Budget 2021: €17.75bn package ‘unprecedented in size and scale’, Donohoe says
The coronavirus pandemic has been the greatest challenge to face the country since it gained independence, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said as ...
Budget 2021 main points: Reduced VAT rate for hospitality sector
The Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is on his feet delivering Budget 2021. Here are the main points, as they happen: In recognition ...
Nigeria: Nigeria’s #EndSARS Protests Are a Stern Warning to the Older Generation in Power
In a country of 180 million people, cut across religion and ethnicity, "Rarely does a generation have the opportunity to lead change as ...
Budget 2021 main points: Class sizes to drop and Help To Buy Scheme extending
EducationMinister for Education Norma Foley is to bring down pupil teacher ratios to 25:1 with the creation of 600 new positions.There will be ...
Fintan O’Toole: Budget must stop spread of inequality in Irish society
The coronavirus has a mocking kind of hippy vibe. Even as it makes life more dreary and sadder, it daubs the structures of ...
Budget 2021: €50m fund for third-level students among final details of ‘significant’ package
Large spending on health services and supports for businesses and other sectors impacted by Covid-19 will form the backbone of Budget 2021, which ...
Budget 2021 main points: Class sizes to drop and funding boost for housing
EducationMinister for Education Norma Foley is to bring down pupil teacher ratios to 25:1 with the creation of 600 new positions. There will ...
Ethiopia: Govt Mulls Bypassing Tigray State to Reach Out to Districts
The House of Federation has delegated the Council of Ministers to assess and outline the details on how the federal government will directly ...
Africa: Continent Records 193 More Covid-19 Deaths and 5,899 New Infections
As of October 13, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,584,693. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 38,302, ...
Sudan: Acting Ambassador to Sudan Accused in Assassination, Murder Plot
The acting ambassador's husband allegedly hired hitmen to kill the embassy's intelligence officer -- and to murder two local women as 'training'. When ...
