Friday 25 June, 2021
The rules restrict the amount someone can borrow to 3.5 times their income, though there are exemptions.
Varadkar said the government wants to own the hospital, and “ideally the land”.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said there is engagement with NIAC over this consideration.
Sources say there is no need for some of the comments around the variant to “scare” or panic people.
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar clarified yesterday that young people who are not fully vaccinated can travel abroad this summer, despite the chief medical officer Tony Holohan giving advice to the contrary last week.
Yesterday the Tánaiste told the Fine Gael Ard Fhéis that he was setting a target of 70% home-ownership.
This would require 40,000 new homes built each year.
The Sisters of Charity said it has never been contacted by the Government or the State to discuss purchasing the site.
The Taoiseach says the two party leaders had “an open exchange of view” this evening.
A Dublin Bay South by-election will take place this year after Eoghan Murphy stepped down as a TD.
The majority of homeowners will see a €90 increase in their tax bill next year.
The payment is due to be abolished next February.
With the phasing out of the PUP, government is keen to bring in pay-related unemployment payments.
The PUP will be closed off to new applicants from July as the country begins to emerge from the Covid pandemic.
Leo Varadkar contacted the companies following a protest in March.
There was fury from TDs both inside and outside government over the new rules.
Leo Varadkar said there would be no dramatic changes. An announcement will be made on Tuesday.
Mary Lou McDonald’s party has seen a slight dip in support but is still ahead of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.
Varadkar said he hopes that indoor dining could return in “early July”.
Questions could be asked as to whether O’Callaghan is the right man for the job if the party performs poorly.
The Tánaiste made the comments at a Fine Gael meeting this evening.
The Tánaiste said he’d dare to put money on pubs re-opening indoors in July.
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien says a Bill he introduced in 2019 on the issue is “still valid”.
Offices have been largely closed under public health advice since the onset of the pandemic.
Richard Boyd Barrett told the Tánaiste the drivers were “threatened with fines”.
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Róisín Shortall said the transfer of patronage was ‘a snail-paced programme’.
Speaking this afternoon at Dublin Castle he said that socialising outdoors is “much, much safer” than indoors.
Nearly half of business leaders said they expect to return to the office in the fourth quarter.
Labour’s Aodhán Ó Riordán said the country can’t afford to lose another generation.
Ireland’s capital city is set to be stripped of the games this Friday.
Ireland is due to receive over 600,000 doses of the J&J vaccine before the end of June.
Two Cabinet meetings will take place next week.
A spokesperson said Leo Varadkar made a full statement to gardaí and “answered all questions”.
