Last Week Sees Largest Weekly Fall In Numbers Claiming Covid-19 Payments
July 13, 2020 No Responses

Last Week Sees Largest Weekly Fall In Numbers Claiming Covid-19 Payments

The number of people claiming the Government’s Covid-19 payment has fallen by over 67,000 – its largest weekly drop since the introduction of the scheme. The number of people depending on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) has dropped by 42%...
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Twelfth Of July To Be Celebrated Mainly At Home This Year Amid Pandemic
July 13, 2020 No Responses

Twelfth Of July To Be Celebrated Mainly At Home This Year Amid Pandemic

Northern Ireland’s traditional day of parading to mark the twelfth of July is instead set to be celebrated at home. Hundreds of Orange Order parades across the region have been cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic. Supporters have instead been encouraged....
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Family Of Nóra Anne Quoirin Welcomes Inquest Into Her Death
July 11, 2020 No Responses

Family Of Nóra Anne Quoirin Welcomes Inquest Into Her Death

The family of a teenager found dead after she disappeared from a Malaysian nature resort last year have welcomed the news that an inquest is to be held in the country. Nóra Anne Quoirin’s disappearance from her family’s cottage at...
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Oireachtas’ Covid-19 Committee Hears That Not All Meat Packing Plants Give Sick Pay
July 10, 2020 No Responses

Oireachtas’ Covid-19 Committee Hears That Not All Meat Packing Plants Give Sick Pay

The boss of Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has said not all meat processing plants offer sick pay to their workers despite the clusters of coronavirus cases found at such settings. The outbreak of the virus at meat plants came under...
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World Health Organization Warns Pandemic ‘Accelerating’ And ‘Getting Worse’
July 10, 2020 No Responses

World Health Organization Warns Pandemic ‘Accelerating’ And ‘Getting Worse’

The World Health Organisation has warned the coronavirus pandemic has still not reached its peak – as lockdown measures are relaxed to make international travel easier. The director general of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the virus is...
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‘External’ Officer To Lead PSNI Investigation Into Storey Funeral
July 9, 2020 No Responses

‘External’ Officer To Lead PSNI Investigation Into Storey Funeral

An external officer has been requested to direct the PSNI’s investigation of potential social-distancing breaches at the funeral of a senior republican. Hundreds of people lined the route of Bobby Storey’s cortege last week despite restrictions placed on t...
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Opposition To Occupied Territories Bill Based On Legal Advice Says Coveney
July 9, 2020 No Responses

Opposition To Occupied Territories Bill Based On Legal Advice Says Coveney

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said his opposition to the Occupied Territories Bill is not political, but based on clear advice from the former attorney general. The Bill, which would ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian terr...
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Banks Warned Against Profiting From Interest On Mortgage Payment Breaks
July 9, 2020 No Responses

Banks Warned Against Profiting From Interest On Mortgage Payment Breaks

The Government will come down on banks “like a ton of bricks” if they profit from interest charged on mortgage payment breaks, Leo Varadkar has said. The Tánaiste said it is “unacceptable” for banks to take advantage of the Covid-19...
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Gyms Preparing To Reopen In The North
July 9, 2020 No Responses

Gyms Preparing To Reopen In The North

Preparations are under way as gyms in Northern Ireland are set to reopen following lockdown. The Stormont Executive has directed that leisure centers and gyms may reopen from Friday. Better Leisure, which operates 15 municipal leisure facilities on behalf of.....
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Stormont Ministers Warned That Travelers From UK Pose Greatest Risk For Covid-19
July 8, 2020 No Responses

Stormont Ministers Warned That Travelers From UK Pose Greatest Risk For Covid-19

Stormont ministers are to consider a report warning that travelers from the rest of the UK present the greatest risk of bringing Covid-19 into Northern Ireland. Their meeting on Thursday is expected to review international travel regulations. At present travel...
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