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After the cancellation of 610 flights in three weeks, Aer Lingus is resuming its full service. Some 573 of the cancellations were pre-planned, and then 37 more flights were canceled last minute during the strike action, according to Irish broadcaster RTE. The pilots began their industrial action on 26 June, demanding a 24% pay increase as compensation for inflation - and for the cuts that happened during the COVID-19 pandemic. On 29 June, the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA) members participated in an eight-hour strike. However, the pilots union called off its industrial action last ...
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Almost half (48%) of Dublin pubs serving food have experienced a decrease in business following the recent VAT increase, according to new research conducted by the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA). VAT increase affects hiring and pricing strategiesSeven out of 10 food pubs in the capital reported that the VAT increase has made them less likely to hire new staff. 73% of these pubs have raised their menu prices in response to the higher VAT. Specifically, 24% of the pubs increased the cost of an average dish by €1, 22% raised prices by €1.50, and 17% implemented a €2 increase per menu item. D...
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Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris said he will visit Kyiv "in the coming weeks," after welcoming President Volodymyr Zelensky to his country in a brief stopover meeting on July 13. Zelensky is traveling back to Ukraine from the NATO Summit in Washington and flew via Shannon Airport where the two leaders met. Speaking during a press conference, Harris said hey had had a "very good meeting," and had discussed a potential bilateral agreement on demining, energy, humanitarian assistance and food security. "I thank Ireland for supporting the Peace Summit in Switzerland and the Taoiseach for his...
Kyiv Independent
Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris said he will visit Kyiv "in the coming weeks," after welcoming President Volodymyr Zelensky to his country in a brief stopover meeting on July 13. Zelensky is traveling back to Ukraine from the NATO Summit in Washington and flew via Shannon Airport where the two leaders met. Speaking during a press conference, Harris said hey had had a "very good meeting," and had discussed a potential bilateral agreement on demining, energy, humanitarian assistance and food security. "I thank Ireland for supporting the Peace Summit in Switzerland and the Taoiseach for his...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris said he will visit Kyiv "in the coming weeks," after welcoming President Volodymyr Zelensky to his country in a brief stopover meeting on July 13. Zelensky is traveling back to Ukraine from the NATO Summit in Washington and flew via Shannon Airport where the two leaders met. Speaking during a press conference, Harris said hey had had a "very good meeting," and had discussed a potential bilateral agreement on demining, energy, humanitarian assistance and food security. "I thank Ireland for supporting the Peace Summit in Switzerland and the Taoiseach for his...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy made a short stop in Shannon, Ireland on his way home from the NATO summit held in Washington DC. Zelenskyy met Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Simon Harris and when asked by journalists about President Biden introducing him as "President Putin" he said it was a "mistake" and that because the US had "done a lot" for Ukraine, "we can forget some mistakes". On Thursday, at the final press conference of the NATO Summit, Biden confused Zelenskyy with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and also referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as "Trump". Zelenskyy then went on to ...
Euronews (English)
IALPA has ended a work-to-rule protest at Irish airline Aer Lingus while pilots decide on a proposed pay deal. Voting on the offer will take place between 18 and 23 July, and the union plans to hold talks with members before this period. The recommendation includes a 17.75% wage rise for pilots over more than three years. Captain Mark Tighe, president of the union, said that the outcome is a "significant win", secured "by the determination and unity" of members. Speaking to the national broadcaster RTÉ, Tighe continued: "It's not quite the inflation that we were discussing but we are looking a...
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The new UK Labour Government in London has raised hopes across the North Atlantic Ocean that the controversial Northern Ireland Legacy and Reconciliation Act will be abolished. The Act, which came into Law in September of 2023, is designed to close down all future investigations into unsolved murders carried out by Irish republicans, UK loyalists and members of the British security services during the Troubles in Northern Ireland between 1969 and 1998. Over 3.500 people were killed in the conflict, but many bereaved families on both sides of the religious divide have been denied truth and just...
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Irish nationalist party Sinn Féin’s leader has hinted at a future unified Ireland after it became the largest party in Northern Ireland thanks to a drubbing suffered by the Democratic Unionist Party, although it failed to add to the seven of 18 constituencies it already held. “The message of the people of the north of Ireland to the British government tonight is that change is happening, it is time to plan, it is time to prepare for a new future together on this island,” Sinn Féin leader and member of the Irish parliament in Dublin Mary Lou McDonald said today. The DUP went into yesterday’s ge...
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The new, all-female, international arts festival inspired by one of the most famous female characters in Irish Literature, Molly Bloom from James Joyce's "Ulysses", is taking place today until the end of the weekend (16 June). The YES Festival is the first of its kind in the world, and is the concept of Seán Doran and Liam Browne (DoranBrowne), Artistic Directors of Arts Over Borders. It features 32 female artists from 16 countries across the world, coming together to perform in a range of multi-disciplinary and free events across various locations in Derry and North Donegal. These events incl...
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