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September 17, 2020 No Responses

EU Stands Firm On Demands For UK To Honor Brexit Agreement

Brussels is standing firm on its demand for the UK to abandon plans to override key elements of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, despite ministers agreeing a compromise with Tory rebels. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced to agree to...

September 17, 2020 No Responses

Irish Health Authorities ‘More Concerned’ Than At Any Time Since April

Acting chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn said the current situation has “deteriorated both in Dublin and nationally over the past week”. “Along with Dublin, we have seen particularly concerning trends in Louth, Waterford and Donegal,” he said. “It...

September 16, 2020 No Responses

Belfast House Parties Will Not Be Tolerated Says Health Minister

Dangerous and anti-social house parties in Belfast’s Holyland student district will not be tolerated, Northern Ireland’s health minister has said. Footage showing groups of young people congregating and drinking in the area of terraced housing near Que...

September 16, 2020 No Responses

Dublin Residents Left ‘Hanging In Very Cruel Limbo’ From Uncertain Restrictions

Dublin residents have been left hanging in a “cruel limbo” by uncertainty around coronavirus restrictions, opposition leaders said. People’s jobs are in the balance, Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said. She said the “shambles” of the Dáil’...

September 15, 2020 No Responses

Ian Paisley Fined Over Rules Breach Related To Fundraising Dinner

DUP MP Ian Paisley has been fined £1,300 by the UK’s Electoral Commission over breaches in finance rules related to a party fundraising dinner. The penalty relates to Mr Paisley accepting money from two local councils to purchase tables at...

September 14, 2020 No Responses

Planning Permission Granted For North To South Electricity Interconnector

Plans for a North-South interconnector in Ireland have been given the green light. It will create a 400kv overhead electricity line connecting with the Republic of Ireland, and has been described as “crucial” for handling growing demand across the island.....

September 14, 2020 No Responses

Ireland Joins Five EU Nations In Testing Cross-Border Contact Tracing App

Ireland and five other European Union countries and the bloc’s executive commission have started testing a virtual “gateway” to ensure national coronavirus tracing apps can work across borders. The trial starting on Monday will allow Ireland’s comp...

September 13, 2020 No Responses

Social Contact Must Be Reduced At All Levels Says Taoiseach

People will have to reduce social contacts at all levels during the Government’s medium-term plan for living with Covid-19, the Taoiseach said. Micheal Martin again said his main aim was to keep schools and colleges open and this would take...

September 13, 2020 No Responses

DUP Denies That Latest Brexit Proposals Undermine Belfast Agreement

The DUP will attempt to amend the Internal Market Bill to ensure the UK sets the rules on state aid in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Protocol sets out that EU state aid rules will apply to commerce. State aid...

September 12, 2020 No Responses

Almost Half Of Ireland’s New Coronavirus Cases In Dublin

Almost half of Ireland’s new coronavirus cases were in Dublin, the authorities said on Saturday. The Government would have no hesitation in implementing special restrictions in the city to curb the spread of coronavirus, Taoiseach Micheal Martin has warned. ...

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