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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you up to speed with the five things you should know as you head out the door.
1. #SENTENCING: Almost two thirds of murder victims’ families are dissatisfied with sentencing regimes in Ireland, according to new research. The study said that the portrayal of victims in court cases is of huge concern and distress to their families.
2. #ASYLUM SEEKERS: Ireland’s immigration services are more likely to reject applications from asylum seekers than all but a handful of the authorities in other EU countries. New figures show that 1,625 cases were ruled on last year and just 140 were granted some kind or positive protection.
3. #MENTAL HEALTH: The Acute Psychiatric Services Unit at Roscommon County Hospital was closed to admissions last weekend because of a staffing crisis leading to one ‘suicidal’ man being turned away. Staff nursing levels have dropped from 111 in 2009 to 58 this year.
4. #GRAFTON STREET: Dublin City Council spent €400,000 on the Grafton Street makeover before construction work has begun earlier this month. The money was spent on “investigative surveys” and design and administrative costs, the council said. The overall project is set to cost the taxpayer €4 million.
5. #BOOZE: We might be famed for our drinking culture but a new study has found that the British might be to blame for that. The research, conducted by UCD found that out complicated relationship with alcohol may date back to when we were under British rule with people living in “The Pale” more likely to binge drink than those in rural areas.
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Decisions in dublin bus go round and round, round and round round and round…..
They like to do things that suits them and not the customers. Love to know the exact reasons for the change they want. A drivers Sunday roast break.
It might have had something to do with fact that bus journeys in Dublin often go take ages due to their convoluted routes.
I love those endearing Management bullshit terms – reliability, customer friendly, sustainability, efficiency, the list goes on & on.
Dublin bus is a useless quango that only exists for the benefit of the drivers. I live near the 27 bus route and at times they’re so rare that when the bus appears it’s like a mirage
So Rare ! Last week I saw 2x 27buses passing me bye in Fairview within seconds of each other.
The 27 is probably one of the least rare bus routes in their fleet.
This is national news then
Actually it is yesterdays news Aidan, but you are only reading it now due to your crappy Broadband down in Cork.
Haha
Some cream for that burn, Aidan?
This is really important news for the country
It is. More people would be affected by this than the population of Leitrim. Important it gets coverage.
It’s an important route to Beaumont Hospital. The 17a is the most undependable bus ever.
Galway people and Kerry people are REALLY interested in the 27B Dublin bus route.
As is the Secretary General of the United Nations.
Not.
The 360meg bb is fine in Cork thanks
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