Irish Independent

For Edwina Casey, a diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer came as a shock — especially as her beloved cousin Emer had just been diagnosed too. On being told she was too young for a breast cancer diagnosis, Edwina, who is a secondary school teacher, says: “I’m trying to get stuff into the schools now, so that we’re educated. I really think an educational short course should be put together for the junior cycle. Learn how to check yourself, learn the symptoms. At the time, Edwina, who lives in Kerry with her husband Leonard, whom she describes as her “rock”, was 37. Read more here: https://buff.ly/4dBYqO4

‘I’m concerned my team isn’t developing as much as if we took this work in-house’

“I’ve really enjoyed interacting with the customers, and the vast majority of them were absolutely lovely, and I truly mean that.” Brendan McGuinness, the former owner of Mary B’s pub and off-licence in Arklow, has wished its new owners “the very best” as he embarks on a new chapter in his life. A fixture on Lower Main Street for the past 28 years, Dubliner Brendan purchased the historic building – from Galwegian Ciaran Hoban – which had existed as a pub for over 100 years and was an extremely popular music and dance venue, particularly in the late 1970s and 1980s. Read more here: https://buff.ly/4dz8qIt

The new figures come after Tech Ireland, which tracks funding to start-ups and ‘scale-ups’, reported an overall figure of €552m raised by 172 tech firms in the first half of the year

Dublin residents are still being subjected to constant noise, dust and fumes from a construction site on their doorstep, two years after the project began. Ten tenants have spent the last two years dealing with the effects of the site outside their front door, including access issues, noise and air pollution. “I hate my home now. I cannot open my window on a gorgeous day to let some air into my home,” said Margaret McCarthy (65), who has lived in the area all her life and now lives there with her husband Sean, and son David. The works on the building site start at 8am and finish at 6pm, however the construction company received permission to work until 11pm on some days in May, June and July. Construction started in 2022 and is due to continue until August next year. “It’s right on our doorstep. You’re only talking a few steps. It’s very, very close to us, and we live in a laneway,” Ms McCarthy said. “All the traffic for the building site has to come through in front of our front doors, we have a constant barrage of cement lorries laying off the cement in there. You could have up to 14 cement lorries coming in on one day. “I have lived all my life in around this area, 66 years this year, so has my husband, my family, all my friends. It really amazes me, the level of ‘no consideration’ for tenants that live around. “We have the noise bad now, but when the building comes more towards us into the lane, what’s it going to be like?” Read more here: https://buff.ly/46GxJFK

Weekly Digest: Pressure on Central Bank to ease limits on credit unions in mortgage market; the challenges of start ups; how to save on your wedding

Paddy Power owner Flutter, Glanbia and Dole and Kingspan all report their second-quarter results this week but domestically it is an otherwise quiet calendar for corporate and economic set-piece news

Customers turned away due to regulator-imposed ceiling on lending

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The women’s 4 X 400m relay team have thanked the country for the outpouring of support they have received since the start of their Olympic journey in Paris. They spoke to Brendan O’Connor on RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday morning about their race the previous night. Sophie Becker, Rhasidat Adeleke, Phil Healy, and Sharlene Mawdsley, who seemed to have worked through much of the previous night’s disappointment at an Irish bar called O’Sullivan’s, said the support they had received around their race was incredible. Sophie started off the group interview, saying: “The love and the pride that our country has for us, it’s just amazing, thank you all so much.” Rhasidat Adeleke seemed to be feeling the disappointment particularly strongly, referencing “poor performance on my part”. However, she tried to stay positive, nothing that it is one of Ireland’s best overall Olympic performances. “There’s a lot to take away from it, there’s good there’s bad, but you know, there’s just so much more to improve on in the future,” she said. Read more here: https://buff.ly/3WZTFZi