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Number of pandemic payment recipients increased by less than 1% this week
- Irish News
- February 1, 2021, 18:21
Almost 480,000 people received the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) this week, at a cost of more than €144 million, new figures show. The number (...)

Irish athletes will have the chance to compete on home soil in February
- Other Sports
- February 1, 2021, 17:17
Irish athletes will get at least once chance to compete at home in order to seek a qualification standard for next month’s European Indoor Championshi(...)

Man (29) who stabbed stranger in head and ‘destroyed his life’ is jailed
- Criminal Court
- February 1, 2021, 16:25
A 29-year-old man who stabbed a stranger in the head and “destroyed his life” by leaving him with a “horrific” brain injury and a lifelong disability(...)

Irish gang forging negative Covid-19 tests for European travellers, Europol warns
- Crime & Law
- February 1, 2021, 13:58
Irish criminals are allegedly involved in the forging of negative Covid-19 tests to allow people travel within Europe, Europol has warned. The Europ(...)

Warning over ‘influx’ of seriously ill cancer patients after pandemic
- Health
- February 1, 2021, 05:00
The health service needs to prepare for an “influx” of seriously ill cancer patients once the Covid-19 pandemic nears its end, an oncologist has warne(...)

Craig Casey living the dream as he claims a place with Ireland’s elite
- Rugby
- January 30, 2021, 06:15
Craig Casey readily admits he set a goal during the first lockdown last year to win his first cap this season. He hasn’t got there yet but being named(...)

The making of Home School Hub: ‘Probably one of the best things I’ve ever done’
- People
- January 30, 2021, 06:00
The teachers and makers of RTÉ’s homeschool programme on teaching through the pandemic Cúán Mac Conghail, series producer of Home School Hub and(...)

A Window on the Switzers – Frank McNally’s further reflections on a remarkable Irish-American
- Opinion
- January 29, 2021, 19:30
The background of Mary Elizabeth Switzer, whose life we discussed here on Thursday, was an inversion of classic Irish stereotype. Her father, as I now(...)

Paul Flynn to leave GPA role
- Gaelic Games
- January 29, 2021, 17:17
Paul Flynn is to step down as CEO of the Gaelic Players Association later this year, it was announced on Friday afternoon. Flynn, a six-time All-Irela(...)

Homeless hostels take action after spike in suicide attempts
- Social Affairs
- January 29, 2021, 17:04
Frontline staff in homeless hostels have received extra training in response to a “significant increase” in suicide attempts, an Oireachtas committee (...)