Elderly people living in large homes will be encouraged to move into smaller ones through a mix of tax incentives and grants under new plans being considered by Government. Ahead of the publication of the Housing For All plan next month, Taoiseach Micheál Martin told the Irish Independent that measures being examined include incentives for right-sizing.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin: There will be new incentives for elderly to downsize and free up homes for families
Theres lots of housing out there where people may downsize, for example if there was a good incentive to downsize, Mr Martin said in an interview with the Irish Independent. It is among a number of measures being considered under plans to address the housing crisis.
When will your age group be fully vaccinated and why some face autumn call-up
As of yesterday, some 3.6 million vaccine doses have been administered here, leaving 2.3 million people partially covered and 1.3 million fully vaccinated. Two-thirds still have to be fully protected. Eilish O’Regan breaks down the vaccine roll-out timeline.
Economy is set for sharp rebound as consumers spend pandemic savings
The going-out economy is set for a sharp rebound as consumers spend unprecedented pent-up pandemic savings on food, shoes and booze over the rest of the year.
Woman (29) hospitalised for 18 days with sepsis a year after cosmetic bum lift procedure
Irish doctors have highlighted potential complications following buttock augmentation popularly known as a bum lift. It follows the case of a woman who was admitted to St Jamess Hospital with sepsis 14 months after getting the injection.
How working in a prison beauty parlour in Peru helped Michaella McCollum get parole
Former drug mule Michaella McCollum tells the full story behind her recruitment as a drugs cartel mule, her arrest, trial, and her beauty parlour business in the notorious Ancon II jail in a South American desert, in a five-part BBC series, High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule.
Id love to go for a pint with Leo and Eamon but, no, we havent got a WhatsApp group Micheál Martin
It has been a tumultuous year but one that Mr Martin is proud of not that he would admit this. I dont like the word proud, he told the Irish Independent in his office on Tuesday evening. I was reared to say dont be proud, the seven deadly sins as the mother used to say to me. Its stayed with me.
Sean Dunne creditors to loan 1m to trustee to aid pursuit of assets
A US bankruptcy trustee is seeking to borrow a further 1m from Ulster Bank and Nama to fund his pursuit of the assets of businessman Sean Dunne. If the request is approved by a court, it would bring to 4.5 million the total loaned to trustee Richard Coan by the property developers largest creditors since 2014.
InFocus podcast: ‘Robert’s solitary confinement was like any American movie you see’ – Irish wife of man ‘held hostage’ in Iraq prison
The Irish wife of an internationally acclaimed mechanical engineer being “held hostage” in an Iraq prison said his 12-day solitary confinement was “like any of the American movies that you see with torture.. just appalling”.
Biden names Irish-American lawyer as new US ambassador to Ireland
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has welcomed US President Joe Bidens nomination of an Irish-American lawyer and state representative as the next American ambassador to Ireland.
Lions tour on a knife-edge once more as South Africa heads for Covid-19 ‘catastrophe’
The British and Irish Lions are heading to a region on the cusp of a Covid-19 “catastrophe” as South Africa braces itself for the third wave of its pandemic. A leading medic has warned that the situation in the Gauteng province, where Warren Gatland’s squad will arrive and play their first four matches is getting more and more worrying by the day.