programme aims to attract 600,000 overseas visitors.
As of today, the country has 2,700 new citizens.
Meanwhile, a Syrizan minister got TWO standing ovations at Sinn Féin’s Ard Fheis.
Some 172,000 new applications were received in 2014.
Several politicians, ambassadors and business people are set to meet in Dublin today.
The equivalent of 469 million pints in Temple Bar overall.
Charlie Chawke has said he only employs Irish workers as front-of-house staff.
Good to be back.
It’s really rather touching.
Visitors from Great Britain, the US and the rest of the world all climbed by double digit percentages.
Leo Varadkar says that the funds are not there and those expressing interest will be asked if they would be able to meet some or all of the capital costs.
The tourism industry says this was the best year for tourism in Ireland since the recession began.
It is the second year in a row that Ireland has won the award from Global Traveler magazine.
Dublin and Cork also made the top 20 but Kilkenny was the only Irish city to crack the top 10.
Research by the World Economic Forum says we’re still among the most welcoming countries in the world for visitors.
Our selection of a few other controversial and divisive visits to Ireland from past years – all with lesser impact on Dublin traffic.
Three European heavyweights are set to travel to Dublin this summer for the inaugural edition of the Dublin Super Cup.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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