Two-metre rule and 14-day entry quarantine to remain for now. Ministers eager to scrap travel limit and allow return of staycations

Attempts to reject business interruption claims due to Covid-19 may cause government policy to change, warns Minister

Two key reports detail the scale of the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. But spending big now to support the economy will limit the degree to which austerity will be required in the future

Irish third-level education is at a point of no return, say over 1,600 scientists who demanded reversals of state-funding cuts five years ago – and who now say the income crisis caused by the pandemic could damage research and higher education in Ireland for good

High Court judge promises an early hearing for legal proceedings over the insurer’s refusal to pay out on business interruption policies in relation to Covid-19

Fianna Fáil wants the Minister for Finance to meet with insurance company chief executives and “impress on them the need to meet their obligations” to businesses hit by pandemic closures

The Vintners’ Federation of Ireland has urged the Minister for Finance to spell out how pubs might qualify for financial support from the state

The budget airline grounded its entire fleet in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic

Thousands of artists out of pocket and unable to perform, venue capacities slashed to tiny levels, actors having to practice social distancing on stage: the short-term outlook appears bleak for Ireland’s artistic community as it comes to terms with Covid-19

Minister for Finance described FBD’s position on some business interruption claims as ‘very questionable’

Construction work has yet to resume on the project where the cost has already increased from an estimated €637 million in 2016 to at least €1.7 billion.

The move follows a number of cases lodged with the High Court by publicans over the insurer’s decision not to pay out on business interruption policies for losses related to Covid-19

The Ryanair chief executive said the coverings eliminate about 98.5 per cent of the risk of spreading Covid-19, but this has been described as misleading by experts

Despite air travel being all but grounded for the last two months, Michael O’Leary finds some reasons to be cheerful

Chinese firm Hikvision, whose cameras use facial recognition technology, has been implicated in connection with human rights violations and data protection concerns

Noel Anderson says he has been ‘stonewalled’ by the insurer’s stance since the outbreak of Covid-19

Ibec group says initiative needed to support the ‘engine of the rural economy’

Septuagenarian businessman Sam Smyth, who runs Urban Plant Life in the Liberties in Dublin, is just one of many preparing to open for business tomorrow

Dublin City accused Kennedy Wilson of failing to provide key information on Parnell Square development

Beleaguered Irish universities say plan to attract more international students to Ireland must be included in next programme for government