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Monday 18 January 2021
There is no such levy on vacant housing in Ireland at the moment.
Surveyors predict a 4% rise in house prices in Ireland in 2021.
Her club, Greater Western Sydney Giants, has issued a statement, confirming the extent of the neck injury.
The hospital said 16 vaccine doses would have been discarded if they were not used that day.
Next time you come for cervical screening your sample will be tested for the HPV virus.
Over 400 people with Covid-19 are receiving high-grade ventilation and respiratory support.
The report documents the harrowing and shameful treatment of young women and children at the hands of the Irish State.
4,000 people awaiting citizenship will be able to finish the process by the end of March.
The property was covered with petrol and the occupants were threatened with a knife during the incident.
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Social workers, parents, foster carers and children have experienced additional stress in the last six months.
Navalny was detained on arrival in Russia after recovering from nerve agent poisoning in Germany.
TheJournal.ie spoke to Noirin Russell about some of the common questions about the change to the cancer screening programme.
The newly launched two-year, part-time Modular Executive MBA begins in August 2021.
The FSAI issued less than half of the enforcement orders last year that it issued in 2019.
No history books allowed.
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The total number of people who have died now stands at 2,608.
Spector, a former music producer, was in prison for murder.
Liverpool faced Man United, in one of the season’s most-anticipated matches so far.
Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman said that the legislation would have GDPR at the heart of it.
A Swiss startup said it had used its algorithm-based software, developed to detect plagiarism, to help crack QAnon.
Cork LGFA say there’s positive news coming from Australia, and the Giants player will make a full recovery.
Archbishop Eamon Martin said that the church was “expected to intervene” when society “banished” mothers.
Current restrictions in place in the North mean that people must stay at home unless they have a “reasonable excuse”.
Clinical placements for most student nurses and midwives – due to start tomorrow – have been suspended.
The woman assaulted a staff member at a premises where she had not worn a face covering.
The death toll from the 6.2 magnitude earthquake has risen to 56.
The Pfizer plant in Belgium is working to increase capacity.
There were 60 deaths and a further 3,231 cases of Covid-19 announced yesterday.
His comments follow the dumping of a statue into Bristol Harbour by protestors last year.
The former Tánaiste called on the Government to intervene to stop the tendering process.
Are you paying more for something, or don’t have access to it anymore?
A LABOUR SENATOR has called for a six-month levy on housing sites that lie vacant for more than six months.
The Business Post reported yesterday that hundreds of luxury apartments lie vacant at two prominent Dublin rental blocks.
Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said described this as a “scandal… while thousands of families have no proper home”.
She said a levy on empty housing is “urgently needed” – there is already a vacant site levy in place.
An independent report presented to government in 2018 did not recommend bringing in a vacant property tax at that time.
So today we’re asking: Should there be a levy on housing units that lie vacant for over six months?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Larry Donnelly reflects on the final days of President Donald Trump’s term.
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