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EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you five things you should know before you head out the door.
1. #ONE NIGHT STAND: A website aimed at college students has removed an article that instructed men on how to “prey” on young women and get them drunk in order to have sex with them.
2. #POPULARITY: The most recent poll on political parties has shown that Fine Gael gained one point since June, though Labour and Sinn Féin are both down.
3. #DUBLIN BUS: Unions representing Dublin Bus workers are expected to ballot members on a new deal next week after talks at the Labour Court wrapped up at 5am this morning.
4. #ASSANGE: Julian Assange has said he will not publicly address Swedish sex allegations before his bid for office in Australia because “Australian men don’t like to talk about their private lives.” There now.
5. #GIANT BABY: A woman in Spain has broken a record, giving birth to a 13lb 6oz baby – without an epidural. Both the mother and her giant baby are said to be doing well.
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Fianna Fáil ??? Jaysus people have short memories,that’s 1 party that will never get voted by me again!!
Never got voted by me in the first place
Simply cannot beileve fianna fail are so high in the polls, they are the sole reason we are where we are. People can comment about this and that but their is nobody to blame only fianna fail. Absolute shower of pri**s.
[grammer police say it's 'there' and not 'their' in this case :P]
I would be interested if the polls ever have an option for ‘none of the existing shower of muppets’ (or something less antagonistic to the muppets). I doubt iy
And if your choice against FG and Labour is FF, SF, a small group of independents or a clutch of left wing parties, you can kinda see why FF get chosen as the least worst of that group
scary though
Yea but even just look at the Meath east by election where there were an array of independents and smaller parties and Fianna Fáil still came in second, people have forgotten and are now rewarding them for this gov’s mistakes
Minister Quinn can feck off with his cuts.
And again Quinn’s ideas for education cuts are aimed straight at the weakest, poorest, most in need students. Bravo sir do you also drown puppies and kittens on your days off??
Is their a “parents union” or something? Surely this kind of thing could be preempted by some sort of collective action?!??
New Ross and District Pipe Band are new World Champions.
If the weather stays fine,I’m going to fly my kite!
What’s the story with the Adrian O’Donghue story? First place I heard about this? Any links out on the t’internet?
Hi Jason,
It’s an exclusive for the Sunday World, that’s why you haven’t seen it anywhere. There’s a short piece about it on their website if that helps.
Michelle
Cool thanks :)
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil top of the poll ….more kite flying from the media
I think there’s something fishy in the maths in No. 7; I’m pretty sure €1.6 and €1.8 billion doesn’t add up to €3 million?
Hi Jim,
Businesses in the scientific research and development sector received €3 million. Those in the agriculture sector received €1.86 billion and those in the property investment and development sector received €1.6 billion. Hopefully that clears is up for you.
Michelle
Just read it again Jim.
Both parties in Government are determined to alienate the poor, weak, vulnerable in society through cuts. For a country which for many, years was hailed the most educated, we’re now being reduced to old style hedge schools which prevailed under British Rule in 18th & 19th Centuries. Also the removal of Chaplin’s…. when hell are the government going get of their high horse about religion and chaplains in schools or colleges. Mr Quinn is determined to reduce our status from the “Land of Saints and Scholar” to third class educated in so called modern western society.
Fine Gael is determined through Social Welfare cuts to drive a bigger wedge between the rich and poor in society, planned cuts to child benefit, social welfare, disability allowances, old aged pensions if not directly certainly indirectly through ESB, travel allowance, phone and other subsidise welfare payments also Bord Gas looking for 7.2% increase to place upon its customers, what next .
Being logical, caring and understanding doesn’t enter the mind set of a Politian, their out for what they can get ie.. big pensions, free travel allowances to the Dáil, late night binge drinking in the Dáil and making a mockery of the Irish people.
Ireland will never be an equal society in any of our life times and we have to accept this, a law for the rich & another for the poor.
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