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Tuesday 20 October 2020
A final batch of 2,500 spots went on sale this morning, but huge demand led to the website crashing.
Budget talks start today – but the minister says Fine Gael wants parallel talks on confidence and supply.
Timmy Dooley says the Budget needs to be agreed before any confidence and supply talks.
The All-Ireland SFC qualifier has been fixed for St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge on Saturday.
House prices continue to rise and the number of properties on the market continues to fall, the latest Daft.ie house price report has found.
There were 72,643 applications by 1 February – a decrease of 3,443 applicants on the previous year.
Strict new coronavirus measures are now in effect – here’s what they mean for you.
According to Goodbody’s latest quarterly Irish Economy Health Check new mortgage lending is also expected to increase by 30% in 2017.
There are 138 families who have spent more than 18 months in emergency accommodation.
230 temp staff are being hired to deal with the post-Brexit vote surge.
Carpenters, electricians and plumbers are left to compete for the limited positions.
There has been a massive surge in demand since they won the award.
Incredible levels of support for Martin O’Neill’s side.
Here’s to the playmakers.
The Ulster Bank’s new figures have shown growth in the construction industry continued in April.
New first years will be prioritised when it comes to living on campus.
Heroin and cocaine worth over €5 million was seized by gardaí.
The production of the larger iPad was originally planned to start in December, but strong demand for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus pushed this back to early next year.
The owner of Benny’s Deli, on Castlerea’s Main Street, grew tired of constant ‘boil water’ notices in the town and decided to take matters into his own hands.
A new housing report found that 97% of property professionals believe house prices in Dublin will increase further in the next 12 months.
Nearly a third of the EU’s natural gas comes from Russia, and about 13 per cent transits through Ukraine.
Stephen Kinsella’s new book, QuickWin ECONOMICS, answers 100 questions you might have on the subject. In this excerpt: What happens to demand for gin when the price of tonic changes?
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
Poll Results:
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