Northern Ireland Protocol Will Give North Trade Advantage
December 16, 2020 No Responses

Northern Ireland Protocol Will Give North Trade Advantage

The Northern Ireland Protocol has placed the region at a significant market advantage over competitors in Britain, a senior Stormont official has said. The unfettered access Northern Ireland has already secured to the EU market was what the rest of...
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Taoiseach Says Banks Were Not ‘Bailed Out’ After 2008 Financial Crisis
December 16, 2020 No Responses

Taoiseach Says Banks Were Not ‘Bailed Out’ After 2008 Financial Crisis

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has claimed the banks were not bailed out following the 2008 financial crisis. In 2010, Irish banks were given upwards of €64 billion in State liquidity, borrowed from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....
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Coronavirus Numbers In North Are ‘Very Worrying And Concerning’ – Taoiseach
December 16, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus Numbers In North Are ‘Very Worrying And Concerning’ – Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has warned that Northern Ireland’s escalating Covid-19 figures could be repeated in the Republic if “we allow things to get out of control”. Mr Martin said the number of coronavirus cases in Northern Ireland is “very worrying....
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Up To 15 Mass-Vaccination Centers Being Considered In Ireland
December 16, 2020 No Responses

Up To 15 Mass-Vaccination Centers Being Considered In Ireland

Up to 15 mass-vaccination centers are being considered by the HSE to facilitate the roll-out of the coronavirus inoculation. The Government’s high-level taskforce on Covid-19 vaccination has been in discussions with a number of third level institutions about...
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Lines Of Ambulances Form Outside Overloaded Northern Hospitals
December 15, 2020 No Responses

Lines Of Ambulances Form Outside Overloaded Northern Hospitals

Queues of ambulances formed outside several hospitals in Northern Ireland as pressure continued to mount on the region’s over-capacity health service. The scenes unfolded as First Minister Arlene Foster participated in a call with other UK political leaders ...
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EU Brings Forward Meeting To Assess Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine
December 15, 2020 No Responses

EU Brings Forward Meeting To Assess Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine

Facing strong pressure from Germany and other EU nations, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has brought forward a meeting to assess the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to December 21. It brings vaccinations a step closer for millions of EU citizens. The....
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Dáil Vote On EU-Canada Free Trade Deal Postponed Until 2021
December 14, 2020 No Responses

Dáil Vote On EU-Canada Free Trade Deal Postponed Until 2021

A contentious vote on an EU-Canada free trade deal will be deferred until the New Year after two Green Party TDs indicated they would not vote with the Government on the issue. The Green Party sought a postponement of a...
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Student Nurses Should Be Paid More During Pandemic Says Harris
December 14, 2020 No Responses

Student Nurses Should Be Paid More During Pandemic Says Harris

Student nurses should be paid higher allowances for working during Covid-19, the Minister for Higher and Further Education Simon Harris has said. The former minister for health said it was “right” and “appropriate” that student nurses were paid for wor...
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Mixed Reactions In The North Towards Centennial Funding Plan
December 14, 2020 No Responses

Mixed Reactions In The North Towards Centennial Funding Plan

There has been a mixed reaction from Northern Ireland’s parties to a £3 million (€3.3 million) fund to mark the centenary of the region. First Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster said the year should be about reflection, commemoration and...
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Hospitals In The North Risk Being Overwhelmed In January
December 14, 2020 No Responses

Hospitals In The North Risk Being Overwhelmed In January

Northern Ireland’s hospitals risk being “overwhelmed” by a January Covid-19 spike, health trusts have warned. Several acute centers are already operating beyond capacity. Flow of patients through hospital has been “seriously impacted” by pandemic res...
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