Bitcoin Plunges Under $54K As Weak US Jobs Data Shakes Markets
Bitcoin fell below $54,000 on September 6, 2024, after cruising earlier in the day to $57,000 following the US nonfarm payrolls. The report showed that the
Wicklow hotel unveils brand new outdoor wedding ceremony area
The Arklow Bay Hotel has further expanded its offering for brides and grooms-to-be by launching a new private outdoor wedding ceremony area with stunning v...
Post Office campaigner Alan Bates marries on Richard Branson’s private island
The billionaire Virgin tycoon also officiated the wedding and gave a speech where he touched on Sir Alan's long campaign for justice on behalf of hundreds of subpostmasters.
Irish Independent signs deal with Sony Pictures Television for rights to ‘I’m Not Here To Hurt You’ podcast
Mediahuis Ireland has signed an option agreement with Sony Pictures Television for the rights to the hit podcast I’m Not Here To Hurt You.
Leo Varadkar strikes six-figure deal for his candid autobiography after bidding war
Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar has sold rights to his memoirs, after a bidding war involving nine publishers. The deal, for a substantial six-figure sum, ha...
Girls soccer in Dublin left in crisis after bitter row over governance sparks legal clash
Dozens of girls’ soccer teams in Dublin and surrounding counties are missing out on matches or playing heavily one-sided games due to a bitter dispute betw...
Ryanair co-founder Declan Ryan on giving away his fortune, battling depression, and his friend Michael O’Leary
Ryanair co-founder Declan Ryan has said he has given away most of his wealth through his philanthropic agency, One Foundation.
Beware those noble causes that lead you to ignore common-sense solutions
As a general election nears, we can expect polling to become a bigger part of the news cycle. However the reporting of such polls has begun to exhibit a pa...
Brendan O’Connor: As a parent how can we die in peace, knowing what we know?
We’re all only human. Early on in the unfurling of the latest horror show, I did what lots of you did, what most men my age probably did. I searched…
Project Housewife: The inside story of how Ireland AM brought breakfast TV to Ireland
It’s 8.40 am on a Monday morning on the set of Virgin Media One’s Ireland AM, and already we’ve covered sport, the Hezbollah Israel conflict, mortgage rat...
Irish timber sales and exports set to double, as Sitka plantations from Eighties and Nineties mature
Irish timber sales to the UK could double to €2bn a year over the next 15 years, with a huge amount of Irish commercial forestry set to mature, according t...
Letters: Make the church pay for abuse meted out to innocent victims
Sir — I have been a lifelong practising member of the Catholic church and now, in my twilight years, I find that I’m just about “hanging in there”.