Dublin
Watch a Team of Firefighters Dance to Daft Punk to Benefit Local Education Center
Dublin is feeling the cheer of the local firehouse’s “Daft Funk Brigade” paying a visit this holiday season. Following a recent visit to St. Joseph’s Primary School for Children with Visual Impairment in Dublin, the community’s Dublin Fire Brigade felt compelled to assist the speciality education center this holiday season. The nonprofit school aims to provide a holistic and inclusive education experience to students with significant visual impairment or blindness. Offering small class sizes, mobility training, computer skills, exposure to the arts and more, the staff’s tireless efforts quickly made a lasting impression on the Dublin Fire Brigade, who were eager to help. The firefighters organized a GoFundMe campaign in an effort to suppor...
Watch a Team of Firefighters Dance to Daft Punk to Benefit Local Education Center
Dublin is feeling the cheer of the local firehouse’s “Daft Funk Brigade” paying a visit this holiday season. Following a recent visit to St. Joseph’s Primary School for Children with Visual Impairment in Dublin, the community’s Dublin Fire Brigade felt compelled to assist the speciality education center this holiday season. The nonprofit school aims to provide a holistic and inclusive education experience to students with significant visual impairment or blindness. Offering small class sizes, mobility training, computer skills, exposure to the arts and more, the staff’s tireless efforts quickly made a lasting impression on the Dublin Fire Brigade, who were eager to help. The firefighters organized a GoFundMe campaign in an effort to suppor...
UEFA confirms Rome as Euro 2020 host city
Rome’s Stadio Olimpico has been “fully confirmed” as a venue for Euro 2020 matches after the Italian government guaranteed the presence of at least 25 per cent of fans, UEFA announced on Wednesday. Rome was one of four of the 12 host cities threatened with having its matches removed because it could not give assurances that spectators would be allowed into grounds given the ongoing Covid-19 situation. “The authorities have guaranteed at least 25 per cent of the stadium’s capacity will be filled,” European football’s governing body said. “As a result, UEFA considers Rome to be fully confirmed as a venue for the tournament.” Three other cities — Munich, Bilbao and Dublin — have until April 19 to provide UEFA with additional information on their plans for spectators. Rome is set to host the o...
President Buhari appoints new DTCA, NIIA chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ambassador Rabiu Dagari as Director-General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA). The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, in a letter dated April 8, 2021, addressed to Dagari, said the appointment was for an initial period of four years with effect from March 16, 2021. Letter read: “The terms and condition of your appointment is as provided in the appointment of Chief Executives of Government Parastatals and Agencies in the Federal Public Services. “It Is hoped that your performance at the Interview/screening exercise as well as your experiences as a seasoned Diplomat/Administrator will be brought to bear in the discharge of your duties as the Director-General of the Directorate,” Aduda...
Mikel Arteta wants Arsenal transfer European form into Premier League
Mikel Arteta has demanded Arsenal transfer their Europa League form into the Premier League, where he says his side need to start winning matches “immediately”. Goals from Eddie Nketiah, Mohamed Elneny, Joe Willock and Folarin Balogun helped the Gunners ease past Irish side Dundalk 4-2 in Dublin on Thursday to finish top of Group B with a 100 per cent record – the first time they have won six successive European matches since 2005. That fine European form is in sharp contrast to their domestic struggles, where the club have lost six out of their last nine matches to slump to 15th in the table. With the Europa League now finished with until February, Arsenal can focus all their attention on domestic competition, with Arteta stressing the urgent need to pick up positive results, starting wit...
Gold rises on renewed US stimulus hope, dollar falls
Spot gold rose 0.3 percent to $1,910.56 an ounce at 3:37pm, New York time, after falling as much as 0.5 percent. Gold rose on renewed optimism for a preelection aid package in the U.S., while the dollar fell to a one-week low. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a bill for a compromise stimulus package is being written as she awaits a key phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said his chamber would take up a comprehensive coronavirus package if an accord is struck. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index headed for the third straight decline. Pelosi said in a Bloomberg Television interview that while there are areas where more work is required to get a compromise, she was pleased with the Trump administration’s latest position on coronavirus testing ...
