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Some industry bodies have expressed disappointment that VAT relief for the hospitality sector was not extended beyond next summer.
Gardai will later roll out a massive security operation to prevent planned lockdown protests to mark St Patrick’s Day in Ireland. More than 2,500 gardai will be deployed across checkpoints and arterial routes across the country on Wednesday. Much of the focus will be in Dublin amid fears that anti-lockdown activists will seek to use the public holiday to demonstrate against coronavirus restrictions. There were ugly scenes close to Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green last month, when gardai were attacked with fireworks amid disturbances at a lockdown protest. Protesters and Gardai clashing durin...
Sixteen people have been arrested at anti-lockdown protests in Dublin for failing to comply with public health guidelines, gardai said. A massive Garda security operation is under way to prevent planned lockdown protests to mark St Patrick’s Day in Ireland. By 3pm, gardai said 13 men and three women had been arrested in connection with the events in the capital and failure to follow Covid-19 public health regulations. Ten people have been charged and were due to appear before a sitting of Dublin District Court on Wednesday afternoon. Many of the arrested were in Dublin city centre where pro...
Twenty-one people have been arrested at anti-lockdown protests in Dublin for failing to comply with public health guidelines, gardai said. A massive Garda security operation was in place across St Patrick’s Day to prevent planned anti-lockdown demonstrations. By Wednesday evening, a Garda spokeperson said 21 people had been arrested, including 17 men and four women across different events in Dublin. Many of the arrested were in Dublin city centre where protesters arrived in small groups outside the GPO on O’Connell Street. About 100 anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination protesters, the major...
Much like what happened in the wake of the Capitol Riot in Washington DC, anti-lockdown protestors have been claiming that the people involved in the ...