Ireland

UPDATED: Ireland to drop COVID-19 test requirement for vaccinated arrivals

Ireland will drop its requirement for vaccinated arrivals to have proof of a negative COVID-19 test and return to seeking a proof of vaccination or recent infection upon entry, Prime…

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Irish manufacturing growth moderates again in Dec – PMI

DUBLIN, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Growth in Irish manufacturing activity eased further in December from record highs reached earlier in 2021, a survey showed on Monday, at the end of…

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Ireland relaxes COVID-19 testing rules, cuts isolation period

Ireland became the latest country to cut the isolation period for some people who contract COVID-19 and relax requirements for tests as a record number of cases for the fourth…

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Irish COVID-19 infections hit record, critical cases slow

DUBLIN, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Ireland on Friday reported its highest number of daily COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began but those requiring critical care fell further amid a rapid…

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Ireland orders bars, restaurants to close at 8 p.m. to curb Omicron

The Irish government on Friday ordered bars and restaurants to close at 8 p.m. and reduced the capacity in all public events in a bid to curb the spread of…

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Storm Barra to batter UK and Ireland with high winds and snow

Severe weather warnings have been issued ahead of the arrival of Storm Barra on Tuesday. The Atlantic system will bring very strong winds and heavy rain. The Atlantic system will…

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Irish domestic economy grew by 1.4% q/q in third quarter

Ireland's domestic economy grew by 1.4% quarter-on-quarter and 5.3% year-on-year between July and September, a period when most COVID-19 curbs were removed, Central Statistics Office (CSO) data showed. Overall gross…

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Ireland places limits on bars, home visits over Omicron fears

The Irish government announced strict new limits on the hospitality sector and home visits to try to push down COVID-19 infection rates after officials said the new Omicron variant was…

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Bank of Ireland fined 24.5 mln euros over IT failures

DUBLIN, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Ireland's central bank has fined Bank of Ireland 24.5 million euros ($27.8 million) over technology failures that the lender took more than a decade to…

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Irish jobless rate including COVID-19 payouts falls to 6.9%

DUBLIN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Ireland's unemployment rate, including people receiving temporary COVID-19 jobless benefits, fell to 6.9% in November from 7.9% in October, the Central Statistics Office said on…

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Ireland reports first case of Omicron variant

DUBLIN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Ireland has confirmed its first case of the new Omicron coronavarius variant, the National Public Health Emergency Team said in a statement on Wednesday. The…

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UPDATED: Ireland considering restarting mandatory hotel quarantine

Ireland is considering restarting its mandatory hotel quarantine regime after it told residents to avoid non-essential travel to seven southern African countries due to concerns over a new COVID-19 variant,…

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U.S.-bound passengers stranded after Brussels Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Dublin

Nov 20 (Reuters) - Dozens of people were stranded in Europe for a second night on Saturday after their U.S.-bound flight made an emergency landing in Dublin following an engine…

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Ireland from Thursday to reimpose early bar, nightclub closures as COVID resurges

Ireland will from Thursday require bars and nightclubs to close early while ramping up the use of booster vaccines in a bid to combat a resurgence in COVID-19 cases in…

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EU refers Ireland to Court of Justice over unsafe drinking water

BRUSSELS, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it had decided to refer Ireland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to comply…

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Ireland details 125 bln euro bid to halve greenhouse emissions

The Irish government set out climate targets for key sectors of the economy it said were needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030, a plan it said…

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Irish jobless rate including COVID-19 payouts falls to 7.9%

DUBLIN, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Ireland's unemployment rate, including people receiving temporary COVID-19 jobless benefits, fell to 7.9% in October from a revised 8.9% in September, the Central Statistics Office…

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Ireland lays down new COVID-19 rules

Crowd surfing will not be permitted at concerts in Ireland and nightclub goers must form a socially distanced queue to buy drinks, under new guidelines issued by the government for…

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Ireland hopes for agreement on Northern Irish trade within weeks

The dispute between Britain and the European Union over Northern Irish trade could be resolved within weeks to end economic uncertainty in the province, Ireland's European Affairs minister, Thomas Byrne,…

