AROUND 2,500 people have had their Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) cut due to foreign travel, but the majority were leaving the country for good.
July 28, 2020
There is no clear legal basis for rules which see pandemic unemployment payment sanctioned if they travel abroad, according to a legal rights organisation.
July 28, 2020
An eagle owl in Germany had a lucky escape after being rescued from a vast well by firefighters on Saturday.
July 28, 2020
TDs have complained about ‘ridiculous' limits on spectator numbers at GAA matches – and demanded that more get in.
July 28, 2020
Paul Mescal has been nominated for an Emmy award, one of four for Irish drama Normal People.
July 28, 2020
China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday slammed the United States for “reckless provocation of confrontation” after the two countries ordered tit-for-tat closures of each other's consulates....
July 28, 2020
A GAA team in Donegal has suspended all activity pending the results of a suspected case of Covid-19 among their players.
July 28, 2020
A GAA team in Donegal has suspended all activity pending the results of a suspected case of Covid-19 among their players.
July 28, 2020
Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma did a lot to make sure that Kiev implements its obligations under the Minsk agreements, Russian presidential envoy to the Contact Group on the settlement...
July 28, 2020
Twitter has temporarily halted US President Donald Trump's son from tweeting on its site after he shared a video riddled with unsupported claims about coronavirus.
July 28, 2020
The FTSE 100 held on to its gains from early trading to close higher, as buoyant housing stocks helped to offset pandemic-related concerns.
July 28, 2020
Turkey plans to reopen schools nationwide on August 31 to free up students' working parents, assuming a recent stabilization in coronavirus cases holds. The daily infection rate may need to...
July 28, 2020
Twitter said on Tuesday it limited access to Donald Trump Jr's account for 12 hours because a tweet he had posted violated the social media site's misinformation policy on COVID-19.
July 28, 2020
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz have shared their proposal photographs after announcing their engagement last month.
July 28, 2020
A US skydiver who lost his prosthetic leg during a jump has it back thanks to a farmer who spotted it in a soybean field.
July 28, 2020
Afghanistan's Taliban announced on Tuesday that the movement will observe a three-day ceasefire in the country for the Muslim occasion of Eid al-Adha, starting Friday. “In order for our people...
July 28, 2020
Joe Biden has unveiled a plan that aims to ensure the United States' post-pandemic economic recovery is built around promoting racial equality.
July 28, 2020
Business improved for McDonald's throughout the second quarter as lockdown restrictions lifted across the globe, but the fast food giant faces a bumpy and expensive recovery.
July 28, 2020
CES, one of the world's biggest technology conferences, will be a virtual event in January due to the coronavirus pandemic.
July 28, 2020
The United States and Australia have opened top-level talks in which they are expected to seek a common front amid tensions between Washington and Beijing. US Secretary of State Mike...
July 28, 2020
Nearly 3 billion koalas, kangaroos and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019 and 2020, a study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)...
July 28, 2020
Spain's capital will make face masks compulsory everywhere at all times as part of a package of measures aimed at preventing coronavirus infections, Reuters quoted regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso...
July 28, 2020
The mayors of Portland, Oregon, and five other major US cities have appealed to Congress to make it illegal for the federal government to deploy militarised agents to cities that...
July 28, 2020
Prince Joachim, the younger son of Queen Margrethe of Denmark, who underwent emergency surgery for a blood clot in his brain will not suffer any long-term effects, the royal palace...
July 28, 2020
Turkey could pause energy-exploration operations in the eastern Mediterranean Sea for a while pending talks with Greece, according to presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin. He said in an interview with broadcaster...
July 28, 2020
GERMAN police are searching an allotment in Germany in connection with the Madeleine McCann case.
July 28, 2020
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will serve up to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of crimes involving the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund...
July 28, 2020
Chinese and Indian troops have “completed disengagement” on most parts of the disputed border between the two countries, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said on Tuesday. Tensions soared between the...
July 28, 2020
Greece will make mask-wearing compulsory at more indoor public spaces from Wednesday to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The government made the decision after a small flare-up of infections...
July 28, 2020
An “extraordinarily silent” lockdown in London has been recorded for posterity by the Museum of London.
July 28, 2020
German police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have searched a garden plot in Hannover in connection with their probe, prosecutors said.
July 28, 2020
Lebanese PM Hassan Diab said on Tuesday that Israel had violated his country's sovereignty with a “dangerous military escalation” along the border on Monday, and called for caution after a...
July 28, 2020
The Foreign Ministry in Berlin on Tuesday advised holidaymakers not to travel to several Spanish regions including Catalonia, which have seen coronavirus infection rates rise. “We currently advise against unnecessary...
July 28, 2020
Building supplies group Travis Perkins has said that sales dived 20% in the first half of 2020 as it was hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
July 28, 2020
The maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars, PSA Group, has said it made a profit in the first six months of the year even as the coronavirus pandemic caused a...
July 28, 2020
A NEW study is signalling road workers, transport drivers, care workers, security guards and farmers, are at particular risk if they become sick with Covid-19.
July 28, 2020
On Tuesday, Beijing announced the suspension of Hong Kong's extradition treaties with Canada, Australia and Britain. The tit-for-tat move followed similar decisions by those countries over a new security law....
July 28, 2020
DONALD Trump's national security adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for Covid-19.
July 28, 2020
Two “playful and inquisitive” lynx kittens at the Wild Place Project in Bristol are due to be named by the public.
July 28, 2020
An Australian Outback pub has banned emus for “bad behaviour” and erected barriers to prevent the large, flightless birds from creating havoc inside.
