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covid restrictions
'Common sense has broken down': Government slammed for 'bonkers' measures and 'mixed messaging'
nphet
Public health experts must justify any proposed restrictions for Dublin if they're more 'drastic' than other EU cities
brexit pressure
'We got no heads up': Taoiseach speaks to Boris Johnson about the 'undermining' of Brexit negotiations
trajectory
Pubs may not reopen and other businesses may close if Covid situation gets worse, government admits
government roadmap
Tánaiste says no date agreed for 'wet pubs' reopening, but new roadmap will provide certainty to the public
Leaving Cert
Simon Harris: 'We need to drop the snobby attitude that the only way to progress in life is to go to university'
nphet
'Some people are getting a little terrorised': Tánaiste says we should not be obsessing about daily Covid numbers
pubs reopening
Pub reopening guidelines will be issued 'shortly', says Taoiseach as he meets protesting publicans
IRELAND'S ROADMAP
Varadkar tells FG members Ireland is an outlier in terms of Covid rules on pubs and international travel
clusters
Meat plant workers have a choice between going to work with Covid symptoms or not getting paid, Dáil told
winter bills
Government will engage with Electric Ireland about its planned price hike, says Taoiseach
golfgate
Ceann Comhairle says Clifden golf event was either 'collective crass stupidity' or 'arrogant delusion'
vintner is coming
Schools are open, pubs are next: Government aims to reopen pubs 'as early as possible'
Back to Work
New Agriculture Minister, golfgate and pub closure laws: Busy agenda as Dáil returns early from summer holidays
clusters and lockdowns
Migrant rights group seeks meeting with Taoiseach over 'serious' concerns from meat factory workers
u-turn
Cabinet agrees gardaí entering homes to shut down house parties would be an 'extreme measure'
back to college
Universities and colleges get funding boost to beef up health and safety measures on campus
Lockdown
Focus until Christmas is on reopening society, protecting jobs and the most vulnerable, says minister
covid committee
Covid committee: HSE boss to be questioned on clusters in meat plants and re-opening of schools
Seamus Woulfe
'Judicial arm of government will have to deal with this': Martin says he can't call for Supreme Court judge's dismissal
Covid-19
'High degree of anger': Concerns over compliance as 'arbitrary' county boundaries used to impose local lockdown
lump sum payments
All TDs who lost their seats in the last election have paid back their 'parachute' payments
symptoms overlap
Testing capacity must be able to meet demand when flu season arrives, finds Covid committee report
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