Lately Around Ireland

October 26th, 2009 · 1:04 am @ Alisha - No Comments

There have been over 750 bomb alerts in Northern Ireland, and over half have been real devices
Ireland is becoming a nation of late-night, web-only shoppers who seek deeply discounted items
Heroin use is considered at a national crisis level
Postcodes (equivalent to ZIP codes) should be in use by 2011
Domestic violence in Ireland is up 27%, experts believe it is related to economic issues
A 19-year-old in County Down is recovering after almost killing his liver through excessive binge drinking
The only additional tax to be introduced in the next budget—a carbon tax
School principals feel that gangland violence is creeping into schools
Though it is towards the bottom of a European list of technology use in classrooms, Ireland is the fifth most developed country in the world, the fourth freest economy, and the seventh biggest purchasers of music
Due to the economic collapse, pupils at a primary school in Cork have been asked to bring their own toilet paper with them to school (this is a real news story)