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Government spent €500k on Covid information booklets

The Department of Health sent copies to every home in the country recently - two million in English and two million in Irish.

Government spent €500k on Covid information booklets

Thu, 09 Jul, 2020 - 08:50

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An Post delivered the English version of the Covid-19 information booklet for free but postage for the Irish edition cost nearly €100,000. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

Nearly half a million euro was spent on Covid-19 information booklets, according to Freedom of Information files.

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