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There are claims that childcare workers are barely making a living wage with some earning less than €10 an hour. Siptu is hosting a public meeting in Castlebar, Co Mayo this evening about what they say is a crisis in childcare.more

A family are so desperate for a nanny they are offering a £50,000 salary after the last five quit reporting supernatural activity at their home. The live-in nanny would be required to look after two children, aged five and seven. and sleep at the home four nights a week.more

The National Gallery of Ireland re-opened its doors today with over 650 works of art on display in its historic wings, following extensive refurbishment and modernisation.more

DROGHEDA HAS THE least 'healthy' shopping centre in the country - and Brexit's at least partially to blame. That's according to new research by trade body Retail Excellence Ireland, which gave the Laurence Town Centre the lowest score in its biennial shopping centre review.more

Ticketmaster is considering using software to look at people's social media to identify if they're a genuine fan before allowing them to buy a ticket. more

Hundreds of new homes, built to ease pressure for first-time buyers and those hoping to move, are being snapped up by investors. One-in-seven new homes sold since January 2016 have been bought by "non-occupiers", with investors accounting for a quarter of total house purchases. New data reveals almost 11,000 units have been bought by investors over the last 16 months as the housing crisis deepens.more

On Thursday you'll be able to use your phone anywhere in Europe for the same price it costs you at home - including any data costs.more

The Conservatives spent more than £1m on negative Facebook campaign adverts attacking Jeremy Corbyn, reports suggest. more

A landlord who forced workers to work full-time for just £20 to £30 a week in wages faces jail after being prosecuted under the Modern Slavery Act. Sajmon Brzezinski pleaded guilty to a range of charges when brought to Nottingham Crown Court on Monday (June 5).more

Sharing economy platforms such as Uber and Airbnb have been struggling as some European countries attempt to regulate and make sense of their business. The European Union has finally come up with some guiding principles for its members, mildly telling them that the "collaborative economy," as the bureaucrats call it, is generally a good thing that shouldn't be banned.more

A group of European Union citizens living in Scotland have attacked Brexit with Theresa May about to start negotiations.more

A shopkeeper who stole a customer's £20,000 winning lottery ticket after telling him it was worth nothing has been jailed. more

THE CENTRAL STATISTICS Office has published its residential property index for April, with the average price paid for a home was €247,771. As a whole, the prices of property at national level has increased by 10.5% in the 12 months to April.more

A tiny school with just two pupils is currently hunting for a new headteacher. Applications are being encouraged for the job on Foula, a small island 20 miles west of Shetland more

ondon is turning into a city of urban farmers. Almost one in four people with a garden devotes some outside space to growing their own food, according to a new study. more

Nearly 3,500 complaints were made by customers to the energy regulator last year and in one case one household was wrongly charged 2,500 euro for their gas.more

Neil Wilson, an analyst at ETX Capital, said the outcome had the potential to be 'the biggest upset in British politics, since last June'.more

Traffic wardens have been criticised for issuing parking fines to motorists who had to abandon their cars following the London Bridge attack. At least six vehicles were handed a £130 fine within minutes of police lifting the cordon on yesterday morning.more

Hackbridge, in Sutton borough, was relatively unknown until the arrival of BedZED a decade ago. This showpiece zero-energy housing project was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize for architecture, triggering more eco-developments that are turning the area into the "UK's first sustainable suburb, one of the greenest places in the country to live", says the local council.more

New plastic ten pound notes are arriving this summer - but what is happening to the millions of old ones currently in circulation? The new notes are set to land in September, probably leading to weeks of speculation over rare serial numbers and defects. more

SIGNIFICANT RENT HIKES, resisting illegal evictions and dealing with landlords were some of the issues discussed this week at a meeting of tenants in Dublin.more

Raising the minimum wage in 2018 to PLN 2080 and the minimum hourly rate to PLN 13.50 - yesterday the Polish government adopted this proposal.more

16 million Poles are planning to go on holiday this year, of which more than 12 million (74 percent) want to spend their holidays in Poland - according to a nationwide survey conducted by Ipsos Polska.more

The Home Office has announced it had contracted out its customer enquiries service for visa applications to a private outsourcing firm, Sitel UK, which will charge £5.48 per email sent, change opening hours and reduce the number of languages services are available in.more

Fears of a major housing market slump were stoked on Thursday when the Nationwide said prices have fallen for the third month running.more