When Dawn Hopkins reopened her pub, the Rose Inn in Norwich, after months of closure because of coronavirus, what should have been a day of celebration was laced with grief. Four days after the prime minister had announced on 16 March that people should avoid pubs and other social venues, her partner of more than
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Pressure is growing on Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris to cut third-level fees in response to the pressure placed on student income by COVID-19. Students working to put themselves through college are among the biggest economic casualties of the pandemic, Fianna Fáil TD James Browne has warned. The Wexford TD has asked
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Image: Leah Farrell Image: Leah Farrell THE STATE PLANS to buy up properties that, previous to the pandemic, were for rent on short-term letting platforms such as AirBnb. There has been a marked increase in the number of rental properties available in Ireland and elsewhere as former short-term lets came back on the market amid recent
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IDA Ireland paid €7.7m last year to rent its new HQ at Park Place in Hatch Street, Dublin, but recouped about half the cost by subletting three of the nine floors. Its tenants include state-backed Science Foundation Ireland and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. Its annual report, published last week, also showed that the
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The government is expected to narrow the ban on evictions, designed to protect tenants during the Covid-19 pandemic, amid fears that a blanket ban will not withstand a High Court challenge. Paul Gallagher, the attorney general, has raised doubts about the legality of extending the prohibition on evictions until October, because the reopening of the
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A multiplex cinema in the Square shopping centre, in Tallaght, Dublin, has shut. The owner cites the Covid-19 pandemic as one of the reasons. The 12-screen complex was owned and operated by Irish Multiplex Cinemas (IMC) and reopened in April 2012 after a refurbishment. According to a press statement, the closure will mean the loss
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Emergency legislation that protects residential tenants from eviction during the Covid-19 crisis is creating bottlenecks in the property market by making it impossible for landlords to secure the vacant possession needed to complete a sale, accountants have warned. The legislation, enacted on March 27, has made it illegal to evict tenants or increase their rents
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Fines of up to €2,500 will be imposed for those failing to wear face masks on public transport. Latest Figures: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 2 people with COVID-19 has died. There has now been a total of 1,746 COVID-19 related deaths in Ireland. As of midnight Friday 10th July, the HPSC has been notified of
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Landlords are calling on the Housing Minister not to extend the emergency measures introduced to protect renters during the Covid-19 crisis beyond July 20th. The measures, including a temporary rent freeze and ban on evictions, were signed into law March 27 as thousands lost their jobs as a result of the crisis and were set