Hennessy Auctioneers of Laois recently held their Monthly Machinery Auction at the old mart in Portlaoise, with 100 online bidders helping drive prices that saw 85pc clearance of machinery.
The musical director of the Dublin Gospel Choir (DGC) has recalled her time working with the late composer Ennio Morricone in Ireland as an unforgettable moment in her career.
Teens looking for work in the summer of Covid-19 face uncertainty with a shortage of jobs leaving them financially strapped and starved of work experience.
In the run up to re-opening last week, many restaurant-owners were gratified to see bookings flooding in. People cooped up in lockdown were clearly dying to get out of their houses and have a meal cooked for them by someone else, and the prospect of a return to some kind of normality was reassuring for...
EU countries should only get money from the bloc's budget and Covid-19 fund if they have robust courts and safeguards against corruption, a top official has warned.
A number of weeks ago the ICSA's Sean McNamara put out a press statement critical of sheep imports from Northern Ireland undermining factory prices here in the South.
The wider reopening of pubs from coronavirus restrictions later in the month is at risk over concerns about social distancing outside bars.
