From today, all employees officially have the Right to Disconnect from work and have a better work-life balance, after Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment Leo Varadkar TD brought in a new Code of Practice. The Tánaiste is today also inviting views on his plans to put the right to request remote working … Read more
Roderic O’Gorman T.D., Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, has yesterday received Cabinet approval to amend the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill and to introduce the strengthened Bill at Report Stage in Dáil Éireann. The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill was originally published in April 2019 and lapsed with the dissolution of the … Read more
“The Dublin Artists Collective” (DDAC) a page by artists for artists of Indian origin currently residing in Dublin in association with Embassy of India, Dublin is conducting first version of RANG – an art exhibition by a group of artists from April 2nd to April 10th, 2021. The story behind – THE DUBLIN DESI ARTISTS … Read more
A group of teenagers ferociously attacked an Indian shop Gala Store in Willowpark Dublin on last Thursday. They attacked the shopkeeper and throw away items placed in the shop. The shop is owned by Soji Mathews an Indian origin. Most of the attackers was not wearing mask and the shop keepers immediately tried to close … Read more
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath said, Government spending on Covid-related measures is expected to hit €28 billion by the end of this year. The total covers expenditure on Covid-related measures in 2020 and 2021 and spending on wage and business supports as well as increased health spending on the pandemic. At a … Read more
From today contact tracing team will start asking additional questions to help identify the source of cases identified as community transmission. Currently, 80 per cent of cases of Covid-19 are traced to a specific source through the Health Service Executive’s contact tracing centres or through HSE public health teams. The remaining 20 per cent are … Read more
Parent’s Benefit and parent’s leave are new statutory entitlements for parents in the first year after their child’s birth or adoption. They are available for children born or adopted after 1 November 2019. Parent’s Benefit is paid while you are on parent’s leave from work if you have enough social insurance (PRSI) contributions. You must be on parent’s leave to get … Read more
In line with the plan set out in COVID-19 Resilience & Recovery 2021: The Path Ahead, the Government has today announced the phased easing of some restrictions for the month of April, to commence on 12th April.After taking full account of the current status of Covid-19 in the community, and the public health advice, the … Read more
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, TD, today pledged a further €23 million in humanitarian assistance from Ireland in response to the Syria crisis in 2021. This brings Ireland’s response to the crisis since 2012 to more than €192 million Ireland’s largest ever response to a single crisis. Minister Coveney made the pledge at the … Read more
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, today (Monday), welcomed the Government’s launch of “Our Rural Future” This policy will promote rural development over the next five years, supported by more than 130 measures which will address the challenges and capture the opportunities for people living in rural Ireland. The Vision of rural … Read more
The Dublinbikes rental scheme is going electric, with half of the fleet of 1,600 bikes being converted to e-bikes.While the per-trip rental rates will not change, the annual subscription charge will increase considerably, to €95 for e-bike users, with those choosing to stick with standard bikes remaining on the €35 annual fee. Half of the … Read more
In a March 26 press release, the Indian missions in the US said that in order to ease the travel of OCI card holders, it has been decided that the “time line for re-issuance of OCI cards in r/o OCI card holders, who may be required to get their OCI card reissued has been extended … Read more
Easing of the 5km limit, outdoor sports, and the possibility of larger groups meeting up outdoors are due to be considered this week by government. The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) will meet today to discuss what recommendations it will give to government. The Cabinet sub-committee on Covid will then meet this evening to … Read more
Bank of Ireland paid three unnamed executives more than €1 million each last year, with two being pushed above the threshold as a result of severance payments and wages in lieu of notice as they left the group. The third is believed to be the head of the bank’s UK division, Ian McLaughlin, who joined the … Read more
The Student Grant Scheme is the main financial support scheme for students studying in Ireland and abroad. It also know as the SUSI grant because the Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) is the awarding authority for the Student Grant Scheme. Student grants are divided into Maintenance grants and Fee grants Maintenance grants help students with … Read more