@virginmedianews.bsky.socialAlmost 6kg of cocaine has been discovered hidden inside footwear.
Revenue officers made the discovery on Thursday after stopping a woman who had arrived on a flight from Brazil to Dublin Airport.
The woman, aged in her 40s, has since been arrested and charged.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialConcerts and sports events drove a significant increase in spending here last month.
And a report out today from AIB also shows that spending on Electric Vehicle charging is up 95 percent year-on-year.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialTaoiseach Micheál Martin has been accused of showing 'disdain' for workers after saying the Dáil should sit regardless of the planned public sector protests next week.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialA firing-squad execution in the US is to be live-streamed, according to Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. A US Army major Nidal Hasan was given the death penalty, after his convictions for the killing of 13 soldiers in a mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas.
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@virginmedianews.bsky.socialMore bad news for shoppers as from November 1st, another €2 charge will be added to each item coming from outside the EU. It comes on top of a €3 charge imposed earlier in the year.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialMichelle O'Neill has confirmed she has received a letter from the PSNI requesting an interview in relation to her role in the protests on the Garvaghy Road.
In a statement, O'Neill has said she will co-operate with the PSNI investigation.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialIn the US, ICE agents have shot and wounded a Dominican man while arresting him in New York City, in what the Department of Homeland Security called a “targeted enforcement operation.” Protesters say it proves the dangers of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialFormer UN human rights chief Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay, a judge on the International Court of Justice, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The 85 year-old South African, was recognised for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
@virginmediasport.bsky.socialLeinster will make their competitive debut at the new Laya Arena this weekend when they play Cardiff in the URC. The re-development of the stadium in Ballsbridge cost €52 million with the province hopeful of turning their new home into a fortress from day one.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialThe execution of a former US Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood military base in 2009 will be live streamed publicly.
Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad on December 3rd.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialA state of emergency has been declared in Florida as the first Hurricane to make landfall on US soil moves closer to the Gulf Coast. Long queues have been forming at fuel pumps in the region with local; residents stocking up on food and water,
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialAhead of the threatened strike action next week, nurses across the country staged a series of lunchtime protests today.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialThere are calls in Limerick for those involved in thrashing a vacant house to be made pay for the damage. Outrage is growing in the city, as Gardai investigate criminal damage to the property, footage of which has been widely circulated on social media.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialThe RTÉ boss and the media minister have held emergency talks this afternoon after relations between both sides nosedived dramatically in the fallout from the budget.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialUnions have said some public workers are now losing money going to work, because of the government's failure to enter talks for a new public sector pay deal.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialRevenue officers have seized approximately 9,360,000 cigarettes at Rosslare Europort. The cigarettes have an estimated value of over €8.8 million, representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of almost €7 million.
One male, aged in his 30s was questioned in relation to the seizure.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialGarda Commissioner Justin Kelly has said a number of officers are receiving pursuit training in the UK with the view to begin the wider rollout across the force from December.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialChrista Pike's legal team has requested that all evidence from her failed execution attempt, be preserved. Pike - who survived two lethal injections last week is now awake and talking. Her lawyers say she's "angry and confused" about what happened.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialThe World Health Organisation and the US government are increasing pressure on Moscow to provide more information on a Russian lab worker who died last week.
@virginmedianews.bsky.socialIreland's media regulator Coimisún na Mean has criticised Minister for Media, Patrick O'Donovan's decision to cut funding for RTÉ by €20 million.
