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Cabinet to consider doubling home quarantine to ten days for unvaccinated people travelling from Britain to Ireland
cabinet plans
Landlords will not be allowed to demand in excess of two months’ rent upfront under new rules, including from student renters
Taoiseach
Taoiseach expects things to 'settle down' as business group says outdoor dining has improved city atmosphere
dup leader
Poots reports 'positive, frank and useful' talks with Taoiseach despite north-south relations 'never being as bad'
party meetings
Tánaiste tells colleagues that LPT will reduce for some south Dublin homeowners amid by-election fears
Housing
Local property tax surcharge for vacant properties under consideration as system set to be overhauled
Social Welfare
Government plans to link unemployment payments to past working history and PRSI contributions
outdoor summer
'No point in fooling ourselves into telling people not to go out': Call for extended park opening hours
international travel
United States, Belgium, France and Luxembourg to be removed from the mandatory hotel quarantine list
summer review
Varadkar confirms pub and restaurant rules around time limits will be reviewed in a 'few weeks'
Housing
Government to set up Commission on Housing to deal with housing issues in Ireland over the coming decades
105 minutes
New pub and restaurant rules 'savaged' by TDs as Tánaiste indicates further changes into the summer
garda powers
Minister told government will not continue to receive 'a blank cheque' for their Covid response
easing of restrictions
NPHET's view is the trajectory is positive towards the easing of restrictions, says health minister
international travel
'Unreasonable' to ask fully vaccinated people to wait for Green Cert to become operational, says transport minister
Palestine
Coveney says Israel’s actions amount to a 'de facto annexation' but Hamas violence must also be condemned in SF motion
Fine Gael
Fine Gael distances itself from councillor's comments that child benefit can be a 'subsidy to have sex'
garda powers
Opposition parties say pushing out Covid-19 emergency powers to November is a step too far
vacant properties
Banks sitting on hundreds of vacant properties as pressure ramps up on government to get radical
emergency powers
Seanad passes extension of emergency Covid-19 powers until November, but SF to push for earlier July review date
reopening travel
Dozens of airline pilots have lined up outside Leinster House to warn of thousands of job losses in their sector
Gaza
Greens discuss councillors' call to support Occupied Territories Bill as Coveney says Ireland will continue to speak up
outdoor cinema
'They're as safe as you can get': Eamon Ryan says he'll find out why drive-in cinemas have been shut down
Summertime
Taoiseach to give statement next week on travel, entertainment, sport and hotel quarantine for June and July
LPT MULTIPLES
Vacant property tax targeted at institutional landlords who leave apartments lying empty under 'serious consideration'
local politicians
Councillors around the country are to get a pay rise in July under plans agreed by Cabinet
litmus test
Pressure on FF's hopeful future leader O’Callaghan to deliver decent vote in Dublin Bay South
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