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Budget 2021
Social housing: Government pledges €500 million to build 9,500 new units next year
13 Oct 2020
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Budget 2021
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil (and the Greens) finalise their first Budget as coalition partners
12 Oct 2020
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Covid-19
The Green List is now empty and all arriving passengers should restrict their movements
12 Oct 2020
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Foreign Travel
Explainer: Is the EU 'traffic light system' the saviour of holidays in 2021?
11 Oct 2020
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Budget 2021
Finance Minister issues stark warning about what Level 5 would mean for unemployment
9 Oct 2020
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Covid-19
Coronavirus: Northern Ireland reports 1,080 new cases, a record high and a 'grave situation'
Updated 9 Oct 2020
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destination nowhere
Explainer: There are now zero countries on the Green List - so how did that happen?
8 Oct 2020
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decimated
Dublin taxi drivers 'working 10-12 hours for less than €50 or €60'
8 Oct 2020
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cross border cooperation
Northern Ireland: 923 Covid-19 cases confirmed, Taoiseach and Boris Johnson discuss 'alarming' situation
Updated 8 Oct 2020
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Foreign Travel
Green List: Ryanair and Aer Lingus push for Ireland to join EU traffic light system but minister says it will 'take time'
7 Oct 2020
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holibops
Taoiseach denies 'bottling' extra bank holiday but next year seen as more likely option
6 Oct 2020
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nights in
The Remote: Big week for the Irish as Twink, Colm Meaney and Stephen Kenny are all on the box
6 Oct 2020
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Covid-19
Explainer: The whole country goes to Level 3 from tonight, but has it worked in Dublin?
6 Oct 2020
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Rural Independent Group
'Goddammit that's an awful thing to say': Sparks fly between Taoiseach and Healy-Raes
6 Oct 2020
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surge capacity
Taoiseach defends ICU capacity and says talk of a 'rundown health service' is 'overstated'
6 Oct 2020
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Bombshell
Twelve trade associations and 429 individual businesses send open letter to Government over Level 5 fears
Updated 5 Oct 2020
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Teachers
Teaching unions query whether schools should remain open if Ireland moves to Level 5
5 Oct 2020
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Leinster House
'It's been politics by Zoom': How first-time TDs have found the Dáil in the time of Covid
3 Oct 2020
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Coronavirus
Joe Biden tests negative for Covid-19
2 Oct 2020
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Budget 2021
Exchequer deficit for 2020 now €9.4bn as Finance Minister reaffirms pledge of no income tax increase in Budget
2 Oct 2020
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Most unparliamentary
There was another 'unparliamentary language' incident in the Dáil today
1 Oct 2020
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Education
Leaving Cert: About 6,500 students set to receive higher grades after coding error
Updated 30 Sep 2020
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Education
Two errors identified in Leaving Cert Calculated Grades system, about 6,000 students affected
Updated 30 Sep 2020
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capital issues
Covid-19: Dr Ronan Glynn 'optimistic' about Dublin stabilising but 'no evidence yet' to move to Level 2
Updated 30 Sep 2020
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head above water
'We all want to see a solution, but nobody wants to see these animals get their heads blown off'
28 Sep 2020
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Travel
New Green List kicks in: There are now just four countries and one of them is Liechtenstein
28 Sep 2020
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Quiz
Quiz: How well do you remember The Den?
25 Sep 2020
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Covid-19
CMOs make joint appeal to stop 'all but necessary' cross-border travel
25 Sep 2020
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hail to the chief justice
The Supremes: Who is on Trump's Supreme Court wish list and why is it so important?
25 Sep 2020
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Clean Air
Poor air quality is prematurely killing over 1,300 in Ireland each year
25 Sep 2020
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the north west
'The highest in the country': The stark numbers behind Donegal's move to Level 3
24 Sep 2020
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dying with dignity bill
Eamon Ryan says a conscience vote on next week's assisted dying bill 'is a real possibility'
24 Sep 2020
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FactCheck
Debunked: No, Smyths Toys is not closing its doors and going 'online only' in the run up to Christmas
23 Sep 2020
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Long-term plan
Taoiseach says cost of Covid-19 elimination strategy would be 'very severe'
23 Sep 2020
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TV guide
The Remote: Bake Off's return, the Irish War of Independence and getting up on Schitt's Creek
22 Sep 2020
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Second wave
Boris Johnson announces tough new restrictions that could stay in place 'for six months'
Updated 22 Sep 2020
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HSE
Concerns over increases in Covid-19 hospitalisations and admissions to ICU
Updated 22 Sep 2020
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evening quiz
Quiz: How well do you know these Emmy award-winning TV shows?
21 Sep 2020
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Pubs
'We've been going for 188 years, we've been through it all': Pubs promise to prioritise safety on the big reopening day
Updated 21 Sep 2020
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That's amore
'Completely untrue': Downing Street strongly denies Italian newspaper report that Boris Johnson was in Perugia
21 Sep 2020
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