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Higher level of uncertainty about shots among people aged 18 to 34 than in older groups

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Property industry lobby groups have aggravated the housing problem The Construction Industry Federation this year alone has made 61 representations to Government. Photograph: iStock

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David McWilliams: Wages will rise and profits will fall amid the Great Resignation ‘One of the biggest changes ushered in by the pandemic is the increase in the numbers of people choosing to quit their jobs and reassessing work.’ Photograph: iStock

World of work is undergoing huge change as pandemic causes us to reassess our lives

Scientists to investigate activity of new ‘Delta Plus’ variant in Ireland Cillian De Gascun, director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory, said scientists would look at where the Delta Plus cases are geographically and the age groups affected along with the disease severity to understand the variant better. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

Dr Cillian De Gascun says subvariant is not driving increase in cases in Republic

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