The allowance is an extra €2.50 per week paid to people on certain social welfare payments.

The grants, worth 100-thousand euro in total, can be allocated to groups delivering projects which provide an environmental, social or cultural impact.

Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice told the Dáil this week the current system for processing immigrants is "not working"

That's according to the latest figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Property owners must self-assess the value of their property before telling Revenue how they wish to pay the tax.

It's felt some developers are blatantly ignoring planning laws and enforcement notices already issued by the Council.

The derogation gives farmers permission to exceed standard limits of livestock manure nitrogen per hectare.

It was detected in a commercial turkey flock near Kells in Co. Meath.