Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment open to new entrants until end of year says Taoiseach Micheal Martin

The Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment  will reopen to new entrants until end of year says Taoiseach Micheal Martin.

The Government will  extend suspension of right of laid off workers to invoke redundancy until 30 November.

Dubliners will see special restrictions imposed from midnight.

The Government has made a special exception for the Capital after soaring new Covid case numbers.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said: “Current Covid numbers in Dublina are very worrying and the Government has decided today to introduce additional measures to address this.”

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The biggest hammer blow will be for the pub trade as the Coalition has decided it is not yet safe to reopen the ‘wet pubs’ in Dublin.

But bars all over the rest of the country will be able to open with restrictions in place from next Monday.

This will see the country classified as Level Two in the new Living with Covid alert system.

But the latest stats show that Dubs are up to 30 times more likely to contract the deadly virus in Dublin than some other counties, like Sligo, so a special exception is being made.

The capital city will see it set at a hybrid alert level, between two and three, for the coming weeks, with ongoing reviews to assess the virus’ progress.