Garda Checkpoints Set Up to Prevent People Travelling Over The Holiday Weekend
April 28, 2020 No Responses

Garda Checkpoints Set Up to Prevent People Travelling Over The Holiday Weekend

Large numbers of Garda checkpoints on main arterial and smaller roads have been set up across the country. Gardaí have been deployed at checkpoints nationwide to prevent people from travelling across the country for the May bank holiday weekend. Operation...
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SPFL to Meet to Discuss Investigation into Vote Ending Scottish season
April 27, 2020 No Responses

SPFL to Meet to Discuss Investigation into Vote Ending Scottish season

Rangers have been granted a general meeting for clubs to decide whether there should be an independent investigation around the vote on ending the Scottish season. The Scottish Professional Football League board has set a May 12 date for a...
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Michelle O’Neill Slams People Flouting Lockdown Rules in The North
April 27, 2020 No Responses

Michelle O’Neill Slams People Flouting Lockdown Rules in The North

People starting to flout coronavirus rules in Northern Ireland are wrong, reckless and are putting lives in danger, the North’s Deputy First Minister has said. Michelle O’Neill said there was evidence of more traffic on the roads there, with signs...
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Anti-Brexit Campaigner Raymond McCord Loses Border Appeal
April 27, 2020 No Responses

Anti-Brexit Campaigner Raymond McCord Loses Border Appeal

Anti-Brexit campaigner Raymond McCord has lost a Court of Appeal action against the Government over the Northern Ireland border. He claimed the Northern Ireland Secretary’s failure to set out circumstances in which he would direct the holding of a poll...
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Liverpool Postpone Redevelopment of Anfield Road Stand
April 27, 2020 No Responses

Liverpool Postpone Redevelopment of Anfield Road Stand

Liverpool have halted the planned redevelopment of their Anfield Road stand for a year. The club have announced the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to delay the expansion. The earliest target to complete the project – which will take Anfield’s...
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HSE Launches Plan to Scale Up Coronavirus Testing and Contact Tracing
April 27, 2020 No Responses

HSE Launches Plan to Scale Up Coronavirus Testing and Contact Tracing

A plan to scale up coronavirus testing and tracing every week is being launched today, HSE chief executive Paul Reid has said. The Department of Health has set a target of 100,000 coronavirus tests per week, which the HSE hopes...
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Organizers Postpone This Year’s Rose of Tralee Festival Until August 2021
April 27, 2020 No Responses

Organizers Postpone This Year’s Rose of Tralee Festival Until August 2021

The organizers of the Rose of Tralee Festival have confirmed it has been postponed for the first time in its 61-year history because of Covid-19. It will now be held in August 2021. In a statement, the organizers said: “Over...
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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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Fprmula 1 Looks to Restart in Austria After Cancellation of French Grand Prix
April 27, 2020 No Responses

Fprmula 1 Looks to Restart in Austria After Cancellation of French Grand Prix

Formula One is planning to start its 2020 season on July 5 in Austria after the French Grand Prix became the 10th race this year to be postponed or cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision to cancel the...
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Premier League Edges Closer to Playing Games Behind Closed Doors
April 25, 2020 No Responses

Premier League Edges Closer to Playing Games Behind Closed Doors

The Premier League is in discussions with UK rights holders about how best to broadcast the season’s remaining fixtures as the campaign edges closer to a return behind closed doors, the PA news agency understands. It is six weeks since...
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