Ireland
Ireland, Luxembourg need more muscle to police tech giants, EU report says
Ireland and Luxembourg, European headquarters to Google, Facebook, Twitter and Amazon, need a substantial boost in resources to deal with data breaches…
Aer Lingus to cut up to 500 jobs due to pandemic
Irish airline Aer Lingus, part of Anglo-Spanish group IAG, plans to cut up to 500 jobs as a result of groundings related…
Ireland says quarantine for international flights to remain at least until July 9
Ireland’s 14-day quarantine for people arriving from other countries will remain in place at least until July 9 and the government will…
Irish parties plan to sign coalition deal on Monday
Irish political parties Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Greens will sign a deal on Monday on the formation of a new…
Coronavirus disruption pushes Mothercare Ireland into liquidation
Mothercare's Irish franchise owner placed its 14 baby products stores into liquidation on Friday, becoming one of the first major retail outlets…
Irish temporary COVID-19 jobless claims fall again
The number of people claiming emergency coronavirus-related unemployment payments in Ireland fell for the fifth successive week, while the number of workers…
Lockdown eased in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Lockdown measures are being eased today in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland, all high…
Irish PM says people should not book foreign holidays yet
Ireland's prime minister on Friday advised citizens not to book foreign holidays and said the government had no date in mind yet…
Ireland in favour of “air bridges”, jobless payment to be extended for months
Ireland hopes to be able to recommend the resumption of air travel with a select number of countries in a number of…
Irish President suggests frontline workers should be paid more
Irish President Michael D Higgins has suggested that frontline workers are underpaid and said that we must think about how their dedication…
Ireland expected to move to scrap travel limit from June 29
The Sunday Independent reports that the Irish government is considering moves to speed up plans to ease the national lockdown, including brining…
Irish PM says good chance social distancing rule can be relaxed
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar raised the prospect on Friday of halving social distancing rules from two metres to one if the…