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EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #FIRING LINE: CEO of Permanent TSB, Jeremy Masding, is next to face a grilling from the Oireachtas Finance Committee today over how the bank is helping struggling homeowners. Masding follows Richie Boucher of Bank of Ireland yesterday who was criticised for evading the committee’s questions.
2. #ANTRIM: Three people have been charged with attempted murder and false imprisonment after a man was found beaten and naked inside a wheelie bin in Ballymena. The three are due to appear in court today while the victim is being treated in hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
3. #DOWN SYNDROME: Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found a way to reverse Down syndrome-like learning deficits in mice. The scientists identified a compound that dramatically bolsters learning and memory when given to the mice who have the condition, with just a single dose.
4. #AER LINGUS: Aer Lingus recorded a significant increase in numbers of long-haul passengers last month, though overall numbers saw a rise of just 0.9 per cent with short-haul flights down. The company has previously stated that good weather conditions in July had eroded its forward booking profile, and the impact of this is reflected in its August short haul figures.
5. #DISABILITY CUTS: Disability services organisation Sunbeam House has been told that its budget will be cut by €189.461 – some €122,000 more than was anticipated. The cut will now result in the immediate withdrawal of transport service for clients.
6. #HOLIDAYS: Some Irish workers are not taking their full annual leave because they are afraid of losing their job, according to a survey. Work commitments that could not be missed was the most cited reason for not taking leave while others said they could not afford to go on holiday.
7. #CHINA: Police suspect that the person who gouged out the eyes of a six-year-old boy in China last week may have been his aunt, who later took her own life, AFP reports. An eye expert in Hong Kong has now offered free treatment to the boy with the possibility of restoring up to 40 per cent of his lost vision.
8. #AWKWARD: It will be tense at today’s G20 summit in Russia with US President Barack Obama pushing for punitive strikes in Syria, AFP reports. Russian President Vladamir Putin has warned that it would be unacceptable for the West to go ahead with military action without approval from the UN Security Council.
9. #DRUNKS: The hoards of wasps that have stuck around to enjoy our prolonged good weather have turned into a bunch of drunks, the Irish Examiner reports. The worker wasps no longer have jobs as all of the grubs have hatched into queens now so they’re gorging themselves on sugar and generally misbehaving.
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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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