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Friday 27 November 2020
The Vote Leave staffer is leaving Downing Street at the end of the year.
We chat to polls expert Kevin Cunningham of TU Dublin to find out more.
Unsurprisingly, Covid-19 has played its part in the delay.
The commission is due to submit its final report today, over five years after it was set up.
Strict Covid-19 restrictions have just been lifted in Melbourne.
Two households can meet outdoors for things like exercise, funerals allowed up to 25 mourners, and fines for breaching the rules.
Several people have been killed by security forces amid ongoing protests against police brutality.
Professor Mary Horgan, who is part of the GAA’s Covid-19 advisory committee, discusses testing, matches in Level 5 and the low risk involved on the field.
Yesterday Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said the government is looking at giving workers a right to request to work remotely.
It has changed a bit since the last time NPHET recommended Level 5.
The majority of the restrictions will kick in on Friday and will be in place for four weeks.
The new restrictions are expected to become law on Wednesday.
The list has had a controversial history and its days are now numbered.
Pubs, restaurants and cafés in most of Scotland are to be barred from selling alcohol indoors for more than two weeks.
NPHET raised concerns over outbreaks in nursing homes last weekend.
More time on the Internet due to the pandemic, coupled with Facebook’s recommendation algorithms, has added fuel to the QAnon fire.
No social gatherings at all, no dine-in bars, but schools and creches stay open.
At least 6,500 students are believed to be impacted.
Northern Ireland confirmed a record 934 new Covid-19 cases today.
Around 6,500 students will now receive higher grades as a result.
New legislation could soon see assisted dying legalised in Ireland.
At the age of 48, she would be the youngest justice on the current court if confirmed.
Many are angry that TDs and senators will see a pay rise next week.
The government unveiled its new framework for living with Covid-19 over the next six to nine months today.
EU-UK trade talks are set to start up again tomorrow.
Ireland is the only country in Europe in which pubs that do not serve food are still fully closed.
Trump is on the defensive in the states that won him the presidency in 2016.
Jacob Blake was shot seven times by a police officer in Wisconsin on Sunday.
Hrere’s another look at Ireland’s testing system and how it works.
Here is the thought process behind the Plan C for the Leaving Cert, the appeal process, and where it could all go wrong.
There has been concern from the start about ‘standardising’ Leaving Cert grades – this has been somewhat vindicated this week.
Ireland’s Department of Education said that it was “aware” of Scotland’s exam results being released.
Alexander Lukashenko just won another presidential election, although the opposition has said it was rigged.
Action in the three counties was brought to a halt last Friday.
Prior to the devastating blasts, Lebanon was already dealing with its worst economic recession in decades.
Before last night, speaking rights were assigned equally during the first round of a debate after Dáil reform in 2016.
The aim is that if a student contracts the virus, then only their pod or classroom would have to be sent home to self-isolate.
It’s up to each county board to decide how they handle such a scenario.
It was a long time coming but there’s still plenty of debate out there.
We speak to one of the Oxford researchers working on a vaccine that has seen good results so far.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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