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Government called out on PUP 'contradictory and confusing' back tax payments Reporter: ');  '); Differing and 'confusing' explanations provided by the Government,  including those by a Laois Offaly Minister for State, in an attempt to justify the retrospective taxation of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment payment have been criticised by a service which provides free legal advice in Ireland. Eilis Barry, Chief Executive of the Free Legal Advice Centres, has called into question remarks made by the Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys on the RTÉ 1 News at One programme that th...

Integrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in COVID-19 Education Responses Format A girl attends a psychosocial support session where she shares her experience through drawings and short stories © UNICEF Uganda /Bongyereirwe Q&A with Sarah Harrison, International Federation of the Red Cross, Co-Chair, Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Reference Group In June 2020, ECW joined other donors in contributing funds to support the work of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Reference Group, t...

Crisis Group Libya Update #2 Format This Briefing Note provides up-to-the-minute analysis of attempts to end Libya’s almost decade- long civil war through talks focused on reunifying the country’s government, oil-based economy and security forces. It is the second in a series of twice-monthly updates. Foreign Actors Drive Military Build-up amid Deadlocked Political Talks A tenuous ceasefire continues to hold in Libya between forces allied to the Tripoli-based government and their rivals in the east. Yet there is reason to worry that the five-month hiatus in the conflict could end abruptly...

Crisis Group Libya Update #1 Format Negotiations Run Aground, Threatening Political and Economic Stalemate A fragile ceasefire signed in October is holding in Libya, and thus far renewed conflict has been averted. But tensions remain high, especially as the year is about to end with no substantial progress in political and economic negotiations that were supposed to pave the way for reunifying a country that has been divided in two, with rival governments and parallel financial and military institutions, since 2014. UN-mediated talks to appoint a unity government are faltering, as delegates h...

Is trying to crack down on information leaks following the revelation of the reported warnings trump's own advisers gave him over that phone call. nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has more. >> a congratulatory controversy escalating after trump's call to russian president vladimir putin on his re-election win. a voe derided by election observers with stuffed ballot boxes, virtually no competition. it's why the president was explicitly warned by his top advisers fought the to congratulate putin. a briefing note in all caps reading do not congratulate. so what happened? >>...