Alamy/Wayne Hutchinson The decline of the high street has been hollowing out British town centres in recent years. When pubs, community centres, libraries and banks close, it adds to a sense of local decline. In my recently published research, I found that local decline contributes to a rise in supportContinue Reading
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has praised the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in the State, confirming 72.4 per cent of the adult population are now fully vaccinated. On Saturday evening, Mr Martin tweeted rollout of vaccines in the Republic has now surpassed the UK’s where 72.1 pe cent of the adultContinue Reading
A number of Bishops are telling their parishes to flout Government guidelines and press ahead with Confirmations and Communions as early as next month. As the Irish Examiner reports, yesterday the Taoiseach agreed the restrictions were difficult but urged the Church not to press ahead with any unilateral breaches ofContinue Reading
Plymouth is home to a number of Afghan interpreters who supported British Forces in Afghanistan over many years. There has been a controversy for the past few years that promises to reunite Afghan interpreters who have settled in the UK with their families from Afghanistan have not been kept byContinue Reading
The Department of Health is considering advice on mixing Covid vaccine doses, the chair of National Immunisation Advisory Committee has said. Professor Karina Butler said the recommendation from Niac had been made “in the last couple of weeks” but she declined to outline any detail. The international data on mixingContinue Reading
Updated at 11:32 Regulations governing the reopening of indoor dining from today were signed shortly before midnight on Sunday, with small changes to the draft guidelines published on Friday. The final regulations require pubs and restaurants to take the contact details of only one adult member of a party, ratherContinue Reading
Restaurants are facing a staffing “crisis” ahead of the reopening of indoor hospitality next week, according to the chief executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, Adrian Cummins. Speaking to RTÉ’s The Business, he said around 25 per cent of bars and restaurants will not reopen fully on Monday. MrContinue Reading
Far-right activists and anti-vaccine protesters have held a demonstration in Dublin against Covid-19 jabs and ongoing restrictions in Ireland. Around 1,500 protesters gathered outside Custom House in Dublin, as roads were blocked and traffic forced to a standstill. Protesters held anti-vaccine signs and chanted “freedom” as they walked through theContinue Reading
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