Hard pressed home owners are set to see their fuel bills reduced when cabinet signs off on a number of measure aimed at cutting the cost of fuel.
This morning's package will see a cut to the VAT charged on electricity and gas down to nine per cent - though not on petrol, diesel and home heating oil.
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Gardai are investigating if there was a hate related motive in the killing of a man in Co. Sligo.
A murder investigation's underway after the body of Aidan Moffitt was found at a house in Cartron Heights on Monday night.
The 41-year-old auctioneer's said to have suffered "significant physical injuries".
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A man has been arrested following the death of an elderly woman in a house fire in Co. Donegal.
Emergency services attended the scene of the fire in the Doochary area yesterday and brought the blaze under control at around 4:40pm.
The body of the woman in her 80's was then found inside the house.
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More than half of UK voters apparently think Boris Johnson should quit as Prime Minister after being fined for breaking lockdown rules.
57 percent of people told a YouGov poll he should resign - while a survey by Savanta ComRes put the figure even higher.
Johnson's become the first serving British PM to be punished for a breach of the law.
