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Wednesday 30 September 2020
Here’s what Covid-related news is making headlines today.
Plus Reddit is set to open a Dublin office, its first location outside the US.
Plus, how many homes were sold in Ireland last year?
Plus, a new six-storey Dublin office block hits the market for €155m.
Plus, the State has spent over €100k on private security for an unused barracks.
Plus, Dublin’s Suffolk St is about to be pedestrianised… but just for six weeks.
Plus, US tech giant Salesforce reckons our housing crisis will ease by 2021.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
Plus planning rows over a Scientology-linked drug centre hit the High Court.
Plus, Ibec says Ireland needs tens of thousands more builders if we’re to meet construction demand.
Plus nearly 300 vacant sites are now subject to a levy.
Plus, Primark gets a new Belfast premises following a fire earlier this year.
Plus, a new report says Dublin is one of Europe’s ‘best bets’ for real estate investment.
Plus, renewed discussions about an ‘airport city’ in the midlands.
Plus excess heat from Amazon’s data centre will be used to warm Tallaght homes.
New bus and cycle lanes will affect some people’s front gardens and parking spaces.
Plus, Dublin will be extra bright this Christmas.
And Dublin’s Metrolink has been delayed due to a high volume of public feedback.
Plus, a new €10 million spa for Longford.
And College Green plaza plans are refused permission.
And a Dublin development of close to 1000 new homes gets the green light.
Plus Sinn Féin proposes a €400 second-home tax.
And is Dublin’s house price growth finally slowing down again?
Plus US firm Equinix buys a Dublin site for its new data centre.
Plus Cork’s Wilton Shopping Centre is on the market for €86m.
And, voting has been put on hold over the sale of a historic building.
Plus a luxury five-star hotel hits the market.
And a Docklands apartment-block-in-progress is on sale for €52.5m.
Cork, Dublin and Galway all got the nod from Condé Nast Traveler.
And work on Cork’s massive Horgan Quay development is set to kick off in the next fortnight.
And plans for a U2 visitor centre have already met roadblocks.
Plus Ireland’s hosepipe ban could continue.
Plus Glanbia has some major plans for Laois.
Plus Ireland’s highest earning construction firm revealed.
Plus the owner of Muckross Park Hotel bags €40m to expand nationwide.
Plus Dublin has been named one of Europe’s top cities for real estate investment.
Plus Dublin’s skyline could look completely different by 2040.
Plus Prince Charles and Camilla cause traffic disruption down south.
Plus a new superpub on Dublin’s Harcourt Street gets the go ahead.
Plus the hunt is on for a door thief in Co Laois.
Plus a second home for Google at Boland’s Quay.
TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT – Joe Biden and Donald Trump will face off in an election debate in Cleveland.
Highly anticipated, many will see the debate as an opportunity for either candidate to claim a key advantage in what should be a closely-fought battle.
Likely to be combative, it’ll see Democrat candidate Biden tackle Trump on the economy and the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Of course, it’ll be the early hours of the morning by the time any of this airs – and even then, it’s not likely to be an entertainment event for the faint-hearted.
So today we want to know: Will you be watching the first US presidential debate live?
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