Ireland announces annual bank holiday to honour Covid victims and workers
by Lisa O'Carroll in Dublin from World news | The Guardian on (#5V6CS)
Government will also give tax-free bonus of 1,000 to frontline staff in hospitals and nursing homes
Ireland is to get a bank holiday as a national commemoration of those who have lost their lives to Covid and to recognise those who worked on the frontline of the pandemic, the government has announced.
Frontline healthcare workers in hospitals and nursing homes are also to receive a 1,000 (830) tax-free bonus for their contribution to the national pandemic effort as part of a package of measures agreed by the cabinet on Wednesday.
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