New ‘Stakeholder Forum’ Will Oversee New Workplace Safety Rules
May 11, 2020 No Responses

New ‘Stakeholder Forum’ Will Oversee New Workplace Safety Rules

A high-level consultative stakeholder forum will oversee the new workplace safety protocols, senior Government official Liz Canavan has said. On Saturday, the Government published its Return to Work safety protocol which details the steps and processes businesses must take once...
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Olympique Lyonnais Calls For Rethink Of Ligue One’s Cancellation
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Olympique Lyonnais Calls For Rethink Of Ligue One’s Cancellation

Lyon have hit out at the decision to curtail the Ligue 1 season and believe “French football is currently moving in the wrong direction”. The decision to cut short the 2019-20 campaign was made last month, with Paris St Germain...
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Starbucks To Reopen Almost 15% Of UK Stores On Thursday
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Starbucks To Reopen Almost 15% Of UK Stores On Thursday

Starbucks is to reopen around 150 stores across the UK from Thursday. The global coffee chain said it will open around 15% of its UK stores in the first phase of its reopening plans, which are predominantly focused on Drive...
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Heathrow’s Passenger Numbers Fall By 97% In April
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Heathrow’s Passenger Numbers Fall By 97% In April

Heathrow’s passenger numbers fell by 97% in April compared with the same month in 2019. The airport announced that it was used by just 206,000 travelers last month, which is “the same number it would typically serve in just one...
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Bars In The UK ‘In Limbo’ After Johnson Announces Lockdown Until July At The Earliest
May 10, 2020 No Responses

Bars In The UK ‘In Limbo’ After Johnson Announces Lockdown Until July At The Earliest

Pubs and bars are still “in limbo” following Boris Johnson’s announcement that parts of the hospitality sector must remain closed until at least July. The British Prime Minister said that though he hoped some venues could begin to open within...
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George Russell Wins F1 Virtual Spanish Grand Prix
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George Russell Wins F1 Virtual Spanish Grand Prix

George Russell savored the winning feeling after profiting from a late penalty handed to Charles Leclerc to triumph in Formula One’s Virtual Spanish Grand Prix. The Williams driver dropped back to fifth after claiming pole but copied Leclerc’s one-stop str...
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HSE To Make Massive Investment In PPE As Focus Moves To Testing And Tracing
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HSE To Make Massive Investment In PPE As Focus Moves To Testing And Tracing

The Health Service Executive will spend up to €1bn on personal protective equipment this year, with similar amounts to be spent on testing and contact tracing as the country begins to move out of the pandemic. On May 18, the...
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Education Minister Says It’s Too Early To Says How Schools Can Reopen In September
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Education Minister Says It’s Too Early To Says How Schools Can Reopen In September

The Education Minister, Joe McHugh, has said it is too early to say how schools will reopen fully in September due to the need for social distancing. Schools and colleges have been shut since March in a bid to slow...
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Health Service Chief Says App Is Just ‘One Element’ Of Contact Tracing System
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Health Service Chief Says App Is Just ‘One Element’ Of Contact Tracing System

The head of the health service has said the contact-tracing app will not play a major role in the country’s strategy to emerge from lockdown. Health Minister Simon Harris said Covid Tracker Ireland App being developed by the Health Service...
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Palace’s Steve Parish Hopeful That Premier League Clubs Reach Restart Consensus
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Palace’s Steve Parish Hopeful That Premier League Clubs Reach Restart Consensus

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish is backing Premier League clubs to come to a consensus on how to end the season. There is a division between the 20 clubs over Project Restart’s plans to finish the 2019/20 at neutral venues,...
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