RTE looks at workplace bullying in this piece,  with new research finding that one in 10 employees in Ireland have experience of being bullied and the problem is unlikely to go away with remote working.

Government is set to ask the Oireachtas to approve almost €2 billion in additional funding for the health service this week to deal with the Covid-19 emergency according to The Times. The Government is also to look for authorisation for an increased allocation of €483 million for jobs and enterprise development.

Meanwhile, the pandemic unemployment payment and wage subsidy scheme will be "fine-tuned" as part of a major jobs stimulus package. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the two welfare supports introduced during the Covid-19 Emergency will be more "targeted" towards sectors most impacted by the crisis.

Revenue are contacting every employer who has availed of the Covid-19 temporary wage subsidy scheme as part of a compliance programme to ensure it has not been misused. Revenue is checking to see if companies are correctly claiming under the scheme, which has cost the State €1.59 billion up to last week.

Minster for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney says one of his immediate priorities in the role will be to address the manpower crisis in the naval service. PDForra general secretary Ger Guinan said the representative body would expect to “engage constructively” with Mr Coveney on a number of issues in the coming weeks.

ICTU general secretary Patricia King has requested an early meeting with the newly elected Taoiseach Micheál Martin to discuss the crisis facing workers in Ireland in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Beijing has passed a controversial sweeping national security law for Hong Kong that critics fear will crush political freedoms and pave the way for China to cement its control over the semi-autonomous territory.

AIB has introduced wide-ranging restrictions on mortgage lending in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report by The Times. Restrictions include a de-facto ban on mortgage lending to those in receipt of State wage subsidies and extra scrutiny on applications from people working in “high risk” sectors of the economy. 

And finally in rather bleak news, researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study in the US science journal PNAS.

Our zen today is something that is surely guaranteed to have you bop in your chairs. On this day in 1984 - Bruce Springsteen's 'Dancing In The Dark' peaked at No.2 on the US chart, the first of six singles from his seventh studio album Born In The U.S.A. Have a listen HERE. 

Have a good day folks.