The Top Four Things You Need To Know Now

Monday, 5 October 2020 06:38

The main stories making the headlines across Cork

The government will consider today whether to place the country back into a second lockdown.

The National Public Health Emergency Team has recommended all counties be moved to level five restrictions.

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Meanwhile businesses are calling on the Government to publish the medical evidence to justify a move to Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions.

Ibec says after six months people are still getting vague and changing criteria in the fight against the spread of the virus.

It comes as the group is predicting a smaller than expected decline of just 2.6 per cent in the Irish economy next year.
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The CAO is expected to give more details later on the number of wrongly downgraded Leaving Cert students who are entitled to a higher preference college course offer.

A review into errors with the calculated grades system meant 6,100 pupils got lower marks than they should have.

The improved grades for those students have been given to the CAO, but the Education Minister says it could be a week before any new college offers are made to the affected students.

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206 new jobs are being created across the country by start-up companies.

The Tanaiste Leo Varadkar's announced they're being spread over Dublin, Kildare, Cork and Sligo.

The high-tech roles are coming on stream at new companies through IDA Ireland.