Brittany Ferries cancels Cork to France and Spain sailings due to ‘technical problem’ with ferry
A number of scheduled sailings from Cork to Roscoff, France and Santander, Spain have been cancelled by Brittany Ferries.
Gardeners urged to count flowers in their lawns to help bees
Conservationists say flower-studded lawns could become major sources of nectar for pollinators.
Venture capital funding falls by 41% to €197m in first quarter
Venture capital funding to Irish technology firms fell by just over 40% to €196.8m in the first quarter of 2019 compared to €332m in the same period last year, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey published today in as...
In The Bells of Old Tokyo, writer examines the Japanese concept of time
The Bells of Old Tokyo: Travels in Japanese Timeby Anna ShermanPicador5/5 starsIn her haunting, beautiful debut travel narrative, Anna Sherman takes the reader along on her quest to find the bells of old Tokyo, illuminating a lost world hidden in plain...
US-China tech battle hammers stocks from Shanghai to Hong Kong
China and Hong Kong stocks suffered steep losses on Thursday, weighed down by technology shares, as investors feared a new US-China tech war on media reports that Washington was considering blacklisting more Chinese tech firms.The Shanghai Composite In...
Pushing the boundaries of environmental sustainability at events, positive ideas with Jamie White
Environmental sustainability at events Interesting interview with Jamie White, award-winning Irish entrepreneur and founder of Leading Social and The University Of Life events 1 min pitch for what you are doing now? So right now I’m at an interes...
Growth in home prices in China’s bigger cities may push up costs countrywide, think tank says
Growth in home prices in China’s bigger cities is expected to outperform the national average in 2019, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a top government think tank, said in report released on Thursday.A relatively short supply of new homes will ...
The Hong Kong student who had to balance learning with keeping herself and her brothers alive is now a finalist in Student of the Year awards
Three years ago Daisy Ngan Yu-ching would not have dared to dream of finishing high school and going to university, she was too busy worrying about how to feed herself and two younger brothers.But rather than whining about life’s difficulties, the 19-y...
Horan: Mayo have survived protests, battles, and dogfights with the Rossies
It may be 18 years since Roscommon beat Mayo in the championship, but James Horan is bracing himself for a tough battle in Saturday evening’s Connacht SFC semi-final in Castlebar.