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Sunday 17 October 2021
The incident happened shortly after midnight on Monday, 25 May.
There was a steady stream of people throughout the morning and early afternoon taking part in the swim.
The 62-year-old was last seen in Sandycove, Dublin at 6pm on Saturday.
Sandycove remains closed pending additional test results.
The sting of lion’s mane jellyfish can cause nausea, vomiting and respiratory distress.
Ireland now has 4,500 property millionaires.
It is understood that the incident occurred near the old baths on the Queen’s Road just after 3pm today.
We talk to members of the die-hard community of swimmers who come to the Dublin spot every day.
The sting of lion’s mane jellyfish can cause nausea, vomiting and respiratory distress.
It has its own cinema, of course.
The woman’s body was found on the rocks at Scotsmans Bay.
The plan would cut available traffic lanes at one of Dublin’s worst spots for traffic tailbacks.
He’s said to be suffering from hypothermia.
Red warning flags have been erected on Killiney, Sandycove and Seapoint beaches.
It’ll make you feel cold, then make you feel warm and fuzzy inside.
You’re really, really, really not allowed to park there.
JESUS, they must be freezing.
There ain’t no protest like a freezing protest.
Staffing issues at Fáilte Ireland meant that the James Joyce site closed this summer.
Real-estate firm Savills says that the average number of houses for sale in Dublin has fallen by 30 per cent in the last year.
Your essential evening round-up of the day’s biggest news, plus the bits and pieces you may have missed.
One local TD has called for DART activity to be monitored to prevent gangs from congregating in the area.
Hundreds turned out to brave the icy waters at Dublin’s Forty Foot this morning for the annual event. Brrrr…
TV LICENCES SHOULD be abolished and replaced by some form of exchequer funding for RTÉ, a new report has recommended.
The Irish Times yesterday reported that the report by the Future of Media Commission, an independent body set up by the government, proposes the licence fee should be replaced by funding directly sourced by the from the exchequer.
Figures released to The Journal earlier this month under the Freedom of Information Act show that RTÉ spent more than €1 million advertising the TV licence fee on its own television, radio and online channels in the past three years.
Television owners in Ireland must pay a €160 fee every year, which goes towards funding RTÉ’s programming on television and radio, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s Sound and Vision scheme, TG4, and An Post (which gets a commission for collecting the fee).
So, today we want to know… Do you pay your TV licence?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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