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EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #CRECHES: An analysis of the creche reports published so far by the HSE has revealed that staff in almost half of the creches inspected in the last 12 months had not been garda vetted, the Irish Examiner reports.
2. #COLLEGE: The deadline for the acceptance of first round CAO offers is 5.15pm this evening. Figures released last week showed that arts and social science courses were the most popular with nearly 17,000 applicants to those courses in various educational institutions.
3. #MURDER: Dean Johnson, the 21-year-old who was shot dead in Dublin over the weekend, was not the intended target of the shooting, the Irish Daily Mirror reports. The man’s mother told the paper that the alleged target of the attack called the family to apologise.
4. #SMOKING BAN: Unemployed people are smoking less now than before the smoking ban according to an ESRI working paper. The workplace ban has had little effect on those in employment with the report finding that people were undeterred by it.
5. #ASYLUM-SEEKERS: The lack of information on deaths of asylum-seekers in direct provision accommodation, and in particular on suicides, has been described as “shambolic”. Minster Alan Shatter has said that the agency responsible for the hostels does not have access to death certificates.
6. #EXPENSES: The Taoiseach’s department spend more than €50,000 on foreign air travel in the first six months of 2013, The Irish Times reports. Almost €20,000 of this was for flights connected to the EU presidency.
7. #EQUAL REPRESENTATION: Just ten per cent of top positions in local authorities are held by women, according to the Irish Independent. A survey has also shown that at least ten councils have no women employed at managerial level.
8. #SYRIA: UN experts are preparing to investigate a suspected Syrian chemical attack today with Washington suggesting that the probe is already too late. Syrian President Assad has warned the US against attacking the country, arguing that its previous military campaigns have always fallen short.
9. #MEXICO: A cargo train carrying migrants bound for the US derailed today in Mexico, killing at least six people and injuring several more, AFP reports. The train, known as ‘The Beast’ careened off the track in a swampy area , with eight freight cars derailing.
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I just don’t understand how the government can justify not providing service for 300 young people with disabilities! It’s completely unacceptable,what do they expect people to do? Not only will families have to give up working to look after them etc, it denies the young people the right to attend a service which supports their needs and helps them develop as adults…it’s madness!
# disability: good to see the government “protecting the vulnerable” in our society again !!!!…. while the finance minister doesn’t have “enough information” on what the rich earn….. that’s his bloody job to know and find out !!!! jaysus wept its no wonder Labour are less popular than cowens govt (their role in this govt was to STOP the excesses of the looney right in FG ) ….. if labour want to know what the future holds for them …. they should just go ask the greens !!!!
RIP to that young boy,condolences to his family,very sad.
Noonan can’t implement a wealth tax? Because he hasn’t the means to find out who earns crazy money!
He only needs to look to leinster house and the state owned businesses!
One rule for the rich,while the poor get screwed!
13 eggs doesn’t work.
Ah Conor, don’t be that guy.
Looks like a good ‘g’ to me though…
I tried it upside down.
It’s still 13 eggs.
Whats wrong with 13 eggs?
Very baker’s dozen-ish, I can only think of food now ….
#DRUGS ~ I highlighted a flaw in the medical card scheme and a loophole. About 2 years ago. It went to the relevant bodies, including Minister for Health’s department. Nothing was done about it.
The HSE obviously don’t care about wasting money in certain areas while cutting services from the vulnerable ie young adults with intellectual disabilities ~ http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/school-leavers-with-intellectual-disabilities-face-crisis-due-to-funding-cuts-1.1504125
I sincerely hope that all countries including our own take in as many refugees from Syria as possible before that strike which seems imminent at this stage!
Is there actually ppl who are saying that innocent ppl including women and children should be left in the middle of a war? I worry for humanity if that’s the attitude of ppl!
Do you seriously come back periodically to check how many thumbs you’re getting?
No flies on conor this morning
Any link for the bid rigging story?
Sorry Rory, it’s not online, only in the paper today.
Thanks for the reply Michelle
No 3. Can’t work back from tax? Oh silly me, that’s what tax avoidance is for!
:)
So Mr Noonan has difficulty taxing the wealthiest in the country but has no problem being part of a government which cuts funding to intellectually disabled children the minute they leave school.
Think our problems pale into significance when you see the heart breaking pictures coming in from Syria , hope the leader,s of the free world get their finger out and do something , the world was shocked at what hitler did and said it would never be allowed to happen again ..
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