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HOUSEHOLD incomes would have collapsed due to Covid-19 without the State stepping in with income supports.

The first batch of Irish products to be exhibited at the upcoming China International Consumer Products Expo is ready for shipment from Irelands southern port city of Cork to Chinas Hainan province, where the event will be held, sources told Xinhua on Thursday.

The first batch of Irish products to be exhibited at the upcoming China International Consumer Products Expo is ready for shipment from Irelands southern port city of Cork to Chinas Hainan Province, where the event will be held, sources told Xinhua on Thursday.   "Part of the exhibits have been loaded into a 40-foot container at a bonded warehouse nearby Cork Port this morning and it is ready to go soon," said Weng Jianglai, a member of Association of Chinese Enterprises in Ireland, which is a...

THE ECONOMIC case for Scotland leaving the British union and becoming independent has been challenged by a leading expert in European affairs.

Kerry’s Live Register has fallen by almost 16% in a year. That’s according to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office. In January, 6,497 people signed on the Live Register in Kerry. That is down almost 16% compared to the same month last year when 7,716 people signed on. However, it is slight increase […]

New figures from the Central Statistics show the last week of January was the most deadly in Limerick since the Covid-19 pandemic began. According to the latest...

A slow economic recovery does more harm than good

By Charles Kakoma, UPND Spokesperson. The cost of living in Zambia is very high. Everybody is complaining about the rising prices of goods and services. Inflation has run out of control. When one goes to the market these days, he or she is greeted by high prices of tomatoes, onions, and other vegetables. In fact, marketeers now count how many tomatoes they put in a packet or on a hip. Tomato yadula!!. Gone are the days when one would walk in a supermarket and just start picking things and throw...

A public servant with a full 40 years of service will retire on an annual pension equivalent to half of their salary and a tax-free lump sum of one-and-a-half times their annual pay. The statisticians have calculated the amount of money owed to households by private employers and the Government on all occupational pension schemes, the so-called liabilities of these schemes. The CSO said the total liabilities of occupational pension schemes in Ireland were estimated at 186pc of Gross Domestic Pr...

The total amount of pension liabilities owed to households through the state contributory pension and occupational schemes both public and private amounts to €607.9 billion, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show.