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Friday 30 October 2020
The total number of cases now stands at 60,297.
At last night’s briefing, officials said it was unlikely they would issue advice against the reopening of schools after the mid-term break.
The effect of current restrictions will be seen in November, Varadkar has said.
Level 5 restrictions came into effect across the country earlier this week.
Cabinet is expected to make a decision on new restrictions tomorrow.
The total number of cases now stands at 48,678.
The new figures continue an upwards trend.
The number of confirmed cases is the highest since 26 April.
Just over 41% of people in the labour force aged between 15 and 24 were unemployed in July.
The figures were released by the Department of Health this evening.
The figures were released this evening.
The figures were released by the Department of Health this evening.
Overall, referrals to cancer services have fallen to less than half of the usual numbers.
Health officials have provided an update on the outbreak in Ireland.
The latest report showed that a total of 1,685 families are also in emergency accomodation.
€276,600,000 was paid in HAP to landlords via HAP last year.
This compares with 156 deaths as a result of 141 crashes in 2017.
Armenian national Ilabek Avetian suffered devastating injuries at the hands of a scrambler bike in a north Dublin park earlier this month.
Dublin residential property prices have increased 90% from their February 2012 low.
The 9,091 figure represents a 12% jump from May 2017, and a massive 116% jump from the situation in 2006.
The government says 600 people were counted wrongly as being homeless, others are not so sure.
Sinn Féin has accused the minister of “knowingly” manipulating homeless figures.
Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy announced earlier this week that a number of local authorities had been miscategorising people as homeless.
There were mixed results for Ireland’s main national stations.
The Housing Minister said that accurate figures around new builds would be available later this year.
Nursing representatives met with HSE officials earlier today to see how hospital overcrowding can be reduced.
Conor Skehan said that families may be “gaming the system” in order to jump up the social housing waiting list.
This compares to 186 deaths as a result of 174 crashes in 2016.
The show was watched in 109 countries outside of Ireland.
The controversial 26 August fight raked in $55.4m, well short of the $72.2m generated by the ‘Fight of the Century’.
New figures show there were 2,423 children in emergency accommodation in the Dublin at the end of July.
Homebrew is made in cells using ingredients including water, sugar, fruit and bread.
An emergency care order is made through the Courts service when there is a real and immediate risk to the child’s safety.
A report this morning suggests that the number of children home-schooled in Ireland has doubled in the past five years.
The number of homeless people has more than doubled since December 2014.
Ireland is in the middle of a housing crisis, but are homeless numbers the highest they’ve ever been?
The website allows users to chart the money being used by various Government departments and to service public debt.
The number of homeless families and children both declined this month.
New figures show a 28% increase in mortgage approvals since last year.
According to new figures from the CSO, almost one in five of us binge drink at least once a week.
MEMBERS OF THE Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) yesterday voted to take industrial action unless the government addresses several issues related to Covid-19 in schools by 30 October.
The issues in question include the need for a comprehensive testing programme, rapid testing and turnaround times, along with resources for schools to ensure continuation of learning if schools are closed or people are self-isolating.
The ASTI president Ann Piggott said: “ASTI members are clearly stating that they want schools to remain open for students during this pandemic.”
She said teachers are “demanding that the government step up” and provide solutions to these issues.
So, today we want to know: Would you support teachers striking over Covid-19 safety concerns?
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The goalposts – and polling analysis – have shifted since 2016, Noel Rock writes.
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