20% of children talk to strangers online

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, September 11, 2019

A number of high-profile court cases from both Ireland and internationally have highlighted that the internet offers many opportunities for people to ...

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Italian teacher accuses Catholic school of firing her for being gay

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Italian teacher accuses Catholic school of firing her for being gay - As in Ireland , Catholic schools in Italy receive state funds and state-funded ... There has been a sea change regarding LGBT rights in Italy in the last ...

Ex-Anglo Irish Chairman Charged After Arrest

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Ex-Anglo Irish Chairman Charged After Arrest : DUBLIN —Authorities in Ireland arrested and indicted the former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank Corp., making him the most senior executive to face charges in an investigation into financial irregularities at the lender that eventually led to Ireland ... Wall Street Journal

33000 Northern Ireland students get A-level results

Irish Standard Time — Friday, August 16, 2013

33000 Northern Ireland students get A-level results She pointed out that primary schools in Northern Ireland had some of the highest pupil to teacher ratios in Europe. " Children need smaller classes, not larger, ...

What's the difference between Greek and Irish writers?

Irish Standard Time — Wednesday, November 22, 2017

What's the difference between Greek and Irish writers? - More than 30 years ago, Declan Kiberd asked whether Irish people “feel ravaged by crises of national identity as they reach for the multinational snap-crackle-and-pop”. Some countries are sufficiently complacent to dispense with this process: the Swiss invented mountain-shaped chocolate and an ...

Ireland hit by surge of 'right-wing extremism'

Irish Standard Time — Thursday, June 25, 2020

Europol said all ten deaths in terrorist incidents in 2019 were from jihadist attacks. It said five people in Ireland were arrested in relation to jihadist ... View article...

Low number of prosecutions in clerical child abuse cases noted

Irish Standard Time — Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Low number of prosecutions in clerical child abuse cases noted To date, 16 of Ireland's 26 Catholic dioceses have been subject to a NBSC review with a further six to be completed by September next. It is expected that all 26 dioceses will have been reviewed by the end of this year. So far, five religious ...

Could Ireland become a zero Covid island?

Irish Standard Time — Friday, February 05, 2021

According to the ISAG, vaccine-based population immunity will not become a reality until late 2021 at the earliest — meaning Ireland is set to continue ... View article...

LGBT market: Unrealized potential

Irish Standard Time — Friday, December 06, 2013

LGBT market: Unrealized potential - Destination Halifax has been working with the LGBT community since 2006 in an effort to present Halifax as a gay welcoming destination.

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