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Updated / Saturday, 1 May 2021 16:34 An inquiry, under Article 40 of the Constitution, was sought in at the High Court at about 3.30pm yesterday A man who flew back to Ireland from the United States to see his critically ill father has been allowed to avoid undergoing mandatory hotel quarantine on humanitarian grounds. Colm Batess 91-year-old father is "on his deathbed" and the purpose of his journey to Ireland was to visit him in Tipperary before he dies, the High Court was told yesterday. Mr...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the euro area labour market The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the euro area labour market Prepared by Robert Anderton, Vasco Botelho, Agostino Consolo, António Dias da Silva, Claudia Foroni, Matthias Mohr and Lara Vivian 1 Introduction The euro area labour market has been severely hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and associated containment measures. Employment and total hours worked declined at the sharpest rates on record. Unemployment inc...