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Let's regulate short-term let platforms like Airbnb before tourism kicks back in, says housing minister
Covid-19
Taoiseach: 'Over 2,000 cases per day would significantly challenge the contact tracing system'
new restrictions
Restaurants and pubs to close on Christmas Eve and household visit ban from Jan 1st, Taoiseach confirms
Cabinet
Cabinet to meet today to discuss further Christmas restrictions as NPHET announces Covid 'third wave'
Post-Christmas
Pub and restaurants expected to close their doors on 30 Dec, while inter-county travel set to continue until 6 January
Revenue
'Final nail in the coffin for businesses': Revenue claw back of wage subsidy funding raised with Taoiseach
2021
Government will look into whether to allow restaurants to stay open till 12.30am on New Year's Eve
CETA
Green Party Cabinet ministers write to members in a bid to allay fears about the EU-Canada trade deal
Housing
Taoiseach told he is living in a world of 'make believe' by ignoring the reality of the housing crisis
every contact counts
Government monitoring case numbers but no restrictions on the cards this side of Christmas
vaccine task force
Covid vaccines: Hubs to be set up as retired professionals may be asked to help with roll-out
student nurses
Student nurses motion was 'party politics' designed to make the 'government look bad', says Varadkar
PUP
Self-employed people allowed earn €960 over two months without losing their Pandemic Unemployment Payment
customer service
Two-thirds of complaints dealt with by telecoms regulator so far this year came from Eir customers
vaccine roll out
Workers in high-risk environments like meat factories could be one of the first groups to get the vaccine
Vaccine
Health Minister says Covid-19 vaccine should be free as nine freezer trucks arrive in Ireland
time please
Taoiseach: 'There's nothing I would like better right now than a pint in a rural pub in the west of Ireland'
PAC chair
Brian Stanley apologises for IRA tweets: We need to talk about the past in a way that doesn't deepen division
homlessness
Balloons left outside Leinster House to represent the 56 people who have died in homeless services in Dublin this year
Over 91,000 have received €350 Covid-19 Illness Benefit weekly payment so far, with big drop in November
Children's Rights
Children with disabilities waiting years for assessment a violation of their rights, committee to be told
leaving level 5
Micheál and Leo's December plans? A haircut, the gym, a meal with friends, and lazy days at home for Christmas
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