The country's leading economic think tank has called on the Government to maintain the €350-a-week Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) and warned that moves to taper it prematurely would damage the economy further.
New data shows that 140,000 payment breaks have been issued by lenders.
As the sun-drenched bank holiday weekend approaches, there are mixed feelings about the possibility of an influx of visitors to coastal areas.
Spanish archaeologists searching for the remains of Red Hugh O'Donnell thought they had finally found him after they unearthed a "big and strong man" in his believed resting place.
Detailed planning for the reopening of schools in September is under way, with separate discussions covering the primary and post-primary sectors.
A large black Nissan Navara pick-up pulls up on the street outside my house. Two men in surgical masks jump out and pop open the boot to reveal a keg of Guinness and a tap. On a sunny day, half a dozen socially distanced spectators gather around the open tailgate to gawp at a masked...
