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Tuesday 28 September 2021
The nation was praised for its “startling turnaround” and the success of the vaccine rollout.
The Taoiseach has said banning data centres is ‘too crude a measure’.
Women have alleged they were sexually assaulted and discriminated against while serving in the Irish Defence Forces.
Provisions in the Health Amendment Act are due to expire on 9 October.
Here are some TV highlights for the week ahead.
The Swedish environmental figurehead spoke at a meeting of youth climate activists in Milan.
The consignment of vaccines will be completed later this week.
The fire broke out around midday yesterday.
The British Prime Minister urged motorists to go about their business in the normal way.
Failure to balance the privacy rights of mothers with the identity rights of children could spark legal challenges to new laws, he said.
300 survivors as well as family members of the victims of the attacks are to take the stand over the coming weeks.
Alicia Edosa (45) and Edith Enoghaghase (31) were each found guilty of two counts of trafficking women.
The latest Covid-19 case numbers were confirmed this afternoon by the Department of Health.
Patrick O’Connor of the Bantry Bay RFC speaks to The42 about the current state of the game.
See how we’re fighting misinformation and disinformation every month.
The probe could see the opposition leader spend up to 10 more years in jail.
More than 670 Afghan nationals have already been granted permission to reside in the State so far this year.
The abuses were committed by the UN agency’s staff who were in the country to fight an Ebola outbreak from 2018 to 2020.
Rushe was diagnosed with cervical cancer in December 2018.
The Taoiseach says it is ‘wrong’ to say the project has not been delayed.
Grace Miano (53) is charged with the murder of Malawian man Limbani ‘Robert’ Mzoma (27).
Levels of MDMA and cocaine in the water were so high it could be harming wildlife further downstream, the study found.
Pfizer and BioNTech are also trialling their vaccine children under the age of five.
The investment will restore all the company’s pre-pandemic capacity at Cork from December.
A total of 106,245 people received the payment this week.
Hunt, who was part of England’s 1966 World Cup-winning line-up, scored an unrivalled 244 league goals for the Reds.
At least 16 people were hurt in the incident in Gothenburg, four of them suffering serious injuries.
Fuel shortages at filling stations are now having a knock-on effect across several sectors.
The Social Democrats TD says we must pause development of data centres until we know if our energy infrastructure can cope with them.
People Before Profit says that Ireland needs at least three more bank holidays.
Koci Selamaj appeared at Willesden Magistrates’ Court today.
The protocol was agreed by the UK and EU as a way to maintain a free-flowing land border on the island of Ireland after Brexit.
The minister is set to discuss the Birth Information and Tracing Bill at a meeting of the Oireachtas Children’s Committee this afternoon.
The organs of 18 babies were sent to Belgium along with clinical waste, prompting an investigation.
The company said it will use the mRNA technology for vaccines against other pathogens,
The government is discussing a number of options to reward workers for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.
AN EXTRA BANK holiday and tax credits are among the measures under consideration as part of a “Covid bonus”, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said.
The government is discussing a number of options to reward workers on the front line for their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Varadkar said he expects the bonus would be paid to Irish citizens before the end of the year, with speculation that a decision could be made on Budget day.
The Tánaiste declined to give a date for the potential additional bank holiday, after Fine Gael TD Ciaran Cannon suggested it should tie in with the American holiday of Thanksgiving (Thursday, 26 November).
“There’s no decision at all on dates and that may even require primary legislation. That needs to be borne in mind too,” Varadkar said.
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