100 new jobs have been announced for Dublin at Quantcast

The high quality jobs have been announced at Quantcast, the digital advertising company.

The company, which specialises in audience measurement and real-time advertising, is establishing its Europe Middle East and Africa headquarters in the city.

The 100 positions will come on stream at the company over the next two years.

Quantcast's Dublin office is to house support for the company's Account Management, Product Operations, Marketing and Finance departments.

The Minster for Job's Richard Bruton and the IDA have welcomed today's annoucement.

 

Lead investigator in Pistorius case faces attempted murder charges himself

Detective Hilton Botha is scheduled to appear in court in May on seven counts of attempted murder.

He and two other police officers fired shots while trying to stop a mini-van in an incident in 2011.

Meanwhile, Oscar Pistorius is waiting to hear if he'll be granted bail following the killing of his girlfriend last week.

He has arrived in court for the third day of his bail hearing for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Prosecutors and Pistorius' lawyers are expected to sum up their arguments when the sprinter's bail hearing resumes later.

 

Public sector workers on over €60k a year targeted for cuts

These are new proposals put forward by the Government at the Croke Park extension talks.

The Irish Independent says both sides are attempting to hammer out a threshold figure for wage reduction, believed to be around €65,000.

The Government wants to make savings of €1 billion through cuts to the public sector pay roll and changes to work practices.

 

Man due in court for murder of mother of three

36-year-old Darren Murphy is due to appear before Cork District Court today following the murder of Olivia Dunlea O'Brien last weekend

Murphy of Dan Desmond Villas in Passage West, Cork was charged on Tuesday with the death of Olivia Dunlea O'Brien.

Olivia Dunlea O'Brien's body was found in an upstairs bedroom of her house in Pembroke Crescent, Passage West, following a house fire.

However, a post-mortem examination revealed that Olivia had been stabbed a number of times to the upper body.

Darren Murphy was charged with her murder on Tuesday and Judge Leo Malone remanded the 36 year old in custody to appear again in court today by video link.

Prison authorities were also ordered to carry out a psychiatric assessment of him.

Meanwhile, hundreds of mourners attended Olivia 's funeral yesterday at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Ballinlough.

 

Town is forced to cancel their St. Patrick’s Day parade because of dangerous potholes

Organisers of the St Patrick’s day parade in Athboy, Co. Meath have said that they have been forced to cancel the event due to potholes along the route. 

Page 3 of the Irish Times tells us that the parade was to feature over 50 floats and bands.

It now can't go ahead because insurers said that the route was unsafe.