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Govt facing deeply unpalatable decision on pensions Updated / Saturday, 13 Feb 2021 13:27 Political Reporter This week brought a reminder that pensions remain a live political issue after becoming a key battleground during last year's general election. The Government followed through on a promise to remove the obligation on 65-year-olds to sign on until they reach the State pension age of 66. But Sinn Féin and others denounced it as little more than a repackaged jobseeker’s payment, pointing out that it was still being paid at €45 less per week than the State pension. Since 2014, the ...

Holohan backs plan to use Pfizer, Moderna vaccines for over 70s GPs now working with the HSE to administer jabs to older people living in the community Wed, Feb 3, 2021, 14:58 Updated: Wed, Feb 3, 2021, 19:47 The use of these vaccines, based on a new technology called mRNA, in a GP setting had been seen as a challenge due to the demands of storing and administering them, as they need to be kept at ultra low temperatures. Photograph: Christof Stache/AFP via Getty   The chief medical officer Tony Holohan has said people over 65 working in long term residential care facilities shoul...

Last week, a friend was having a business meeting, which we all now know means meeting someone work-related but doing it in a permitted outdoors-at-a-distance way. She wanted to impress, but full old-school work attire wouldn't work. "What should I wear?" she texted. "Definitely a proper bra," I typed back. "That's serious," she replied. We know our relationship with certain 'essentials' has changed in the last year. Comfort is king, and when it comes to the bra department, a trawl through underwear online shows this starkly. Even with Valentine's only a week away, you'll have no problem sna...

RTÉ staff were given almost a full day’s notice of a controversial gathering that took place during lockdown at the broadcaster’s Donnybrook studio last year. The reminder, issued in an internal communication more than 21 hours prior, is contrary to RTÉ’s previous claim that the event was an “impromptu” gathering. The incident led to a Garda investigation to determine whether any Covid guidelines were breached in organising the event, with a file being recently submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The inquiry looked at how the event was organised and how this w...

Result of Fundraise Applied Graphene Materials (AIM: AGM) is pleased to announce that it has conditionally raised gross proceeds of approximately £6.0 million via the oversubscribed Placing, Subscription and PrimaryBid Offer (together the "Fundraise") from existing and new investors at the Issue Price of 41 pence per share. A total of 12,936,585 Placing Shares (comprising 2,485,214 First Placing Shares and 10,451,371 Second Placing Shares) have been placed by N+1 Singer and Allenby Capital, raising gross proceeds of approximately £5.3 million. In addition, ...