Morning headlines: Woman must pay back €6,000 in Covid childcare allowance;  Taxi shortage means long waiting times for partygoers this Christmas

Morning headlines: Woman must pay back €6,000 in Covid childcare allowance; Taxi shortage means long waiting times for partygoers this Christmas

Woman must pay back €6,000 in Covid childcare allowance

A woman who received more than €6,000 in Covid wage support in 2020 to pay her childminder has been told that she must return the money to the tax authorities.

Suppression of bookies operating near schools

There will be betting shops and other betting shops effectively banned from operating near schools under sweeping changes to gambling laws.

Gardaí on special rail patrols arrest drunk man who fell on rail while babysitting

A man in charge of a child in a buggy was so drunk he fell on the track at a station in Co Kildare.

There is a risk of a shortage of taxi drivers this Christmas, warns the boss of Free Now

The global boss of taxi company Free Now has said there will be a shortage of lifts in Ireland this Christmas.

Heartwarming moment Sophia Farrell, a nine-year-old autistic Irish dancer, was invited to join the cast of Riverdance

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Finally launched, but the Artemis lunar craft still faces challenges in the return of the catapult

It took five years of planning and three launch attempts finally getting the Artemis lunar mission off the ground – but getting it back down could be even more of a challenge.

“Is there something wrong, Alexa?” – Amazon to add an Irish accent

Amazon Echo smart devices must have an Irish accent in Ireland.

HSE says no retrospective evaluation of CervicalCheck slides in four years

CervicalCheck has not conducted a retrospective review of the slides of women who underwent the screening and later developed cervical cancer in nearly four years, it was confirmed yesterday.

Blackrock College abuse survivors enter restorative justice program as more allegations emerge

Over an eight-week period in 2021, 25 men from the Blackrock College class of 1979 posted stories in a private Facebook group about their experiences with sexual abuse.

Eamon Ryan plays a key role for the EU as it enters the final days of the COP27 climate negotiations

Talks at the COP27 climate summit are intensifying only two days left until the official deadline for reaching consensus on a joint formulation to conclude negotiations.

Real estate prices will fall over the next three months

The real estate market is showing signs of slowing down, now experts are predicting that prices will fall further in the winter.

Musk tells Twitter staff only “hardcore” employees are allowed to stay

Elon Musk has has given Twitter’s remaining employees until tonight to decide whether to stay with the companysaying those who don’t want to be part of the “new Twitter” will be let go.