‘Charter’ to help reduce youth unemployment ‘step in right direction’
Some 50,000 long-term unemployed to receive ‘personalised’ supports
Department Of Employment
Rise in school absenteeism: ‘Some stay up too late on their phones until 3 or 4am’
Guidance counsellors say anxiety issues and lack of sleep mean more students are not attending classes
Fees for new auto-enrolment State pensions criticised
Scheme is too generous to pension funds, critics claim
Dublin City Council owed €38m in unpaid rent
Just over 64% of council’s 25,000 tenants in arrears and 41 owe more than €27,000
RTÉ swings into €7.9m surplus as pandemic sees costs plummet
Disruption caused by Covid-19 meant broadcaster avoided further losses last year
Chinese couple told to reapply for citizenship in English after applying in Irish
Couple now awaiting publication of new Irish language form to reapply for naturalisation
Debenhams workers live with the trauma of liquidation one year on
Bitter dispute appears near resolution after a year of protests and pickets
UK court of appeal overturns actor Ricky Tomlinson’s conviction
Shrewsbury 24 ruling overturns ‘major miscarriage of justice’ nearly 50 years on
Fraudsters secure €187,000 of pandemic unemployment payment, gardaí find
Arrest made in investigation after identities of 73 people used to apply for PUP
Jobpath scheme costs €11,000 per successful participant, TD says
Flagship programme for long term unemployed costs €244m since 2015
HSE seeks help with contact tracing but fewer public service staff available
Department of Public Expenditure says not as many personnel free for Covid redeployment as last spring
How long can Government afford to keep State pension age at 66?
Budget move equates to €13,000 windfall for those born after 1955. A temporary reprieve?
Irish musicians post video in call for help from Budget 2021
Thousands on the ‘breadline’ with live music venues closed since March
Man suspected collecting old-age pensions of dead parents for 30 years released
Gardaí to prepare file for the DPP after releasing €500,000 pension fraud suspect
Gardaí arrest man over alleged €500,000 pension fraud spanning 33 years
Detectives believe suspect collected late father’s pension payments since death in 1987
Young people ‘need higher PUP rate, jobs support package’
Almost a third of those under 25 are on lowest Covid payment rate, National Youth Council of Ireland says
Numbers receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment fall by nearly 12,000
Additional 2,000 people claim payment in Donegal following new restrictions
State finances €9 billion in red over Covid-19 crisis
Spending hits €48bn over nine months, 25% more than last year
Over 10,000 more people on pandemic unemployment payment in past week
Increase partly due to introduction of Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions in Dublin
About 3,600 fewer people receiving pandemic unemployment payment
Minister warns impact of new restrictions in Dublin not yet reflected in figures
Government extends suspension of laid-off workers right to seek redundancy
Arrangement will now continue until November 30th
Almost 10,000 fewer getting Covid-19 unemployment payment
Number in receipt of pandemic benefit drops 64% from peak to 209,951 claimants
Number of people on pandemic payment falls by 5,100
Some 219,000 people now receiving PUP, a 63 per cent drop on peak in May
An Post puts alternative arrangements in place after fire damages Midleton Post Office
Woman and her elderly mother escape after smoke alarm alerts them to fire
Data watchdog: ‘Doubts’ over whether welfare inspections at airports were lawful
Controversy surrounds gathering of information from people in relation to Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Number of people claiming Covid-19 payment has fallen by almost half
Some 313,800 are claiming pandemic payment, down from a high of almost 600,000
More than 63,000 end claims for Covid unemployment payment
Humphreys says last week saw largest number of people returning to work since crisis began
Crime rates rose sharply after lockdown restrictions eased, figures show
Burglary, sexual crimes, public order offences and other crimes fell during pandemic
Ireland’s exit from lockdown will not mean ‘return to normal life’
Daily briefing reveals 32,800 less unemployment payments issued than last week
Text messages about pandemic payment a ‘scam’, department says
Department of Social Protection advises public not to click or reply to the text
Up to 400,000 may be unemployed by year-end, Covid-19 committee hears
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform head warns of significant deficit
State ‘paying €1.60 on social welfare for every €1 raised in income tax’
Oireachtas Covid-19 committee to hear Government could face €30bn deficit this year
TDs call on Government to extend maternity leave benefits
Brid Smith says new mothers had been left ‘isolated’ from support services
Gardaí move against cyber crime, prostitution gang in Dublin
€1.5 million put through ‘mule’ accounts and bogus companies, gardaí say
Revenue fears fraudsters tapped bank details of 3,000 taxpayers
Tax office closes victims’ online accounts and warns that texts offering refunds are a fraud
Covid-19: Tax on unemployment payment could be collected by reducing credits
Revenue responds amid claims those in receipt of subsidy may face surprise bill
Teenager arrested for allegedly claiming six €350 Covid-19 payments
During the course of the search, cash and counterfeit cash was seized, say gardaí
Covid-19 payment refused to 1,200 people with no address in State
Department of Social Protection has withheld the €350 payment to 46,000 people
Numbers getting Covid-19 jobless payment down to 589,000
More people now in receipt of salary support under the temporary wage subsidy scheme
Asylum seekers who worked pre-pandemic not eligible for Covid-19 support
Asylum seekers who temporarily received €350 per week have been put back on €38.80 weekly stipend
Coronavirus: When will Government income and wage supports be cut?
Smart Money: the pandemic unemployment payment will be extended, but not forever
Numbers receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment rises to 598,000
Doherty says short -time health crisis will not become long-term economic one for workers
New mothers being left out of coronavirus pandemic payment, groups claim
‘Discrepancy’ in temporary wage subsidy affects women back from maternity leave
Coronavirus: 5,000 return to Ireland and 1,000 want to come home
Wage subsidies increased, farmer payments brought forward as State warns of bogus emails
Debenhams to shut all stores in Republic with loss of 2,000 jobs
Department store chain to place Irish operation into liquidation
Coronavirus: The online scams, apps and trends you need to know about during the pandemic
Technology helps us work around Covid-19 but data protection fears are very justified
How can the State support me now I’ve lost my job?
A range of backups are available such as social welfare allowance and sick payment scheme
Almost 90% of applicants receive Covid-19 unemployment payment
About 30,000 people rejected because they are ineligible or submitted incorrect information
Durban factory owner arrested after claim workers forced to make masks
Coronavirus in South Africa: complaints over alleged price-gouging lead to police raid
Covid-19: State overwhelmed by claims for financial assistance
Volume normally experienced over 10 months being filed in as many working days
How to cope when work dries up: Lessons from a casual worker
Here’s what I’ve learned about keeping your head when your earnings drop – or vanish
An Post to introduce staggered delivery times amid crisis
Move will result in later mails and parcel deliveries for some customers
What are the options if I can’t pay my mortgage?
Coronavirus: And what welfare payments are available for staff that have been let go?
Coronavirus: Nurses, midwives to be paid if not working, says union
Health service bosses agree that virus-linked absences to constitute special leave with pay
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