Irish media reports that Sinéad O'Connor, an Irish singer known for her songs "Nothing Compares 2 U" and others, has passed away at the age of 56.

According to RTE, Ireland's state broadcaster, the Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor has passed away. O'Connor gained notoriety not just for her amazing singing but also for the difficulties she faced in her personal life. Her age was 56.

RTE published a family statement a...

Even though the Auschwitz Museum recommended against it, the book The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has been turned into an opera.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was written by Irish author John Boyne and published in 2006. Bruno, a German youngster of eight, is unaware that his father is the kommandant of a concentration camp during World War II. As Bruno's father works, he and his family are dispatched to live with him...

The Women TechEU Scheme of the EU to Give Grants to Three Women-led Irish Start-ups

The Women TechEU scheme, whose first announcement was made last July, is a new programme whose aim is to help women-led deep-tech businesses and make them compete for grants of €75,000 along with a mentorship from Women Leadership Programme of the European Innovation Council.

Yeste...

Irish Healthcare Innovation Demonstrated in Dubai

Ireland has a strong reputation when it comes to innovation in life sciences. The country has played a major role in contributing to the sector’s development in the last several years.

This reputation will be demonstrated at the Arab Health in Dubai taking place from 24th January ...

TWITTER FINED €450,000 BY IRISH DATA REGULATOR UNDER NEW EU DATA PRIVACY SYSTEM

Highlights

• This was the first sanction against a U.S. firm under a new European Union data privacy system

• Ireland’s Data Protection Commission was made lead regulator of Facebook, Twitter, Apple and Google by the EU's General Data Protection Regulation&...

CHINA-EU RELATIONS HIT ROCK BOTTOM WITH IRISH WHISKEY DEAL BRIGHT POINT

• Once touted as the diplomatic high agenda in China-European Union relations, a conference  on Monday is likely to show how far the relationship has downsized with the sole  major achievement being, a deal involving Irish whiskey and Pixian bean paste.
• Actually due to ...

MEDICAL STUDENTS REVEAL THEIR EXPERIENCES OF RACISM IN IRISH HEALTHCARE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Crisis of coronavirus have failed to make people rise above racial feelings.
• Healthcare professionals and medical students in Ireland of Asian or African descent are experiencing racism.
• Many medical students are revealing their ...

EUROZONE YIELDS FELL AFTER IRELAND ELECTION

HIGHLIGHTS

• Rating agency Fitch maintained its negative outlook on Italy’s debt
• Ireland’s election result pointed to a change in its center-right dominated politics.

On Monday Eurozone yields fell as the rating agency Fitc...

Threat to Strike

As the dismay for the governing body grows and threatens to boil over, the South African Cricketers' Association (SACA) threatens to go on a strike weeks before England is bound to come for a four-test tour. The first test is due on boxing day at Centurion, but Cricket South Africa (CSA), whi...