This Season’s Champions League To Be Decided By Mini-Tournament In Lisbon
June 17, 2020 No Responses

This Season’s Champions League To Be Decided By Mini-Tournament In Lisbon

UEFA has confirmed that the culmination of this year’s Champions League will be played out as an eight-team tournament in Lisbon. The eight teams remaining in the competition will take part in a straight knockout tournament between August 12 and...
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Stormont Could Receive Funding To Extend Free School Meals Program Into Summer
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Stormont Could Receive Funding To Extend Free School Meals Program Into Summer

Stormont could be set to receive additional funding from Westminster to extend the free school meals scheme over the summer. Direct payments in respect of free school meals are due to end on June 30. There have been widespread calls...
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Bar And Restaurant Industry Warns That Even One-Meter Distancing Is Restrictive
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Bar And Restaurant Industry Warns That Even One-Meter Distancing Is Restrictive

Halving social distancing measures for pubs and restaurants from two meters to one would still be restrictive, the head of the vintners organisation has said. Restaurants and cafes can reopen – as well as pubs and bars which operate as...
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Premier League: Football Will Not Be ‘Back With A Capital B’ Until Fans Return
June 16, 2020 No Responses

Premier League: Football Will Not Be ‘Back With A Capital B’ Until Fans Return

Premier League clubs are prepared to be “guinea pigs” in any phased reopening of stadiums, the competition’s chief executive has said. The 2019-20 English top flight season is set to resume on Wednesday evening after a three-month absence due to...
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Bayern Munich Win 29th Bundesliga Title With Win At Werder Bremen
June 16, 2020 No Responses

Bayern Munich Win 29th Bundesliga Title With Win At Werder Bremen

Bayern Munich have been crowned Bundesliga champions for an eighth successive season after a 1-0 win at Werder Bremen. Their domination of German football does not look like ending any time soon as an 11th win on the bounce means...
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Irish Government Processes Years Of Welfare Claims In Just A Few Weeks
June 16, 2020 No Responses

Irish Government Processes Years Of Welfare Claims In Just A Few Weeks

More than four years’ worth of welfare claims were processed in just five weeks after strict lockdown measures were introduced across the country. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection usually receive 200,000 jobseeker claims in a year, ...
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Foster: British Government Must Deliver Troubles Compensation Scheme If Stormont Can’t
June 16, 2020 No Responses

Foster: British Government Must Deliver Troubles Compensation Scheme If Stormont Can’t

The British Government has an obligation to implement a compensation scheme for Troubles victims if the Stormont executive is unable to, the North’s First Minister has said. Arlene Foster said the delay in introducing the payments had caused hurt and...
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US Open Gets Go Ahead But Will Be Played Behind Closed Doors
June 16, 2020 No Responses

US Open Gets Go Ahead But Will Be Played Behind Closed Doors

The US Open will go ahead as scheduled in late August behind closed doors, New York governor Andrew Cuomo has confirmed. The hard-court grand slam is set to be held at Flushing Meadows between August 31 and September 13 and...
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IFAC Warns That The Economy Could Take Three Years To Recover From Pandemic
June 16, 2020 No Responses

IFAC Warns That The Economy Could Take Three Years To Recover From Pandemic

It could take up to three years for Ireland’s economy to return to pre-crisis levels of activity, the Dáil has heard. Sebastian Barnes, acting chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, said the health crisis will have a lasting effect...
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Outdoor Gatherings Of Up To 5,000 May Be Allowed In September
June 16, 2020 No Responses

Outdoor Gatherings Of Up To 5,000 May Be Allowed In September

Up to 5,000 people could meet in outdoor gatherings from September if the Covid-19 virus stays suppressed, the Taoiseach has said. Leo Varadkar also said that cinemas could reopen in August if people practice social distancing. The Government has banned...
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