Thames Water is worthless: That's the verdict of its biggest investor
Thames Water's biggest shareholder has slashed the value of its stake to zero as the crisis engulfing Britain's largest water supplier deepens. The Canadian pension fund Omers said it would make a 'full write down' of its investment in Thames. The 31.7 per cent stake in Thames parent company Kemble was valued at as much as £990million at the end of 2021. But the pension fund has said it is now worth nothing. Thames Water was privatised in 1989 under Margaret Thatcher, when she sold the nationalised water and sewage industry for £7.6billion.
Source:Daily Mail
May 18, 2024 18:48 UTC
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Big parties set to win seats in each of three European Parliament constituencies, poll finds
Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin look set to win seats in each of the three European Parliament constituencies, with the two largest Coalition parties challenging for two seats in Midlands-North-West, according to Irish Times/Ipsos B&A polling. Many anti-migrant or far-right candidates are attracting just 1 or 2 per cent support, with many showing at less than 1 per cent, the polls show. Barry Cowen of Fianna Fáil is on 10 per cent and his party colleague Lisa Chambers is on 9 per cent. Michelle Gildernew of Sinn Féin is polling at 8 per cent, while Independent Ireland’s Ciarán Mullooly is on 7 per cent. The former Deliveroo cyclist who rescued a child during a knife attack in Dublin last year, Caio Benicio, is running for Fianna Fáil in the local elections.
Source:The Irish Times
May 18, 2024 16:50 UTC
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Kharkiv attack a sign of worse to come unless Ukraine and West move fast
Russia’s limited advance into Ukraine’s Kharkiv region this week capitalised on delays and shortcomings in several crucial fields that Kyiv and its western allies must remedy quickly to prevent Kremlin forces making bigger gains in the coming months. The main fighting is taking place in and around Vovchansk, a town about 5km from the frontier where Ukraine says it has stopped the invasion force in the northern outskirts. Russia seized Vovchansk early in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but the town and other occupied parts of Kharkiv were liberated six months later. Moscow will also hope that news of fresh fighting will discourage Ukrainians from joining the army. “The outlook in Ukraine is bleak,” Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute think tank wrote this week.
Source:The Irish Times
May 18, 2024 15:40 UTC
Met Éireann issues thunderstorm warning for five counties with lightning and hail likely
Met Éireann issues thunderstorm warning for five counties with lightning and hail likelyMet Éireann has issued a thunderstorm warning for five counties. The weather agency said there will be torrential downpours in some areas with lightning and hail. Many areas will be dry on Sunday with long sunny spells, according to Met Éireann. Any showers or thunderstorms will die away early on Sunday night to leave a dry night under mostly clear skies. Met Éireann said next week will begin warm and humid with the potential for thunderstorm activity.
Source:Irish Independent
May 18, 2024 14:38 UTC
Just a few clothes to be hung out
Just a few clothes to be hung outLooking back now, I am convinced that my mother would have cracked the 100 metres qualifying time for every Olympic Games. What is it with women and the line of washing hung out to dry? Despite the invention of the speedy clothes drier, and most people possessing multiple changes of clothes, the clothes-line hasn’t lost any of its importance for thousands of years. Fashion intimates hung on the clothes line to dry. No neighbour, visitor, or passer-by must ever suspect that this clothes-line hung a knickers.
Source:Irish Independent
May 18, 2024 14:14 UTC
Bookmark This List If You Want To Save Yourself Checked Luggage Fees On Your Next Trip
I just finally gave in and bought this, and it's my new go-to bag for everything from grocery runs to appointments! And on my next trip, I will absolutely be using it for my in-flight essentials: my Kindle, AirFly Bluetooth adapter, headphones, hand sanitizer, lotion, and lip balm. The pockets inside are so handy, and I even had room to spare throughout my Iceland trip. Just make sure that you zip the zipper ALL the way because the zipper goes down pretty far on the sides for easier access to contents." It’s big enough to hold my phone, wallet, passport, hand sanitizer, and ChapStick."
Source:The Irish Daily Star
May 18, 2024 14:02 UTC
Venice High School Class of 2024 Graduation
Venice High School held the Class of 2024 graduation on May 17, 2024, at the Powell Davis Stadium. Venice High School held the Class of 2024 graduation on May 17, 2024, at the Powell Davis Stadium. Venice High School held the Class of 2024 graduation on May 17, 2024, at the Powell Davis Stadium. Venice High School held the Class of 2024 graduation on May 17, 2024, at the Powell Davis Stadium. Venice High School held the Class of 2024 graduation on May 17, 2024, at the Powell Davis Stadium.