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Ireland to allow nightclubs to reopen, but keeps some COVID curbs

Ireland will allow nightclubs to reopen for the first time since March 2020 but stepped back from plans to drop almost all COVID-19 restrictions in response to a rise in…

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Ireland may not drop all COVID-19 restrictions next week, ministers say

Ireland raised doubts over its plans to drop almost all COVID-19 restrictions next week due to a rise in cases, with Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe saying a full return of…

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Irish COVID-19 wage subsidies to be extended into second quarter of 2022

DUBLIN, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Ireland will extend its COVID-19 wage subsidy scheme into the second quarter of 2022 as part of Tuesday's budget announcement, which will also meet a…

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Britain and Ireland argue on Twitter over Brexit deal

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and Ireland traded barbs on Twitter on Sunday after British Brexit negotiator David Frost restated his view that the EU must agree "significant change" to the…

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Ireland to sign up to global corporate tax deal

DUBLIN, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The Irish government will drop its opposition to an overhaul of global corporate tax rules, l The Minister for Finance confirmed the decision after a…

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Ireland assured it can keep 12.5% corporate tax rate for smaller firms

Ireland has received assurance that if it agrees to a new global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% it can maintain its 12.5% rate for firms with an annual turnover…

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Irish domestic economy nearing pre-pandemic levels – central bank

Irish domestic economic activity will reach its pre-coronavirus pandemic level by the end of this year thanks to a stronger than expected surge in consumption that will add to inflationary…

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Ireland faces energy shortfalls as data centres gobble up supply

Ireland may face an electricity shortfall over the next five winters unless it boosts supply to meet an unusual surge in demand, primarily driven by power-hungry data centres, the country's…

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Ireland to back global tax deal if concerns met – minister

Ireland will likely sign up to an overhaul of global corporate tax rules if certainty is brought to bear on its concerns when an updated text of the OECD's proposals…

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Irish COVID-19 jobless claims tumble as students are cut off

The number of people in Ireland claiming temporary coronavirus-related jobless benefits fell by 18% to 114,000, mostly due to full-time students being no longer eligible for the scheme as they…

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Irish jobless rate including COVID-19 payouts falls to 12.4%

Ireland's unemployment rate, including people receiving temporary COVID-19 jobless benefits, fell to 12.4% in August, its lowest level since the pandemic began, from 13.5% in July, the state statistics agency…

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Irish data privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp 225 mln euros

Ireland hit Facebook's WhatsApp with a record 225 million euro ($266 million) fine on Thursday following an inquiry into the messaging app's transparency around sharing personal data with other Facebook…

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Irish manufacturing loses momentum as bottlenecks constrain output -PMI

Irish factory activity lost some momentum in August with growth in output, new orders, exports and purchasing all lower than the previous month, a survey showed on Wednesday. The AIB…

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Ireland to drop almost all COVID-19 restrictions in October

Ireland, which had one of Europe's longest COVID-19 lockdowns, will drop almost all pandemic restrictions in October after one of the continent's most successful vaccine rollouts, Prime Minister Micheal Martin…

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Irish consumer sentiment ticks back up, mood still guarded

Irish consumer sentiment improved marginally in August, largely but not entirely reversing last month's dip from a two-year high recorded in June, as the economy gradually emerged from a pandemic-linked…

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Ireland’s goods imports from Britain drop 32% in first half of 2021

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's goods imports from Britain were 32% lower in the first half of the year compared with 2020 after posting the smallest monthly decline in June since…

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Brexit has ‘significantly altered’ Irish-British freight traffic, report finds

Post-Brexit trade frictions have "significantly altered" freight traffic between Ireland and Britain and sparked a steep rise in volumes to and from Ireland and other European Union members, an Irish…

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Ireland’s Catholic church, government clash over COVID-19 restrictions

Five Roman Catholic bishops from Ireland's 22 dioceses are set to defy COVID-19 restrictions after instructing local parishes to hold communion and confirmation services this month, drawing a sharp rebuke from the government,…

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Irish COVID-19 jobless claims fall below 200,000 for first time

