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# need-to-know - Saturday 6 June, 2020
Nine more people with the virus die, and the difficulty with reopening playgrounds: Today's Covid-19 main points
Here’s what Covid-related news is making headlines today.
# need-to-know - Thursday 28 February, 2019
Buy your own island out West for €1.25m: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus Reddit is set to open a Dublin office, its first location outside the US.
# need-to-know - Thursday 21 February, 2019
Locals fight plans for Vicar Street hotel: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus, how many homes were sold in Ireland last year?
# need-to-know - Thursday 14 February, 2019
Tayto Park's new rollercoaster gets the green light: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus, a new six-storey Dublin office block hits the market for €155m.
# need-to-know - Thursday 7 February, 2019
UK co-working space opens its first Dublin location: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus, the State has spent over €100k on private security for an unused barracks.
# need-to-know - Thursday 31 January, 2019
State fund set to deliver 7,500 new homes in five years: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus, Dublin’s Suffolk St is about to be pedestrianised… but just for six weeks.
# need-to-know - Thursday 24 January, 2019
U2 visitor centre gets go-ahead for Grand Canal Quay: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus, US tech giant Salesforce reckons our housing crisis will ease by 2021.
# need-to-know - Thursday 17 January, 2019
Green light for Vicar St hotel with 185 bedrooms: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus planning rows over a Scientology-linked drug centre hit the High Court.
# need-to-know - Thursday 10 January, 2019
Dublin City Council takes the planning board to court: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus, Ibec says Ireland needs tens of thousands more builders if we’re to meet construction demand.
# need-to-know - Thursday 3 January, 2019
'Faster' way to buy and sell homes introduced: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus nearly 300 vacant sites are now subject to a levy.
# need-to-know - Wednesday 12 December, 2018
Overseas developers confirm 3,000 new Dublin homes: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus, Primark gets a new Belfast premises following a fire earlier this year.
# need-to-know - Thursday 6 December, 2018
Rent hike legislation to be brought to Cabinet next week: 5 things to know in property right now
Plus, a new report says Dublin is one of Europe’s ‘best bets’ for real estate investment.
# need-to-know - Thursday 29 November, 2018
Pat Kenny wins planning row with developer: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus, renewed discussions about an ‘airport city’ in the midlands.
# need-to-know - Thursday 22 November, 2018
'Spa-like showers' for Dublin Airport in €1.7bn upgrade: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus excess heat from Amazon’s data centre will be used to warm Tallaght homes.
# need-to-know - Thursday 15 November, 2018
Average of €25k payback for Bus Connects homeowners: 5 things to know in property this week
New bus and cycle lanes will affect some people’s front gardens and parking spaces.
# need-to-know - Thursday 8 November, 2018
The 'Google Ghetto' may be expanding: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus, Dublin will be extra bright this Christmas.
# need-to-know - Thursday 1 November, 2018
Dún Laoghaire's €20m hub axed (but no-one can agree on why): 5 things to know in property this week
And Dublin’s Metrolink has been delayed due to a high volume of public feedback.
# need-to-know - Thursday 25 October, 2018
Structural issues could affect 40 Irish schools: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus, a new €10 million spa for Longford.
# need-to-know - Thursday 18 October, 2018
Proposed legislation bans controversial landlord charges: 5 things to know in property this week
And College Green plaza plans are refused permission.
# need-to-know - Thursday 11 October, 2018
Galway's sports stadium gets €30m facelift: 5 things to know in property this week
And a Dublin development of close to 1000 new homes gets the green light.
# need-to-know - Thursday 4 October, 2018
Green light for Galway ring road after two decades: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus Sinn Féin proposes a €400 second-home tax.
# need-to-know - Thursday 27 September, 2018
Closing time for Starbucks in Cork city: 5 things to know in property this week
And is Dublin’s house price growth finally slowing down again?
# need-to-know - Thursday 20 September, 2018
Plans for new hotel in Arnotts car park approved: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus US firm Equinix buys a Dublin site for its new data centre.
# need-to-know - Thursday 13 September, 2018
Red light for kids' play centre at the Wright Venue: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus Cork’s Wilton Shopping Centre is on the market for €86m.
# need-to-know - Thursday 6 September, 2018
Supermac’s boss hits another stumbling block: 5 things to know in property this week
And, voting has been put on hold over the sale of a historic building.
# need-to-know - Thursday 30 August, 2018
Five-star Druids Glen resort on sale for €45m: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus a luxury five-star hotel hits the market.
# need-to-know - Thursday 23 August, 2018
Pope's parade to cause transport delays for Dublin residents: 5 things to know in property this week
And a Docklands apartment-block-in-progress is on sale for €52.5m.
# need-to-know - Thursday 16 August, 2018
Do you live in one of the world's friendliest cities? 5 things to know in property this week
Cork, Dublin and Galway all got the nod from Condé Nast Traveler.
# need-to-know - Thursday 9 August, 2018
Dublin's water supply could run out in 70 days: 5 things to know in property this week
And work on Cork’s massive Horgan Quay development is set to kick off in the next fortnight.
# need-to-know - Thursday 2 August, 2018
Last waterfront site in Dublin's docklands for sale: 5 things to know in property this week
And plans for a U2 visitor centre have already met roadblocks.
# need-to-know - Thursday 26 July, 2018
Former U2 warehouse set for revamp: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus Ireland’s hosepipe ban could continue.
# need-to-know - Thursday 19 July, 2018
Disused quarter of Dundrum set for revamp: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus Glanbia has some major plans for Laois.
# need-to-know - Wednesday 11 July, 2018
Irish buyers are setting their sights on Disney World: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus Ireland’s highest earning construction firm revealed.
# need-to-know - Thursday 5 July, 2018
Plans for 1,000 fast-track apartments announced: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus the owner of Muckross Park Hotel bags €40m to expand nationwide.
# need-to-know - Thursday 28 June, 2018
Ireland needs 2,000 more surveyors: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus Dublin has been named one of Europe’s top cities for real estate investment.
# need-to-know - Thursday 21 June, 2018
TD calls new town plan 'one of the worst ever': 5 things to know in property this week
Plus Dublin’s skyline could look completely different by 2040.
# need-to-know - Thursday 14 June, 2018
Dublin living costs are now higher than Abu Dhabi: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus Prince Charles and Camilla cause traffic disruption down south.
# need-to-know - Thursday 7 June, 2018
DART Underground halts city-centre development: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus a new superpub on Dublin’s Harcourt Street gets the go ahead.
# need-to-know - Thursday 31 May, 2018
Cork's controversial incinerator gets the green light: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus the hunt is on for a door thief in Co Laois.
# need-to-know - Thursday 24 May, 2018
Red light for a rooftop cinema at Stephen's Green: 5 things to know in property this week
Plus a second home for Google at Boland’s Quay.
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Poll: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
IT’S A MONTH since the launch of the HSE’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app.
Since then, the app has had well over one million downloads, with the take-up rate heralded as being “the most successful launch” of the app anywhere in the world, said HSE CEO Paul Reid last month.
The app is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day. The bluetooth function means that users will be notified via the app if they have been a close contact of a confirmed case.
As cases begin to rise again – particularly in Kildare, Laois and Offaly – health officials fear that transmission could once again spread within the community.
Of the 174 cases reported yesterday, around 50 of them were reported outside of the three counties now under new restrictions.
With that in mind, we want to know: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
Poll Results:
Yes, I check in every day (4703)
Yes, I check in most days (4072)
I didn't download it (3867)
No, I've stopped using it (2762)
Yes, but I only check in once or twice per week (2743)
Yes, but I only have the bluetooth contact tracing function enabled (1778)
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