Tokyo Olympics Will Not Be ‘Scrapped’ If It Can’t Be Held Next Year

Tokyo Olympics Will Not Be ‘Scrapped’ If It Can’t Be Held Next Year

The rescheduled Tokyo Olympics will be “scrapped” if it is not possible to hold the event in 2021, according to Games president Yoshiro Mori. The coronavirus pandemic has already forced organizers to move the Games back by a year so...
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Government Language on Coronavirus Measures Has Led to ‘Confusion and Anxiety’ – McDonald

Government Language on Coronavirus Measures Has Led to ‘Confusion and Anxiety’ – McDonald

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has accused the Government of raising expectations that restrictions will be lifted next week. In an open letter to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Ms McDonald said that Government language on coronavirus measures has led to...
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Four in 10 Employees Report Working Longers Hours From Home

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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