Ryanair’s Passenger Numbers Down 99.6% In April
May 5, 2020 No Responses

Ryanair’s Passenger Numbers Down 99.6% In April

Low-cost airline Ryanair flew just 40,000 passengers last month as the coronavirus crisis brought air travel to a standstill, and warned that operations will continue to be affected throughout May and June. The Dublin-based carrier – which last week announced...
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Tesla Applies For License To Generate Power In Britain
May 3, 2020 No Responses

Tesla Applies For License To Generate Power In Britain

Tesla has applied for a licence to generate electricity in the UK, documents show. The US company is mainly known for its electric vehicles but also has operations in battery energy storage and solar panel and solar roof tile manufacturing....
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Cabinet To Meet To Discuss How To Further Help Businesses During Pandemic
May 2, 2020 No Responses

Cabinet To Meet To Discuss How To Further Help Businesses During Pandemic

Government ministers will meet later to agree further actions to help businesses struggling in the coronavirus emergency. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said there was a need to support companies to “restart, reconnect and rehire”. The Government has already rolle...
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British Government Safeguards Flights Between Britain And The North
May 1, 2020 No Responses

British Government Safeguards Flights Between Britain And The North

Flights between Northern Ireland and Britain will continue to operate through £5.7 million (€6.5m) of taxpayer funding, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced. The package is being funded by the UK Government and the Northern Ireland Executive to...
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Coronavirus Pandemic Leads To US Economy Shrinking By Almost 5%
April 29, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus Pandemic Leads To US Economy Shrinking By Almost 5%

The US economy shrank by 4.8% in the last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the country and began triggering a recession that will end the longest expansion on record. The Commerce Department estimated on Wednesday that...
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Four in 10 Employees Report Working Longers Hours From Home
April 28, 2020 No Responses

Four in 10 Employees Report Working Longers Hours From Home

Over four in ten employees working from home are working longer hours than they would in a standard working day, a survey has found. Some 90% of workers are now based at their homes since the coronavirus restrictions came into...
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More Than Half a Million Receiving Pandemic Unemployment Payments
April 27, 2020 No Responses

More Than Half a Million Receiving Pandemic Unemployment Payments

More than half a million people are receiving the emergency Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment. Some 591,000 people are now in receipt of the €350 weekly payment, up from 584,000 this time last week. Speaking at a briefing in Dublin on...
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Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin to Resume Production Next Month
April 23, 2020 No Responses

Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin to Resume Production Next Month

Car giant Jaguar Land Rover is to gradually resume production at two of its UK plants next month amid “robust” guidelines to support a return to work. The move follows an announcement by luxury car-maker Aston Martin Lagonda that it...
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Nando’s Reopens Kitchens to Feed Frontline Healthcare Workers
April 22, 2020 No Responses

Nando’s Reopens Kitchens to Feed Frontline Healthcare Workers

Nando’s has reopened the kitchens in some of its restaurants to help feed frontline healthcare workers. The peri-peri chicken chain said seven of its city center restaurants reopened their kitchens on Monday, after the chain shut all its sites in...
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Irish Government Calls for Businesses to Start Planning for Reopening
April 21, 2020 No Responses

Irish Government Calls for Businesses to Start Planning for Reopening

Businesses should start to plan how they will come back when Covid-19 restrictions lift, a minister has said. The National Public Health Emergency Team will also meet on Tuesday to discuss options aimed at easing restrictions which are due to...
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