Labour Brands Fine Gael’s Tax Plans As ‘Race To The Bottom’

Labour Brands Fine Gael’s Tax Plans As ‘Race To The Bottom’

Plans to cut taxes by up to €600 ($677) a year by widening income bands have been branded a “race to the bottom” by the Labour Party. Fine Gael’s Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has flagged plans to raise the...
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Pressure To Grow On Hospitals In December And January Says HSE Chief

Pressure To Grow On Hospitals In December And January Says HSE Chief

Hospitals will be under real pressure in December and January as a result of Covid-19, the head of the Health Service Executive has said. Chief executive Paul Reid has urged people to get the booster vaccine, with walk-in centers across...
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Stormont Approves Draft Budget Despite DUP Opposition

Stormont Approves Draft Budget Despite DUP Opposition

Stormont Ministers have agreed to send the Executive’s draft three-year budget out for public consultation despite the DUP voting against the spending plans. A majority of Ministers backed a compromise proposal that will allow Minister for Finance Conor Murp...
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Irish Government Issues New Guidance For Travelers From Britain

Irish Government Issues New Guidance For Travelers From Britain

Anyone arriving from Britain into Ireland will be asked to take daily antigen tests for five consecutive days after arriving in the country, the Government has said. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that the advice, which will not be placed on...
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Tourism Ireland Named Global Presenting Sponsor Of Giant Screen Documentary Ireland

Tourism Ireland Named Global Presenting Sponsor Of Giant Screen Documentary Ireland

MacGillivray Freeman Films, the world’s foremost independent producer and distributor of original giant-screen 70mm films, announced today that Tourism Ireland is the global presenting sponsor of its February 2022 international release of Ireland, a fil...
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Leicester City Out Of Europa League After Loss To Napoli

Leicester City Out Of Europa League After Loss To Napoli

Leicester are out of the Europa League after losing 3-2 at Napoli. An end-to-end encounter saw four goals shared in the first half in Naples, where the hosts led 2-0 courtesy of strikes from Adam Ounas and Eljif Elmas. However,...
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HSE Chief: Irish Health System Enters Christmas With ‘Sense Of Hope’

HSE Chief: Irish Health System Enters Christmas With ‘Sense Of Hope’

The Irish health system can enter the Christmas period with a “sense of hope”, the HSE chief has said. However, health officials on Thursday warned that the emergence of the Omicron variant had also introduced an element of significant uncertainty...
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Energy Bills Should Be Cheaper In The New Year Says Tánaiste

Energy Bills Should Be Cheaper In The New Year Says Tánaiste

People should see cheaper energy bills in the new year on foot of Government efforts to tackle inflation, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. It comes as data from the Central Statistics Office showed that the annual rate of inflation rose...
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Greenwood Scores A Stunner In Draw With Young Boys

Greenwood Scores A Stunner In Draw With Young Boys

Manchester United youngster Mason Greenwood scored an acrobatic stunner that lit up an otherwise drab Champions League draw with Young Boys. Having started the continental campaign with a shock late loss in Switzerland, recently-appointed interim boss Ralf Ran...
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Chelsea Through In Second Place After Draw In St Petersburg

Chelsea Through In Second Place After Draw In St Petersburg

Magomed Ozdoev’s stoppage-time thunderbolt consigned a patched-up Chelsea to a 3-3 draw at Zenit St Petersburg and second place in Champions League Group H. Timo Werner thought he had settled the argument with a smart, late second goal in the...
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