This picturesque West Cork home with separate basement apartment is on the market for €695,000
This picturesque West Cork home with separate basement apartment is on the market for €695,000

Sarah Finnan

‘The Easter holidays are a fresh kind of hell when you have kids and a job’
‘The Easter holidays are a fresh kind of hell when you have kids and a...

Dominique McMullan

Annutri co-founder and award-winning businesswoman Anita Donoghue on the power of a positive mindset
Annutri co-founder and award-winning businesswoman Anita Donoghue on the power of a positive mindset

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This Clontarf home was reconfigured to streamline the layout and maximise its views
This Clontarf home was reconfigured to streamline the layout and maximise its views

Megan Burns

6 classic movies worth watching over Easter
6 classic movies worth watching over Easter

Jennifer McShane

The friend zone: How to navigate finding friends as an adult
The friend zone: How to navigate finding friends as an adult

Sarah Gill

Supper Club: Fearne Cotton’s haddock burrito, punchy salsa and homemade guacamole
Supper Club: Fearne Cotton’s haddock burrito, punchy salsa and homemade guacamole

Meg Walker

New life has been breathed into this Victorian Portobello home thanks to a revamp that’s full of personality
New life has been breathed into this Victorian Portobello home thanks to a revamp that’s...

Megan Burns

This rustic four-bedroom home in Westport is on the market for €449,000
This rustic four-bedroom home in Westport is on the market for €449,000

Sarah Finnan

My Career: Archivist at Guinness Eibhlin Colgan
My Career: Archivist at Guinness Eibhlin Colgan

Sarah Finnan

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November 18: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds


By Sarah Gill
18th Nov 2022
November 18: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Your speedy summary of today's must-read stories.

Permanent TSB to increase fixed mortgage and deposit rates

From today, Permanent TSB is set to raise interest rates including fixed term mortgage interest rates and deposit rates. This follows three interest rate increases from the European Central Bank, and the bank has confirmed that there are to be no changes for customers on existing fixed rates , and no changes to its variable rates for new or existing customers.

RTÉ

Mortgage payments up for first time buyers

Research from Banking & Payments Federation Ireland shows that average mortgage repayments rose by €110 a month for first-time buyers and €150 for movers. Monthly mortgage repayments rose by 12 per cent in the two years to the end of June, before the European Central Bank started to hike official rates.

Breaking News

Prosecution rests case in Harvey Weinstein trial

Prosecutors in Los Angeles have rested their case in the trial of Harvey Weinstein, who they allege raped two women and sexually assaulted two others. The trial has spanned four weeks, and heard testimony from 44 witnesses. Weinstein is charged with crimes against four of them: one a model, another a model and actor, and a third a massage therapist.

Independent.ie

Trans healthcare

Clinicians with the National Gender Service (NGS) have told TDs and Senators that more funding and resources are needed for healthcare services for transgender people in Ireland at a briefing organised by Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan and Independent Senator Michael McDowell, and comes amid concerns over the proposed closure of the Tavistock clinic in the UK, which provided gender dysphoria services to children and teenagers in Ireland due to a lack of dedicated services here.

thejournal.ie

Russian missile strikes

According to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, recent Russian missile strikes have left 10 million Ukrainians without power, crippling the country’s energy infrastructure and plunging millions into darkness as winter sets in and temperatures drop. Repeated barrages have disrupted electricity and water supplies across Ukraine, AFP reports.

Irish Times