# Mandatory

Last year

2022

# Vaccines

Austrian president signs law making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for all adults

Those holding out can face fines of up to €3,600 after mid-March.

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Feb 4th 2022, 4:36 PM

All time

# new measures

Boris Johnson scraps travel corridors and introduces mandatory quarantine as UK Covid rates surge

Boris Johnson said ‘we must take additional steps now to stop those strains from entering the country’.

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Jan 15th 2021, 5:46 PM

# Mandatory

Ministers and NTA report high level of compliance from passengers around face covering regulations

The AGSI’s Antointette Cunningham said this morning it shouldn’t be up to gardaí to enforce every single piece of the health regulations.

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Jul 13th 2020, 8:20 PM

# Phase Three

Mandatory use of face coverings on public transport 'likely' to be enforced through fines

Enforcement will not begin for a number of weeks, the CEO of the National Transport Authority said.

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Jun 29th 2020, 10:45 AM

# Mandatory

Spurs confirm Son will complete military service during Premier League shutdown

With the Premier League suspended indefinitely due to the spread of Covid-19, Son Heung-min will undertake his military service.

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Apr 6th 2020, 6:47 PM

# Mandatory

Doctors say criminal sanctions in new open disclosure law will 'generate fear'

Healthcare providers will have a duty to disclose serious patient safety incidents and failure to comply could result in a fine or imprisonment.

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Nov 23rd 2019, 7:00 AM

# house of cards

At least €2 million ploughed into PSC / driving licence project - before Shane Ross pulled the plug because it wasn't legal

The Road Safety Authority had scrambled to get its house in order for the PSC introduction, only for the initiative to be dropped suddenly and at the last minute in March of this year.

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May 14th 2018, 12:05 AM

# Mandatory

You'll soon need a public services card to renew your passport

Concerns have been raised about the card, with some critics maintaining it equates to an identity card “by stealth”.

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Aug 28th 2017, 10:11 AM

# they've earned it

'People are getting exploited': New law aims to ensure waiting staff get their tips

Put forward by Sinn Féin senators, the law aims to ensure “transparency” over where your tip is going.

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Apr 2nd 2017, 10:00 AM

# Mandatory

Annoyed that Facebook forced you to download Messenger? Turns out it was very effective

More than 500 million Android users have downloaded the app, despite criticism it faced over app permissions.

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Aug 19th 2014, 3:31 PM

# Industrial Action

Payment for supervision and substitution to stop in 2014 if ASTI reject Haddington deal

The ASTI warns this will lead to a ‘serious escalation’ of the current industrial dispute in schools.

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Dec 3rd 2013, 5:24 PM

# Airbrushing

Airbrushed images in teen mags 'should be labelled'

Nessa Childers MEP has called for mandatory labelling of airbrushed photographs in magazines for young people.

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Jun 15th 2013, 7:30 AM