A courier with an expired Pakistani passport has been charged with allegedly claiming €6,650 euro in fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment payments following a Garda probe. Khurram Cheema, 39, who resides in County Cork, appeared before the Bandon District Court on a number of PUP-related charges. Judge Colm Roberts heard that the charges relate to PUP that […]
Unemployment isn’t expected to return to pre-Covid “normal” levels until at least 2025, meaning income supports similar to the PUP will very likely be with us for years, according to new official forecasts from the Department of Finance. The projections, which have been prepared by the Department for the European Commission, indicate that even with […]
A group of six independent Senators has said that the 2022 Winter Olympics should not take place in Beijing and that, if the International Olympic Committee doesn’t change the venue, the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) should boycott the event. Led by Independent NUI Senator Rónán Mullen, the Oireachtas group criticized the “deteriorating human rights […]
Taoiseach Michéal Martin has said that he “can’t be definitive” that the country won’t experience a fourth wave of covid-19 this winter and go into lockdown again as a result. Speaking on The Tonight Show on Virgin Media, the Taoiseach was asked: “Are you suggesting that you would be confident that, once the vaccination programme […]
Pfizer’s chief executive has said that it is “likely” that a booster jab will be required as early as 6 months after an individual is “fully vaccinated”, and that annual booster jabs may be necessary – a development that could put even greater strain on the global vaccine supply. “A likely scenario is that there […]
The Danish government is planning to return hundreds of Syrian refugees back to their country of origin after Damascus and the surrounding area were deemed safe, despite objections from the EU. In June of last year, the Danish Refugee Board deemed that the city of Damascus was safe in five separate asylum claims. “Conditions in […]
The research team point to cultural differences between west and east as being key to understanding the social psychology generally at play among those who participate in mindfulness.
The Rural Independent TDs has sharply criticised the government for what it called its catastrophic failure to provide adequate cancer services across the public health system. “While the Health Minister obsesses on Twitter self-promotion – cancer patients survival rates go backwards, due to targeted government health services cuts,” the leader of the group Deputy Mattie […]
The NCADF say people arriving from countries on the green list of the EU Traffic System should not have to be tested or be quarantined.
“For the record, our client would again categorically and emphatically deny that she has had an affair with her driver and that her marriage is a sham.”
“The best option is the vaccine that’s offered to you, and all the vaccines are effective and they’re safe for the age groups they’re indicated for.”
On the 200th day of workplace lockdown, Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has criticised the growing economic inequality taking place in Ireland, which he says is being excerbated by Covid and creating a two-tiered Irish society. “Covid-19 has highlighted and aggravated income and societal inequality both in our Ireland and globally. According to the CSO and […]