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Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) to end today after two years

The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) will end from today (April 5) and all remaining recipients of the payment will now be transferred onto jobseeker's payments, if deemed eligible. The PUP was originally introduced as a six-week short term ...

05 Apr 2022 at 13:21

Local News

Pandemic Unemployment Payment applications from tomorrow

Newly unemployed applicants affected by the latest government restrictions will be able to apply for the relaunched Pandemic Unemployment Scheme (PUP) by Tuesday. It was scrapped during the summer, but now the government has been forced into ...

06 Dec 2021 at 11:13

Local News

2,118 recipients are still receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) in Donegal this week

There were still 2,118 recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) in Donegal this week. This is down from the 2,675 people who were in receipt of the payment on October 19. At its peak this year, 16,421 were receiving the PUP (on ...

04 Nov 2021 at 17:22

National News

Further reductions of PUP from today

The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) will be reduced further from today, as part of the ongoing process to gradually wind down the payment. Recipients who currently get €300 per week will now receive €250, while those who get €250 will ...

16 Nov 2021 at 11:09

National News

Sinn Féin leader slams Government's decision to reduce PUP

Mary Lou McDonald has slammed the Government's decision to reduce the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) rates despite re-introducing restrictions. The Sinn Féin leader told RTÉ's Six One News that the Government "expect people to live ...

17 Nov 2021 at 14:06

Local News

Donegal PUP recipients at its lowest since scheme began, as numbers hover just above 5,000

The number of people in Donegal who are in receipt of the emergency PUP (pandemic unemployment payment) is at its lowest since the scheme started last year. The number of people who received payments on August 3, stood at 5,063, ...

05 Aug 2021 at 09:01

Local News

Over a thousand off Donegal PUP since the start of July

Over a thousand people in Donegal have signed off on their pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) since the beginning of July, new statistics out today reveal. That brings the numbers on the scheme in Donegal to below 6,000 for ...

28 Jul 2021 at 10:01

National News

New reduced pandemic unemployment payments take effect today

New reduced Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) rates are being reflected in payments received today. The process of reducing payments has begun so the government can align the emergency financial support with regular ...

14 Sept 2021 at 12:27

Local News

Donegal PUP recipients down over 11,000 on February high

In a sign of the continuing change in the economic situation in Donegal, the number of people in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) now stands at 4,540. This is 11,881 down on the February 2021 high, ...

18 Aug 2021 at 11:02

Northern Ireland

Good Friday Agreement institutions are not working, loyalist leader says

The institutions established by the Good Friday Agreement are not working and need to be reviewed, a loyalist leader has said. Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) leader Billy Hutchinson said the concept of ...

05 Apr 2023 at 11:17

Donegallive

Donegal judge hits out at ‘galling’ PUP fraud

A Donegal Judge has once again slammed people who illegally claimed pandemic unemployment payments (PUP) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Judge Éiteáin Cunningham was speaking as several people came before ...

03 Oct 2023 at 18:53

Donegal Life

‘Pandemic Pups’ are overwhelming animal rescues warns Donegal Animals in Need

The volume of calls to Animals In Need’s helpline from people wishing to surrender their dog has become overwhelming. There are so many people asking to give up their pet now that they are back at work ...

03 Nov 2022 at 10:53

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