Organisation: Storm Ophelia

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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I don’t use the word ‘langers’, claims driver in failed appeal

A Dublin motorist who crashed an Audi car over the side of a skew bridge in Cork on to railway tracks below later said to a garda: “You know I am drunk — I am langers.”

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Denis Naughten surprised by Eir's claim about completing broadband plan

Former Minister for Communications Denis Naughten has expressed surprise at claims by Eir that it could complete the National Broadband Plan for less than €1bn.

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No landline phones on Sherkin Island since Storm Ophelia

Residents of Sherkin Island off the Cork coast have been without a landline phone service since Storm Ophelia — and have now been rebuffed after calling on the Government to consider laying broadband cable instead.

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Dunnes avails of Ophelia sales boost

farming

Options if you can’t pay income tax liabilities from cashflow

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FBD soars 11% on dividend prospect

Storm clouds over Budget 2018 are yet to blow over

From the perspective of the minister for finance, in particular, and the Government in general, the arrival of Storm Ophelia on Monday very quickly took Budget 2018 off the news agenda, and particularly a couple of its more controversial elements.

Fri, 20 Oct, 2017

Update: Two rough sleepers died last night because Govt 'had no plan for homeless during Ophelia' - charity

Latest: Two men who were sleeping rough are reported to have died last night.

Thu, 19 Oct, 2017

100,000 businesses and homes without power and water

Thousands of homes and businesses across the country remain without power and thousands more are without water as the cleanup operation after Storm Ophelia continues.

Thu, 19 Oct, 2017

Plea for O negative donors as blood supplies dwindle to just four days due to Ophelia

An urgent call for O negative blood donors has been made by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service after supplies dwindled to just four days because of the loss of a full day’s collection due to Storm Ophelia.

Wed, 18 Oct, 2017

Government urged to seek emergency cash from EU crisis fund

The Government is set to release millions of euro in emergency funding to local authorities coping with the aftermath of Storm Ophelia amid calls for the Coalition to seek financial help from the EU’s crisis solidarity fund.

Tue, 17 Oct, 2017