The Government has today announced a special one-off payment of up to €1,860 for workers who were on the PUP and have been made redundant. Workers who are laid off…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 21, 2021
THE Government has finally launched its delayed €40 billion plan that promises to ease the housing crisis. There are 230 action points contained within it, which Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 15, 2021
Those with disabilities and their rights are not sufficiently protected in Irish law, according to a survey commissioned by Safeguarding Ireland. The survey, which was carried out by Red C…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 13, 2021
Huge fine WhatsApp has been fined €225 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission for breaching data protection rules. The tech giant has criticised the fine, calling it excessive and…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 8, 2021
A judge has warned a combative couple that they will have to “sit down now and get re-housed or move on”. The couple, who have been married for over forty…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 7, 2021
The WRC awarded compensation to senior staff nurse of €85,000 for discrimination after a compulsory retirement from the nursing home she worked in. The WRC said that the award was…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 6, 2021
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ruled that a man who had been drinking alcohol just hours before starting work and subsequently lost his job has been unfairly dismissed. The…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 3, 2021
A new hotline mechanism is to be established for people who have intimate images of themselves shared online without their consent. They will now be able to report these instances…
FeltonMcKnightSeptember 2, 2021
Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) and the HSE have apologised to the family of a woman and her three-day-old baby who died after what was thought to be an epileptic…
FeltonMcKnightAugust 31, 2021
