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Bank of Ireland is seeking 1,400 job cuts from its 11,000 workforce and has launched a voluntary redundancy programme this morning.

Almost €2.8 million is being provided to libraries to adapt to Covid-19

John Hume has been remembered as a man who made peace visible to others and gave his life to his country.

It’s being claimed the green list is doing absolutely nothing to help the travel industry.

Transport Minister Eamonn Ryan says the recent spike in Covid-19 cases shows it was correct to delay the phase 4 re-opening.

Pubs will not be allowed to reopen next Monday amid concern at the increased rate of spread of Covid 19.

A Wicklow councillor has called for an emergency board meeting of the Kildare Wicklow Education Training Board, to address confusion surrounding the delay on the planned opening of the new school building for Greystones Community College.

Postmasters are calling on the Department of Social Protection to bring all social welfare payments back to a weekly collection.

The government will have to review it's 30 year climate change plan after the Supreme Court rejected it as invalid.

The Green Party has sanctioned two of its TDs, including a Minister of State, for failing to support the government in the Dáil.

Seven in ten parents of primary school children believe they don't have enough information about the return to school.

So far, 80 have been found to be in breach of the regulations since the operation began a month ago.

85 people who travelled abroad may have incorrectly had their Pandemic Unemployment Payment stopped.

Investigations are underway into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Kilkenny in the early hours of Monday morning last.

People on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment must be "genuinely seeking employment" under legislation passed through the Dáil last night.

A protest has taken place in Dublin calling for day services for adults with disabilities to be fully reopened.

Customers may be able to drink at the bar when pubs reopen.

A teenage boy's been re-sentenced to 11 years detention, with a review after seven years, for attempting to murder a woman in Dún Laoghaire in Dublin in December 2017.

The Higher Education Minister Simon Harris expects progress to be made by the end of the year on a new Technological University for the South East.

Ryanair and Aer Lingus have described the government's travel greenlist as a disaster that means Ireland is closed for business.

912,000 people used rail services in the week of March 8th, which dropped to its lowest level of just over 24,000 in the first full week of April.

The three Super Junior Ministers have agreed to give back the almost €16,000 in extra salary the Dáil approved for them last week.

Entire schools may not need to close if there's an outbreak of COVID in the classroom under the government's new back to school plan.

104 people had their pandemic unemployment pay stopped for travelling abroad, following checks carried out by the Department of Social Protection at airports.

After the latest pedestrianisation trials in the Grafton Street area of Dublin, the city council is looking for feedback.

Catherine Martin has urged Green Party supporters to stick with them after a number of members quit the party yesterday.

A third construction site in Dublin has been shut down after a worker tested positive for Covid-19.

Dublin Bus says it will look for funding to expand it's 24-hour services once business gets back to normal, which could include the 84 and 145, which serve North Wicklow.

The World Health Organisation says young people can help break the spread of Covid-19.

There are conflicting opinions on Ireland's 'green list'.

A reduction in fees for third level students is being considered for this year's Budget.

Eamon Ryan has been re-elected leader of the Green Party, by just 48 votes.

More than 150 gardai took High Court action last year after being seriously assaulted.

The average price of rent dropped by 3.3 per cent in June compared to the same month last year.

It's emerged Dublin city council was refused a government grant of over €6 million earlier this year, to build it's controversial white-water rafting centre.

The country won't be moving to phase four of the easing of lockdown restrictions as the reproductive rate of the Coronavirus has increased again.

A man has appeared in court accused of pouring paint over a statue of the iconic Irish folk musician, Luke Kelly, near St. Stephen’s Green.

Some councillors say the money would be better spent on existing sporting facilities and housing, especially when a white water rafting centre is already planned for the area.

It's important the government doesn't play the blame game when it comes to targeting young people about COVID-19.

€168 million is being given to students and third level institutions to help them adjust to Covid-19 restrictions.

The €320 million development will see capacity doubled, and includes a new jetty and the lengthening of an existing river berth.

20 pubs were found to be in potential breach of public health rules last week.

The VAT rate will be reduced as part of the July stimulus plan announced this evening.

A potential 'green list' of countries people can travel to safely is due to be published in two weeks' time.

The number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 across the world has passed the seventeen-million mark.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his wife, Jean Eagers.

Family members of nursing home residents can now visit more than once a week.

One of the largest residential developers in Ireland, Quintain, is looking for planning permission to develop 1,000 new homes in its Cherrywood Village development in South County Dublin.

The National Transport Authority says customers are responding positively to the new rules.

Irish Water says it's lifting the water conservation order following recent heavy rainfall and improving river and ground water conditions.

Over half of the new units were added in Dublin and the commuter counties of Wicklow, Meath and Kildare.

Pressure on the government's finances continues with the Covid-19 pandemic.

Management announced in May that the business would close with the loss of 110 jobs, due to a dispute with the landlord over rent arrears.

The Taoiseach and the Sinn Féin leader have clashed over the support needed for the former Debenhams workers.

40% of the breaches of Covid-19 laws have been in the north and west of the country. Gardai have used their powers 140 times in the region.

The number of people receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment is down 12,300 this week - with 11,200 people closing their claim.

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Republic of Ireland has risen to 26,253 with 712 cases in County Wicklow.

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