Source:The Herald
May 18, 2024 13:57 UTC
Woulfe joins Hassett in Independent Ireland double act in West Clare
Share FacebookTwitterLinkedInA West Clare farm leader has joined a new political alliance which will see three farmers contesting the Local Elections on June 7. Independent candidate, Joseph Woulfe has joined Independent Ireland following recent discussions with its main political leaders in recent weeks. Interestingly, Independent Ireland now has two candidates contesting the Kilrush Electoral AreaMr Woulfe and Kilkee-based dairy and beef farmer, Kevin Hassett. Before Mr Woulfe joined Independent Ireland, he had wrongly assumed the new alliance used a party whip system like other mainstream political parties, which is not the case. In addition to campaigning against over regulation for farmers, Mr Woulfe cites the need for more affordable housing in West Clare, the restoration of 24-hour casualty services at Ennis.
Source:Irish Independent
May 18, 2024 13:44 UTC
Saturday with Vicki Notaro: As I get older, I am realising the importance of balance
Joe makes coffee, and then we hit the gym together, or take Jacko on a long walk around Dublin 7. If we’ve been to the gym, we normally cook something with potatoes, eggs and meat for breakfast. I love the sea but I’m not a swimmer — I don’t like being unclothed in public! I prefer to drive to the coast for a dog walk or to people-watch in Sandymount, Clontarf or Dalkey. As I get older, I realise what’s important, and lately, that’s balance.
Source:Irish Examiner
May 18, 2024 12:50 UTC
'Dublin riots were nothing to do with our daughter — it was anger and hate'
“The riots were nothing to do with our daughter, which was anger and hate”, says the mother of the ‘strong-willed little fighter’ who remains in a Dublin hospital nearly six months on. “The main message we have is that we don’t want any hate over this and that hate only generates more hate," the mother says. On the morning of Thursday, November 23, the little girl was dropped off at after-school with all of her classmates, as normal. The little girl is in the rehabilitation phase of her journey at Temple Street Hospital in Dublin. "She is enjoying her Irish lessons with the hospital school and loves watching Paddington 1 and 2 for laughs.
Source:Irish Examiner
May 18, 2024 12:49 UTC
The Script's Danny O'Donoghue went 'off the rails' after death of bandmate
The Script's Danny O'Donoghue has said he went "off the rails" after the shock death of bandmate Mark Sheehan. O'Donoghue told Virgin Media One's Six O'Clock Show that he went "heavy on drinking" following Sheehan's death. "I went off the rails after Mark passed. I went heavy on drinking, smoking and eating crap food, really went off the rails. Their eponymous debut album was released in 2008 and it went to number one in both the UK and Ireland.
Source:The Herald
May 18, 2024 12:00 UTC
MY LIFE IN DRINKS with Gabrielle: 'You'll never catch me doing a tequila shot'
Both are full of sugar and artificial colours and everything else awful for you, but that’s always the way with things that taste yummy. Sorry to all the posh-coffee drinkers, but whenever anyone makes me coffee with fresh beans in a cafetiere, it tastes disgusting. I had my first taste of alcohol when I was 15. You will never catch me doing a tequila shot. Wine in Zermatt was a highlight; Gabrielle’s sugar-laden childhoodSwitzerland is one of my favourite places to enjoy a drink.
Source:Daily Mail
May 18, 2024 11:34 UTC
Patience can save lives when it comes to overtaking
Photo: GettyOne of the biggest risks to safety at this time of the year is overtaking, especially on narrower two-way roads. You’d want to be mad to try to overtake, but that’s so often the case. To pull out and overtake risks so much. But even there, some drivers try the impossible. Confession time: I used to be a devil at overtaking, especially with a powerful car under my bottom.
Source:Irish Independent
May 18, 2024 03:06 UTC
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Santiago Cordero to make first Connacht appearance after recovering from long-term injury
But Connacht are now counting the cost of recent back-to-back losses to Emirates Lions and Benetton, and a thumping from Munster in Thomond Park. READ MOREEqually notable is the inclusion of Argentinian international Santiago Cordero, who is expected to make his first appearance from the bench, having recovered from a serious knee injury that he sustained in pre-season training. Connacht: T O’Halloran; J Porch, D Hawkshaw, B Aki, B Ralston; J Carty, C Blade; P Dooley, D Heffernan (capt), F Bealham; J Joyce, D Murray; C Prendergast, S Hurley-Langton, S Jansen. Replacements: D Tierney-Martin, J Duggan, J Aungier, O Dowling, J Butler, C Reilly, C Forde, S Cordero. Replacements: A Venter, K Blose, N Fouche, A Smith, M Theunissen, S Ungerer, J du Plessis, S Feinberg-Mngomezulu.
Source:The Irish Times
May 18, 2024 02:23 UTC
Opinion: Thankful for driver’s education
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Source:The Herald
May 18, 2024 01:34 UTC