The Public Expenditure Minister has poured cold water on hopes to bring the VAT rate for the hospitality sector to 9%.
Paschal Donohoe says it would cost more than 700 million euro for the VAT reduction.
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The Children's Ombudsman is criticising the Government for allowing children to fall into homelessness.
Dr Niall Mulddon says emergency accommodation should only be short-term but that isn't the case, with 4 and a half thousand children homeless.
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Sweden's public health agency has recorded what it says is the first case of a more dangerous variant of mpox outside the African continent.
The news comes as the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak of mpox in parts of Africa is now a public health emergency of international concern.
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Ed Sheeran was the surprise guest at the latest run of Taylor Swift's Wembley concerts as the European leg of her Eras Tour comes to an end.
The US hitmaker performed one verse of Everything Has Changed, which features Sheeran, before bringing out the Suffolk singer to rapturous applause.