The number of people in Ireland claiming temporary coronavirus-related jobless benefits fell below 200,000 for the first time since the payment was introduced last year after dropping by 5% week-on-week,…

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EU Commission approves Ireland’s 989 mln euro recovery plan

The European Commission on Friday gave the green light to Ireland's 989-million-euro ($1.2 billion) plan to recover from the pandemic and transform the economy to become greener and more digitalised…

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Ireland expects unemployment as high as 15% by year-end

Ireland expects its unemployment rate to be between 13% and 15% at the end of 2021, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said on Thursday as the government continues the gradual unlocking…

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After U.S. push, EU pauses tax plan, but Ireland sticks to its guns

The European Union has agreed to delay a corporate tax plan for the bloc following pressure from the U.S. administration and in a bid to facilitate a broader global tax…

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Ireland unmoved on global tax deal after meeting with US’s Yellen

Ireland's finance minister Paschal Donohoe maintained his reservation about a global minimum corporate tax rate in a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday, a spokesperson for Donohoe…

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Irish government support slumps in Dublin by-election

DUBLIN, July 9 (Reuters) - Support for the party of Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin collapsed to under 5% in a parliamentary by-election and his coalition partners both suffered significant…

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Ireland to speed up vaccinating younger people in Delta battle

Ireland will give 18- to 34-year-olds the option of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine one to two months earlier than scheduled in a bid to slow the spread of the Delta…

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Ireland limits indoor hospitality to vaccinated over Delta fears

Ireland said it will restrict indoor drinking and eating in bars and restaurants to those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or who have previously been infected by it due…

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Irish government to begin phased exit from Bank of Ireland holding

Ireland's government will begin to sell down part of its 13.9% shareholding in Bank of Ireland over the next six months, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said on Wednesday, marking the…

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Irish civil rights group to file privacy lawsuit over online ads

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) on Wednesday will file a lawsuit in a German court against IAB Tech Lab for allegedly breaching EU privacy rules. At issue is…

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Ireland to lengthen quarantine for partially vaccinated Britons

Ireland will double the quarantine period for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated arrivals from Britain to 10 days but still plans to allow people to move more freely between the two countries…

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Qatar Airways to resume flying UK and Irish citizens to London starting Friday

Qatar Airways wrote in a tweet on Thursday that it would resume flying British and Irish nationals and UK residents to London from Qatar and across their network starting on…

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Irish COVID-19 jobless claims fall to six-month low

The number of people in Ireland claiming temporary coronavirus-related jobless benefits fell by 8% to 285,000 this week, its lowest level since December last year, the department of social protection…

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Ireland confident G7 tax deal won’t dent multinational investment

Ireland’s finance minister said he remained confident the country’s low-tax economy would continue to attract multinational investment and jobs even as an overhaul of global corporation tax rules moved a…

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Irish services sector growth surges to 5-year high on reopening -PMI

Growth in activity in Ireland's services sector surged to its highest level since early 2016 in May as the country's economy began to emerge from one of Europe's strictest COVID-19…

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Ireland hopes for staggered return to offices from August

Ireland hopes to permit a staggered return of employees to their offices from August, the government said, with the advice to continue to work from home unless necessary "as strong…

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Ireland to resume EU, UK and U.S. travel from July 19

Ireland will adopt the European Union's COVID-19 certificate to help citizens to move more freely across the bloc from July 19 and broadly apply the same approach to arrivals from…

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UPDATED: Ireland to resume EU travel from mid-July, cautious on Britain

Ireland plans to adopt a COVID-19 certificate to help citizens move more freely across the European Union from mid-July, but is not yet in a position to allow unencumbered travel…

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Irish fiscal watchdog sees fewer risks of economic scarring

The Irish government appears to be too pessimistic in its assumption of a permanent 5% loss of economic output due to COVID-19, the country's fiscal watchdog said on Wednesday, but…

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UPDATED: Ireland’s foreign minister says Ryanair incident is air piracy, NATO to discuss incident

Ireland's foreign minister on Monday described the diversion of the Irish carrier Ryanair's flight to Minsk as "aviation piracy". "This was effectively aviation piracy, state-sponsored," Simon Coveney told RTE radio.…

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