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PUP scheme to close to new entrants from tomorrow

7th July 2021

Today is the last day that people can apply to receive the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, with the scheme shut to new entrants from tomorrow onwards. It was due to close to new registrations last week, but following the decision by the Government to delay the resumption of indoor hospitality, it was extended for a further […]

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Varadkar expects reduction in insurance premiums ‘soon’

7th July 2021

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said he expects insurance premiums will be reduced “quite soon” after preliminary data from the Personal Injuries Assessment Board suggested the average award has decreased by around 50%. The information is contained in the first implementation report of the Action Plan for Insurance Reform, which he presented to Cabinet at Dublin […]

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Average personal injury award down 50%, report suggests

6th July 2021

Preliminary data from the Personal Injuries Assessment Board suggests that the average award has decreased by around 50%. The information is contained in the first implementation report of the Action Plan for Insurance Reform, which Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is expected to present to Cabinet at Dublin Castle this morning. Mr Varadkar, who is also Minister […]

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Indoor dining could resume under self-regulated system, hospitality sector told

6th July 2021

Hospitality representatives were told today that indoor dining could reopen for 1.8 million fully vaccinated people with a self-regulated vaccine pass system. A document or email proving vaccination against Covid-19 could be used to secure entry to indoor hospitality. A letter will shortly be issued to fully vaccinated people ahead of the return of non-essential […]

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Workplace deaths rose 13% last year, says HSA

6th July 2021

New figures from the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) show that the number of people who died in work-related incidents last year rose 13% to 53, despite many workplaces being closed for long spells due to Covid-19 restrictions. However, there was also a substantial decline in the number of non-fatal incidents reported to the authority, […]

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Government to begin talks with hospitality on indoor dining

5th July 2021

Talks between the hospitality industry and Government representatives to find a way of allowing indoor hospitality to resume will get under way later. Indoor drinking and dining in pubs and restaurants had been due to recommence today, as part of the next phase of easing restrictions. The Government decided last week to delay resuming indoor […]

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Government to begin talks with hospitality on indoor dining

5th July 2021

Talks between the hospitality industry and Government representatives to find a way of allowing indoor hospitality to resume will get under way later. Indoor drinking and dining in pubs and restaurants had been due to recommence today, as part of the next phase of easing restrictions. The Government decided last week to delay resuming indoor […]

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Services growth hits five year high, but cost pressures mount

5th July 2021

Growth in activity in the services sector increased further in June but cost pressures continued to intensify for firms with input price inflation hitting its highest level since 2008, a survey reveals today. AIB’s IHS Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 63.1 from 62.1 in May, the highest level in more than five years. […]

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Services growth hits five year high, but cost pressures mount

5th July 2021

Growth in activity in the services sector increased further in June but cost pressures continued to intensify for firms with input price inflation hitting its highest level since 2008, a survey reveals today. AIB’s IHS Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 63.1 from 62.1 in May, the highest level in more than five years. […]

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Is Ireland’s 12.5% Corporation tax rate toast?

5th July 2021

Thursday saw the OECD forge a landmark deal to reform the global corporation tax system. Brokered among 130 countries and jurisdictions, the accord aims to modernise and stabilise what’s seen as an outdated and divisive means of calculating and collecting what large multinationals owe and pay in tax. But Ireland isn’t on board as yet, […]

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