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Government announces home retrofit loan scheme

A long-awaited low-cost loan scheme for home energy upgrades has been announced by the Government. The €500 million scheme enables homeowners who receive home energy upgrade grants to cover the rest of the costs with low-interest loans. From today, homeowners can now borrow up to €75,000 at significantly lower interest …

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Banks need to do more for borrowers in early arrears

A Central Bank review of the supports that are in place for borrowers experiencing early mortgage arrears has found they need to be improved. The analysis looked at the effectiveness of the system those experiencing difficulty must navigate, focusing in particular on the supports, resources and service levels that exist …

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Vantage Data Centers to build new campus in West Dublin

A new €1 billion multi-phase data centre campus is being planned for west Dublin, creating 165 new permanent jobs and more than 1,000 during construction. US based Vantage Data Centers is developing 52MW of IT capacity in the first two phases of the facility at Profile Park in Grange Castle, …

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Staff shortages remain huge issue at UHL

The leader of Sinn Féin has raised the death of Aoife Johnston at Limerick University Hospital in December 2022. Speaking in the Dáil, Mary Lou McDonald said staff shortages remain a huge issue at the hospital where doctors have previously said the emergency department was an unsafe environment. The hospital …

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Staff shortages remain huge issue at UHL

The leader of Sinn Féin has raised the death of Aoife Johnston at Limerick University Hospital in December 2022. Speaking in the Dáil, Mary Lou McDonald said staff shortages remain a huge issue at the hospital where doctors have previously said the emergency department was an unsafe environment. The hospital …

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Calls for next govt to develop national eye health plan

Vision Ireland has said that there is a critical need for a national eye health strategy over the lifetime of the next Government. Chris White, group CEO, told the Health Committee that blindness and vision impairment impacts over 296,000 people. Vision Ireland is the new name for the National Council …

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Details of UHL staff shortages heard at inquest

The inquest into the death of Aoife Johnston has resumed at Kilmallock Courthouse, with details surrounding staff shortages and overcrowding being heard. The 16-year-old died in University Hospital Limerick in December 2022, having waited several hours for treatment, after presenting with suspected sepsis. The inquest, before Limerick Coroner John McNamara, …

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Harris expects housing predictions to be in Govt targets

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he expects his prediction that Ireland can build 250,000 new homes between 2025 and 2030 to be in revised Government targets in autumn. Speaking at a Housing For All update at Government Buildings this morning, he said the figure is “roughly where I expect the …

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Greece suffers new round of Saharan dust pollution

Clouds of dust blown in from the Sahara desert covered Athens and other Greek cities, one of the worst such episodes to hit the country since 2018, officials have said. A yellow-orange haze smothered several regions after several days of strong winds from the south, limiting visibility and prompting warnings …

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McGrath doesn’t rule out once-off payments in Budget 2025

The Minister for Finance Michael McGrath has said that the changed inflation environment will influence Budget 2025 decisions. But he said this does not mean that there will not be once-off payments. “The changed inflation environment will have an impact on our approach to the Budget and we did have …

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