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LAST UPDATE | 19 Sep 2024
GOOD MORNING. Here’s all the news to know as you start your day.
In a second wave of device explosions in as many days, 20 people have died and more than 450 were wounded yesterday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon.
The Japanese firm Icom has said that it had stopped producing the model of radios reportedly used in recent blasts in Lebanon around 10 years ago.
A sanctioned ship accused of breaching international sanctions against Russia has been spotted off the Galway coast.
The US has accused the ship of flouting sanctions imposed on Russian oil and gas which has been imposed since the invasion of Ukraine.
Two new veterinary schools are to be created at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) and South East Technological University (SETU) after many years of frustration that the veterinary course at University College Dublin was the only one in the country, leading many people to study abroad.
Armed gardaí have been deployed to a small seaside town on the west coast after a feud escalated between two factions in a drugs dispute.
Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden’s campaign in “unwelcome” information stolen from rival Donald Trump’s campaign, the FBI and other federal agencies have said.
The leaders of four countries hit by Storm Boris will meet with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Poland today to discuss aid for regions badly affected by flooding.
The death toll from the storm that hit central and eastern Europe in recent days rose to 24 people as of yesterday and some areas are still under threat from rising waters.
Speaking before TDs and senators this morning, Irish pharmacists will say their industry has a “vital role” to play in the process of decriminalising drugs but will insist that any plans to do so must be front loaded with fully developed government policies.
Fine Gael TD and former junior minister Damien English will not contest the next general election. His decision means 17 Fine Gael TDs who were elected in 2020 will not stand in the upcoming election.
Taoiseach Simon Harris is set to chair an Online Safety Summit today in Government Buildings. Speaking ahead of the summit, he said that “we find ourselves at an important juncture in terms of regulating the digital world”.
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Hopefully they’ll get a reduction on their bill although the standing servicecharges
@Tommy Haze: The standing/service charge is what pays for connection/reconnection services.
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: The standing charge is how they really screw us. They get you to compare their prices against what little competition is in the market and make themselves look better.
Answer me this: If it’s for connection, why do all new houses have to pay massive connection charges.
When the network is in need of a major upgrade, why does the regulator add it on to customer bills. One of the current upgrades, smart meters has been added on to customers bills for the next 20 years. I wonder how they will all explain what will happen when the telecom networks switch off 2g on which these meters work.
@Donal Ronan: I heard the smart meters being installed in Ireland weren’t giving live data to yet esb which is bad enough but I never knew they were using the old mobile data network until now!
Hopefully it will just be a case of swapping in new sim cards, though even that would result in a large standing charge increase!
Was is it anything to do with the ESB lads heading off to France to repair the French infrastructure!
Will probably still apply.
No ESB,= No water, no heating, no cooking, thankfully I have a diesel car to get food and water.If Eamon and his clan get their way I would die of thirst,hunger,cold or abandonment.Roll on GE
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