Stormont ‘should raise payments to laid-off workers who live in NI’

Business minister Heather Humphreys was speaking to Northern Sound FM.

Thu, 09 Apr, 2020 - 15:32

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Business minister Heather Humphreys has said it is up to the Northern Ireland Executive to give more money to cross-border workers who live in Northern Ireland but have lost their job in the Republic.

These workers are ineligible for emergency Covid-19 unemployment payments from the Irish Government.

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