Tens of thousands of workers on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment are to be moved to jobseekers’ benefit. The Sunday Times reports ministers will present plans to cut back the payment for part-time workers next week. It follows claims by business owners the 350 euro a week rate was more than some low-paid workers were earning. […]

A lack of clarity in liquor licensing laws means pubs can operate takeaway or delivery services. The Irish Times reports Garda HQ sought legal advice on the matter and were told neither practice is an infringement. Last weekend drinks for delivery were confiscated by members of the force in Co. Donegal. As long as drinks […]

The Just Transition Commissioner says he hopes funding promised under the scheme will be rolled out by mid-July. 11 million euro has been earmarked for measures like retraining workers and developing the green economy in the midlands. The region’s set to be the hardest hit as the country moves away from peat burning power plants. […]

Cabinet has approved the measure today. From next Thursday it will be a criminal offence for anyone arriving into this country not to fill in a locator form, stating where they will self-isolate. Cabinet ministers have approved the decision this afternoon and there will be spot checks done to make sure people are isolating. The […]

Teachers have been given full indemnity. The Association of Secondary Teachers (ASTI) has secured full security for teachers against potential legal costs arising from law suits over predicted grades for the Leaving Cert 2020. This means, in the case a teacher is sued, they will not have to pay their own legal costs. There was […]

Nearly 600,000 people are currently receiving the payment. The Covid-19 unemployment payment will reduce on a phased basis over several months, according to the Irish Examiner. Nearly 600,000 people are currently receiving the 350 euro a week payment. 40% of those on the scheme are earning more on the scheme than they were when they […]

Garda inquiries are underway. An investigation is underway after the death of a teenage boy in Tallaght in Dublin last night. The boy was discovered unresponsive in the Ballycullen area at 11pm, and gardai and emergency services were called to the scene. The teen was taken to the Children’s Hospital in Crumlin where he later […]