Sir, – Jennifer Murphy (Letters, May 5th) correctly and helpfully draws attention to some of the adverse consequences – the sequelae – of onset of shingles. As we age into our seventh and eighth decades of life we develop immune senescence, the age-related weakening of our immune system. Shingles can become a much more severe […]
Continue ReadingOne of the largest waste collection companies in Ireland, Panda, has unilaterally announced a fuel surcharge of 97 cents starting this month. It does not sound like much, but when you include VAT and multiply it by the firm’s 350,000 customers, it comes to €385,000 a month or more than €4.6 million a year. That’s […]
Continue ReadingThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has called for anyone abused by Jonathan Creswell to come forward after a review found a failure to properly investigate the murder of Katie Simpson. The body representing the tech industry is asking the Government to push for an exemption to smart watches from new EU rules requiring […]
Continue ReadingSupport for the Republic remaining a member of the European Union remains strong, but fewer than half of all people in the State believe that the bloc is “moving in the right direction”, according to a new survey. Migration was the single greatest concern among voters who believe the EU is moving in the wrong […]
Continue Reading“I had a call this morning from a gent – he just rang me out of the blue – and he was so, so angry,” says Sharon Byrne, chairperson of the Irish Bookmakers Association. “He does his daughters’ birthdays in our shops and thinks it is very unfair he’ll never be able to do that […]
Continue ReadingUS president Donald Trump said he will increase tariffs on cars and trucks made in the EU from next week. In a post to his Truth Social network, Trump said he was making the move “based on the fact the European Union is not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal.” “The Tariff will […]
Continue ReadingA European directive requiring the harmonisation of chargers for electronic devices across the European Union came into effect for laptops on Tuesday. The new regulations, approved in 2022, have applied to many smaller devices like mobile phones, cameras and tablets since 2024. The directive is intended to save consumers money by reducing the number of […]
Continue ReadingWhen energy prices shoot up and stay up, governments lose elections. The European Union’s 27 leaders did not need to be reminded of that political reality when they gathered in Nicosia for the second day of a summit hosted by Cyprus. Europe played no part in starting the war in Iran, but it has found […]
Continue ReadingThe decision by the United States to start a war in Iran has been proven to be a “big mistake”, Spain’s leftwing prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has said. An outspoken critic of US president Donald Trump’s military campaign, Sánchez said diplomacy was the only “way out” of the crisis that has shook the global economy. […]
Continue ReadingThere was “a lot of pessimism” among European leaders about the longer-term impacts of the war on Iran on energy prices, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. Ireland was not “immune” to a slowdown in economic growth across the world as a result of the oil shock, given exports and trade was a big part of […]
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