The Main Stories Making The Headlines Across Cork
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Welfare recipients are set to get a triple welfare-boost in the budget.
With public finances running into a surplus, it's expected the Government will announce a once off double welfare payment in the autumn, and a permanent increase of €10 to all welfare rates - as well as the Christmas bonus.
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Electricity prices could increase during peak hours this winter.
New tariffs are being proposed to make electricity 10 per cent more expensive between 5pm and 7pm - in a bid to reduce demand and avoid blackouts.
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Other countries with similar populations, but fund their ambulance services properly, don't experience the same chronic issues as we do in Ireland.
He was reacting to the leaking of an unpublished HSE presentation by the Irish Times.
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Other counteries with similar populations, but fund their ambulance services properly, don't experience the same chronic issues as we do in Ireland.
That's according to a representative for the PNA and National Ambulance Service Representative Association, Brendan Flynn.
He was reacting to the leaking of an unpublished HSE presentation by the Irish Times.
