Stormont Ministers Approve Plan For Mandatory Vaccine Passports In The North
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Stormont Ministers Approve Plan For Mandatory Vaccine Passports In The North

Mandatory vaccine passports are to be introduced in the North after Stormont ministers backed the move despite DUP opposition. The other four Executive parties backed a proposal from Health Minister Robin Swann that will see legal enforcement of Covid-19 certification...
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Out&About
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy Last Wednesday I went to a private screening of the movie Belfast at the Dolby Theatre on 55th Street. I can only say that it was just brilliant from start to finish. Despite the film being largely...
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Exports From The North To The Republic Up By 60% This Year
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Exports From The North To The Republic Up By 60% This Year

Exports from the North to the Republic jumped by 60 per cent in the first nine months of the year, new figures show. Data published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Wednesday reveals that imports from Northern Ireland reached...
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Stormont Considering Introduction Of Mandatory Covid-19 Passports
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Stormont Considering Introduction Of Mandatory Covid-19 Passports

Stormont ministers are set to consider proposals for enforcing mandatory Covid-19 passports from December 13th. It is understood recommendations from Minister for Health Robin Swann have made it on to the agenda for Wednesday afternoon’s meeting of the power...
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Jamison Gibson-Park To Miss Sunday’s Test Against Argentina
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Jamison Gibson-Park To Miss Sunday’s Test Against Argentina

Ireland scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park has been ruled out of Sunday’s autumn international against Argentina in Dublin due to a thigh injury. Gibson-Park helped Ireland defeat his native New Zealand 29-20 last Saturday, having scored his maiden international...
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Employers Report Issues With Return To The Workplace
November 17, 2021 No Responses

Employers Report Issues With Return To The Workplace

Some employers have reported difficulties with unvaccinated workers, with some staff objecting to the redesign of offices, according to a lobby group for employers. Neil McDonnell, chief executive of Irish Small and Medium Enterprises (ISME), said that some em...
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Poll Shows Three-Quarters Want Legal Age To Buy Tobacco Raised To 21
November 16, 2021 No Responses

Poll Shows Three-Quarters Want Legal Age To Buy Tobacco Raised To 21

Almost three-quarters of people in Ireland want the legal age for the sale of tobacco raised from 18 to 21, new research shows. The Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) says the findings send an overwhelming message to Government that the public...
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Ireland, Scotland And England To Co-Host 2030 T20 World Cup
November 16, 2021 No Responses

Ireland, Scotland And England To Co-Host 2030 T20 World Cup

Ireland, Scotland and England have been named as co-hosts of the 2030 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The event will be the first time since 1999 that Ireland and Scotland have hosted games in a major cricket event, having staged...
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Relegation Looms For Derby County After Further Nine Point Deduction
November 16, 2021 No Responses

Relegation Looms For Derby County After Further Nine Point Deduction

Derby are facing the prospect of relegation from the Sky Bet Championship after accepting a 21-point deduction for breaching English Football League accounting rules. The club’s administrators Quantuma have agreed a further deduction of nine points, plus a f...
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No Plans To Reintroduce Pandemic Unemployment Payments Says Government
November 16, 2021 No Responses

No Plans To Reintroduce Pandemic Unemployment Payments Says Government

The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) will not be reintroduced alongside the new measures to tackle the surge in Covid-19. Despite demands from opposition politicians earlier, the Government said on Tuesday evening that the PUP will not be reintroduced along...
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