Fórsa has welcomed fresh proposals aimed at resolving a longstanding dispute over the lack of pension provision for community employment supervisors. Read more on that here.
Lidl Ireland has said it will start providing free boxes of sanitary pads or tampons to girls and women as part of a new programme targeting period poverty.
The number of new apprenticeships available in Ireland each year is to double from 5,000 to 10,000 by 2025 according to a five-year plan by the Department of Further and Higher Education.
Private security firms brought in for evictions and repossessions will have to be licensed under proposed legislation which will be published today.
Global carbon dioxide emissions are set for their second biggest increase in history as economies recover from the Covid pandemic, according to the Global Energy Review from the International Energy Agency. Read more on that here.
ESB Networks has confirmed that yesterday's industrial action by network technicians belonging to the Independent Workers Union has caused "minimal impact".
Europe's drug regulator is expected to rule on the safety of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine after fears it could be linked to extremely rare blood clots. Meanwhile, seven new mass vaccination centres are to open this week, bringing the total number of centres in operation to 26.
The governor of the Central Bank of Ireland has warned that many Irish firms will not survive the pandemic, and will no longer be viable once State supports are removed, according to The Times.
And finally Boris Johnson has declared there will be no referendum on the reunification of Ireland for “a very, very long time to come,” and said that his government will try to “sandpaper” rather than scrap the Northern Ireland protocol of the Brexit withdrawal agreement to get rid of “ludicrous barriers” to internal UK trade.
We're having a whale of a time with zen this morning (I'm sorry, I love puns). This quite amazing clip has emerged of whales in a garden lake in Canada.
Have a good day folks.
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