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This year
2023
Taoiseach: Upcoming cost-of-living package will not be on the scale of a mini-budget
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar confirmed that there would be both targeted and universal measures within the package.
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Feb 15th 2023, 8:38 PM
Upcoming cost-of-living package to contain 'social welfare and pensions' element
Ministers will meet this week to discuss the detail of what measures should be extended.
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Feb 12th 2023, 5:21 PM
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Premier League increases testing as Covid ravages schedule
Players and staff will now have to take a lateral flow test every time they enter their club’s training ground.
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Dec 14th 2021, 5:36 PM
Strained GPs concerned by guidance on certificates for masks exemptions in schools
It has been recommended that masks be worn by children nine years and older.
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Dec 1st 2021, 2:34 PM
'We need to act now': Taoiseach announces updated Covid-19 restrictions
The latest Covid-19 measures were announced in an address by the Taoiseach.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said it is "increasingly clear that we are experiencing another surge of Covid infection" in Ireland
People are once again advised to work from home unless it is "absolutely necessary to attend in person".
Pubs, restaurants and nightclubs to have an earlier closing time of midnight effective from Thursday night.
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Nov 16th 2021, 6:49 PM
'A very worrying picture': There's been a 25% increase in Covid hospital admissions in a week
Taoiseach Micheál Martin 'extremely concerned' at rise in cases of Covid-19
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
WHO warns people against gathering at Christmas as it is ‘not worth the risk’
The Taoiseach said yesterday that people in Ireland should expect new restrictions “before the new year”.
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Dec 18th 2020, 8:19 AM
How the 2021 Budget will impact social welfare payments
The government released its €17.75 billion Budget package earlier today.
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Oct 13th 2020, 7:49 PM
Coronavirus: Entire country to be placed under Level 3 restrictions from midnight on Tuesday
NPHET had recommended that the country enter Level 5 – the highest level of restrictions.
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Oct 5th 2020, 9:09 PM
New Covid-19 restrictions take effect in Derry and Strabane
The new measures officially come into place today.
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Oct 5th 2020, 6:00 AM
Meat processing plant will only return to normal when the HSE says it is safe to do so
The plant was supposed to get back to some form of work on 18 August but this has since been pushed back to 24 August.
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Aug 11th 2020, 1:43 PM
NFL testing modified masks for players next season
A league official says players will likely be asked to wear masks if the league returns in September.
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May 19th 2020, 3:33 PM
New Covid-19 measures in Northern Ireland prohibiting people leaving their home kick in tonight
Businesses are set to close and gatherings have been restricted.
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Mar 28th 2020, 9:46 PM
Italy shuts all non-essential factories as death toll rises by almost 800 in a day
The Italian leader stressed that groceries and pharmacies would still remain open.
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Mar 22nd 2020, 8:00 AM
Coronavirus: From water to electricity, vital services shouldn't be interrupted in the coming weeks
Public transport will all be running as normal too.
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Mar 13th 2020, 12:05 AM
Wimbledon introduce final set tie-breaks following longest-ever semi-final
Kevin Anderson and John Isner played for over six-and-a-half hours this summer.
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Oct 19th 2018, 12:34 PM
Now Canada's considering a ban on large devices on Middle Eastern flights
Earlier today, the UK government confirmed the new measure, while US reports hinted at a similar ban.
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Mar 21st 2017, 10:45 PM
Free-taking competition to replace replays in knockout stages of hurling league
Meanwhile, the mark will be introduced for all football games from 1 January, 2017.
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Nov 21st 2016, 4:47 PM
Hikes in prices, menthols to be banned and plain packaging - cigarettes took a big hit this week
A range of measures across the world signal big changes to how tobacco is sold.
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May 7th 2016, 7:30 AM