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Thursday 1 December 2022
Higher-than-normal levels of sulphur dioxide reached Ireland over the weekend.
Earlier this week, airspace was closed near the volcano after an eruption on the glacier.
There was a “fissure eruption” on the glacier surrounding Bardarbunga
There is currently an orange alert in place indicating an increased potential of an eruption.
Iceland’s Meteorological Office said there is no sign of an eruption.
That massive groan was Irish holidaymakers.
Remember Eyjafjallajokull? Everyone’s trying to make sure that that doesn’t happen all over again…
The Irish Aviation Authority has told TheJournal.ie it is ‘closely monitoring’ the situation.
Volcano at Barðarbunga is registering ‘intense earthquake swarm’ activity but there are no signs of magma coming to the surface.
Mount Etna began eruption again on the island of Sicily last Monday.
The trio is already thinking of the next trip abroad.
Why’d ya sing Hallelujah if it means nothing to ya?
Last year, they took on the ice roads – this year, it’s Death Road, a volcano, and a desert.
The ash has blanketed eastern Javanese cities forcing seven airports to close.
A man and woman in their 60s were crushed to deaths, while 200,000 people in a 10km radius have been ordered to evacuate their homes.
Victims were covered by scorching clouds during the eruption.
Around 20,000 people have been displaced as Mount Sinabung spews lava on Sumatra island.
A yellow alert has been issued an investigators are looking for signs of fresh and lava.
Everybody’s talking about three women held captive for 30 years in London, the Old Bailey bomber, and salary top-ups.
The tiny islet has come into the world with quite a bang…
To get an idea of how big this volcano is, the previous record holder is just 2 per cent the size of it…
The eruption yesterday spewed a plume 5,000 meters into the air.
Five people were killed when the volcano erupted at the weekend.
Researchers have used the journals of monks spanning a 1200 year period to find out about the effects of volcanoes on Ireland.
The exhibition in the British Museum in central London seeks to shed light on the everyday lives of the people killed in Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79AD.
Raw footage from Italy’s most active volcano this week.
The Roman city has come to symbolise the decades of mismanagement of many of Italy’s cultural treasures.
The court ruling could have wide-ranging implications for air carriers and their passengers.
A top-level red alert has been issued for Chile’s Copahue volcano, which is located at the country’s Andean border with Argentina.
This is only the tenth time the volcano has erupted since records began in 1740.
Mount Lokon is one of the country’s most active volcanoes – eruption could be heard more than 5km away.
The threatened eruption comes just days after a long-dorman mountain erupted.
Witnesses reported red hot rocks being thrown into the air as well as lightning and small explosions.
Okay, it’s an inactive volcano but still…
A new retail banking review has said the Government should preemptively legislate to ensure that cash continues to be accepted by certain sectors and businesses.
The review found that in Ireland, consumers are already being impacted by some businesses refusing to accept cash. These challenges range from minor issues such as the inability to purchase a coffee in a café, to being unable to seek insurance from some companies that do not accept cash.
Currently, Euro notes and coins have the status of legal tender in Ireland, meaning that retail transactions are governed by contract law. In the context of this, where a business places no restrictions on the means of payment it is prepared to accept, it must accept legal tender when offered by a customer.
However, if a business specifies in advance of a transaction that payment must be in a form other than cash, the customer cannot subsequently claim a legal right to pay in cash, even if that cash is legal tender. This can be achieved, for example, by displaying signs at the cash till and at the store entrance.
So, today we want to know… Should businesses be legally obliged to take cash?
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Employers will soon be required to pay their staff when too sick to work.
Polina Bashkina speaks to older Ukrainian people left to cope on the front lines of this war.
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