Your top stories on Tuesday: Refugee supports face sharp cut; man charged with murder of brother-in-law

Ukrainian refugees face sharp welfare allowances cut

Ukrainian refugees who fled to Ireland between 2022 and early 2024 face having their allowances cut, within three months, from the full jobseekers’ rate of €232 per week to €36.80 per week.

A memo to be considered by Cabinet today will put many of the 100,000 beneficiaries of temporary protection who arrived during the first two years of the war, and who are not working, on the same level of allowances as those who have arrived since March this year.

News

Man (23) charged with murdering his brother in law in Co Kildare: A 23-year-old has been charged with murdering his brother in law in Co Kildare on Sunday.
Red light camera systems will be established in just ‘one or two’ Dublin locations: Red light camera systems first piloted in 2015 to record motoring offences at junctions will be established in just “one or two” Dublin locations early next year, with a national roll-out dependent on a far broader strategy paper being completed.
Tampon ‘most likely’ source of infection that led to death of woman: A 36-year-old Dublin woman who died from blood poisoning most likely contracted the infection from a tampon, an inquest has heard.
Dublin-New York portal to undergo changes to tackle ‘inappropriate behaviour’: Dublin City Council says it is working on “technical solutions” to address “inappropriate behaviour” by some members of the public using a recently installed live-stream portal between Dublin and New York.
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World

Gaza: Israeli troops advance north and south as Israel marks start of Independence Day: Fighting raged across the Gaza Strip yesterday as Israel marked the start of Independence Day in a sombre mood.

Consumer

A reader complains to VHI: If the new policy has the same benefits, why charge €284 more?: Last month, VHI Healthcare – the State’s largest and oldest private health insurer – announced that it was retiring several of its most popular and oldest plans. One customer tried to find out more.

Opinion

Business

Online recruiter Indeed to cut another 1,000 jobs globally with some Irish roles expected to go: A trade union representing workers at the Irish arm of Indeed has said its members are “shocked and disappointed” after the online recruiter announced plans to shed another 8 per cent of its global workforce on Monday, with a number of roles expected to go in Dublin.

Sports

Champions Cup final: Be very afraid, as Toulouse are more menacing than ever: Last Sunday night at an atmospheric, expectant and jam-packed Stade Ernest Wallon, Toulouse hosted Stade Français in a Top 14 summit meeting.