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Senator Marie Sherlock said live entertainment businesses are hanging on by their fingertips and still have costs even though they are not operating. Photograph: iStock
No sign of €50m fund for entertainment sector five months after budget

The live entertainment industry is still waiting for details of the €50 million fund announced for the sector in the budget five months ago, the Sean(...)

Strokestown residents Shane Lynskey and Annette Feeley: Their local branch of Bank of Ireland is to close in September.
Bank of Ireland closures spark anger, disappointment in Roscommon

News that two Bank of Ireland branches, less than 12km apart, are to close in Co Roscommon was met with anger and disappointment in the towns of Strok(...)

Temple Bar during the pandemic: Most business groups have wisely decided to keep quiet in the eye of the Covid-19 storm. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Business beware as public mood gets twitchy over lockdown

Can you feel it? Ireland has arrived at an especially tense moment in the fight against the pandemic. Even though case numbers are falling, which mean(...)

Closed shop in Dublin city centre: No one can credibly argue the UK strain could have been kept out. We share this island with the UK. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Caveat: Business beware as public mood gets twitchy over lockdown

Can you feel it? Ireland has arrived at an especially tense moment in the fight against the pandemic. Even though case numbers are falling, which mean(...)

Sinn Féin TD Martin Browne told Tipp FM this week that the party should stop apologising about the past while he also admitted that he has gone to the homes of members with whom he disagreed.
Sinn Féin TD apologises for sharing conspiracy theory Facebook posts

The Sinn Féin chair of the public petitions committee was forced to adjourn its first official meeting on Thursday after members called on him to expl(...)

Micheál Martin: ‘I’m not into short-termism or opinion polls.’ Photograph: Getty Images
Micheál Martin’s leadership under pressure as FF’s support plummets in poll

Pressure on Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s leadership of Fianna Fáil intensified over the weekend with some of his TDs questioning the party’s ability to (...)

Cork Children’s Court heard that gardaí were still preparing a file on the attack on the teenager in Carrigaline, Co Cork, last month. File photograph: Collins Courts
Teenager charged over Carrigaline stabbing remanded on bail

A teenager has been remanded on bail after he was charged in connection with an attack last month on another teenager in Carrigaline who was cut and s(...)

Then Senator Frank Feighan (left) and Richard Bruton TD attend a British Irish Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Wicklow last year. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
‘I won’t be behind the door when it comes to telling people my ability’

Eight or nine years ago he felt his political career was over. But on Thursday Frankie Feighan will return to the Dáil having successfully won a seat (...)

Micheál Martin at the count for Cork South-Central. One long-serving TD said Martin was likely to know his position was under pressure. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Election 2020: Spell in ‘proper’ opposition finds growing support in Fianna Fáil

As a poor election got substantially worse for Fianna Fáil on the second day of counting, the mood within the party darkened. TDs emerged from count (...)

In Roscommon-Galway, Michael Fitzmaurice took the first seat on the first count, exceeding the quota by 1,637 first preferences, increasing his vote by more than 7 per cent on the last general election. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Roscommon-Galway results: No FF or FG candidate elected

The final seat in the Roscommon-Galway constituency was filled shortly after 1pm on Monday afternoon following the sixth and final count at the Dr Hyd(...)

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