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Back-to-school payment worth almost €300 available to over 100k families from next week

Over 100,000 families in Ireland are set to receive a payment of up to €285 next week. Families who applied for a once-off payment made to eligible people to help with the cost of sending kids back to school will receive the money automatically from ...

03 Jul 2024 at 09:05

Anxious homeowners switching to fixed rates amid rising interest

Local News

Anxious homeowners switch mortgage providers to fix rates amid rising interest

Nervous homeowners bracing themselves for increased variable interest rates are expected to switch providers and seek fixed rates to cope with increased home repayments. Many mortgage holders are switching to lock down security over repayments ...

29 Apr 2022 at 11:25

National News

Double child benefit payment and energy credit on the way

A double child benefit payment of €280 is being paid to families from Tuesday of this week, as part of a series of measures to assist households with the cost of living crisis. They payment will be made for 1.2 million children in the country ...

01 Nov 2022 at 11:38

Home

Single parents in Laois are in 'desperate poverty' over housing crisis says councillor

Young single mothers in Laois are falling into "desperate poverty" because of the low housing rental allowance, says a local councillor. Cllr Paschal McEvoy, chairman of the Graiguecullen Portarlington Municipal District, has slammed the ...

18 May 2017 at 15:49

National News

Laois farmers in 'disadvantaged areas' to get share of €2.8 mill

More than 1,400 Laois farmers are getting grants under a scheme aimed at compensating farmers for the additional costs involved in farming on disadvantaged land. However, more than 1,000 have either so far failed in their application ...

15 Sept 2021 at 16:14

Covid-19

Almost €130m in Pandemic Unemployment Payment arrears to be paid to 280,000 people today

Approximately 286,000 pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) recipients will be paid arrears to the value of €129.2 million today, the Department of Social Protection has said. Of the 286,068 people who are receiving arrears, 110,448 ...

01 Dec 2020 at 16:08

Local News

Many Laois people to get double social welfare payment in January

Thousands of Laois people are among the over 1.3 million social welfare recipients in Ireland in line to receive a double payment in January. People who qualify for 32 different social welfare schemes will automatically receive ...

01 Jan 2024 at 15:52

National News

Greek pizza delivery man 'shocked' to discover he had brought €276k of cannabis into country

A man who thought he was bringing tax documents into the country was shocked when he was told his luggage contained over €276,000 in cannabis, a court has heard. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Georgious Nikolas (46) ...

24 Jun 2024 at 16:45

National News

ALERT: Mortgage rate 'gap' could mean your paying €8,000 too much a year

The highest mortgage rate in the Irish market is now double the lowest, ranging from 3.45pc to over 7pc, as recent rate cuts fuel huge potential savings for smart homeowners who switch lenders. According to the Q1 doddl.ie ...

14 May 2024 at 11:19

National News

Irish parents can still avail of almost €300 in back-to-school payments

Parents can expect up to €300 in the bank account this month after applications for the Back-to-school Clothing and Footwear Allowance started last month. This allowance is a one-time payment to help eligible families ...

17 Jul 2024 at 19:44

Crime & Court

Woman accused of drawing €271,000 pension payments of dead man

A woman who is accused of drawing €271, 046 in pension payments for a dead man over three decades has been sent forward for trial. Margaret Bergin, 69, of Fairfield, Mountrath was served with the book of evidence at ...

13 Sept 2023 at 12:52

National News

Religious orders ‘running rings’ around government after one makes cash offer

The Government is allowing religious bodies involved in mother and baby homes to “run rings” around it after it emerged that only one order made a “serious offer” of cash to pay redress to survivors, the Dail has ...

02 Apr 2025 at 15:56

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