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with
John Dunne
Only half the applications for large scale housing projects were given the go ahead in 2018.
An Bord Pleanala received 52 applications for developments such as housing units with over 100 rooms and student accommodation with over 200 spaces.
The number of families entering emergency accommodation in Dublin dropped last year.
The decline came following the decision to stop giving homeless families priority for housing, according to new figures.
Most people should get a pay rise of around 9 per cent this year.
A new Sigmar survey shows 6 in 10 employers plan to increase salaries for workers.
59 per cent say they've plans to hire more staff from abroad while two thirds of bosses say they'll invest more in automation.
The number of people in employment grew by almost two and a half per cent last year.
Over 50,000 people joined the work force in 2018.
It's a decrease on the 3 per cent growth seen the year previous.
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The Minister with responsibility for insurance has suggested people in Ireland are too quick to sue over accidents.
Michael D'Arcy says the government is trying to tackle rising insurance premiums.
The average compensation payouts here are up to 5 times the level in the UK.
Met Eireann says temperatures could reach 16 degrees on Saturday.
An area of high pressure from the Mediterranean will bring milder conditions to the country later this week.
Dogs Trust received 370 requests from people looking to give up their dogs in the Dublin area after Christmas.
An average of ten calls a day were made to the organisation's centre in Finglas between St Stephen's Day and the end of January.
The goverment is due to finalise its contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit today.
Cabinet will be briefed on the measures needed to prepare the country for the possibility of Britain leaving the EU without a deal.
New documents show questions about whether the state could afford the new National Children's Hospital were raised by one of the boards responsible for building it.
The board also predicted rising costs would make things difficult for capital spending in health weeks before the budget.
A new guide for the diagnosis and management of migraine is set to be published today.
The Migraine Quick Reference Guide, by the Irish College of General Practitioners, will be available publicly on the website www.icgp.ie.
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