The Czech government does not plan further restrictions to curb coronavirus, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Thursday. He added that life in the country may only get back to normal in late May or June if the situation is under control. The country introduced in mid-March some of the – at the time –...
TÁNAISTE Simon Coveney has said restrictions on public movement due to the Covid-19 pandemic may need to be extended beyond the current April 12 deadline.
Over 800 sets of scrubs for nurses, including those who are visiting palliative care patients in their homes, have been made for free by a company in county Louth.
Teagasc are setting up a Regional Farm Labour Database that would link farm families where a farmer or a farm worker becomes ill with COVID 19, with an available relief worker.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has expressed concern that coronavirus restriction measures taken by Hungary went “too far” and insisted they should be limited in time and subject to scrutiny. Hungary's parliament on Monday granted Prime Minister Viktor Orban an open-ended right to rule by decree. It also introduced jail sentences for anyone...
As Covid-19 disrupts the global economy, people are snapping up small gold bars and coins, confirming once again the yellow metal's safe haven reputation during times of uncertainty. The price of gold hit a seven-year high of more than $1,700 per troy ounce on March 9, as a result of the deepening economic impact of...
A mother of three young children has lost her appeal over an order for the sale of her family home arising from the bankruptcy of her husband, from whom she says she has separated.
