Coronavirus: Slight fall in number receiving emergency payment

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about 3 hours ago Updated: about an hour ago

Harry McGee

People wearing facemasks during the Covid-19 pandemic in Dublin’s city centre. File photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

People wearing facemasks during the Covid-19 pandemic in Dublin’s city centre. File photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

There has been a slight fall in the number of people receiving the emergency pandemic payment of €350 per week.

The number who received the payment in the past week was 589,000, a decrease of 9,000 on the previous week.

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