More than 100 people have had their pandemic unemployment payment cut off in the last two weeks for going on holidays. Gardaí and social welfare officers are screening those flying out of the country and making deductions to Covid payment recipients.  For more on this we were joined by Vincent Jennings, CEO of the Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association, and Richard Boyd Barrett, People Before Profit TD.

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