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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know as you kick off your day.
1. #ESB A new row is said to have broken out between unions and the ESB over terms of the settlement to avert threatened strike action. The ESB has said that the deal will not add any liabilities to their balance sheet – but unions disagree.
2. #SHOOTINGS Gardaí are investigating separate shootings that took place in Dublin and Offaly last night. In Tullamore, a man returning home with his child was shot, as was a woman in her 20s; in Dublin two men were walking in Coolock when one was shot in the leg.
3. #WHITE COLLAR CRIME At least 10 solicitors are being investigated by the garda fraud bureau under anti-money laundering laws, the Irish Independent reports. It says that a fresh wave of prosecutions is expected thanks to new laws.
4. # THAILAND The prime minister of Thailand has called a snap election to try and defuse the kingdom’s political crisis. But the leaders of the anti-government movement said that they were not satisfied with new elections.
5. #HSE The HSE is to ask the Government for an additional €199 million in funding for this year, the Irish Times reports. It says that an overall net deficit of €219m is to be recorded by the health authority for this year.
6. #REVIEW A Civil Service performance review has been deemed a failure – after the majority of civil servants assessed passed, the Irish Times reports. The performance of less than 1 per cent of those assessed was described as ‘unacceptable’ or ‘needing improvement’.
7. #SOPHIE Concern has been expressed by the solicitor of Ian Bailey after garda documents from the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation are said to have gone missing. Bailey is seeking a number of documents in his civil action against the State.
8. #NARCOLEPSY Children and adults suing the State over narcolepsy contracted after getting a swine flu vaccination are no longer to receive HSE medical expenses, says RTÉ. However the HSE said its Director General was not aware of the letter sent to these people.
9. #SYMPHYSIOTOMY Survivors of Symphysiotomy have said they are ‘appalled’ at the Government’s decision to oppose its cross-party private members’ bill. SOS is to take its case to the UN Committee Against Torture next year, the Irish Examiner reports.
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Looking at that list-wish I stayed in bed!..:-)..
“the secretly general” shhh…it’s a secret ;)
No. 8 doesn’t refer to a country. I know it’s the US, but it’d be no harm to actually state it.
” there is no one more sorry than i am” sorry brian your wrong again, theres about 4 million people more ‘sorry’ than you are about irelands economic state. all of them irish citizens, some have lost members of their own families due to suicide , others have seen children and grandchildren leave these shores doubfull if they’ll ever return, people have lost their homes, and are STILL losing them to the greedy banks and financial institutions that YOU protected, there is little or no work for those who have lost their jobs and for those fortunate enough to be still in a job there are ‘extra’ charges and levies that see their income shrink before it hits their pockets. then there are all of those who reley on social welfare, the elderly, the disabled, the 1000′s of families who are struggling to put a decent meal on the table and are already worried sick about the forthcoming budget, fearfull of further cuts and price hikes in electricity and gas prices, fearfull of hikes in ‘carbon taxs’ (remember you introduced them along with your green party pals) pushing up the price of coal or briquettes, wondering if they will have to choose between putting on meal on the table or a fire in the grate.
but its not all doom and gloom,well not for you and your ilk anyway, you still have your very genorous ‘pension’ and you could always apply for a back to education grant, like you did a while back. its not SORRY you should be feeling brian it’s SHAME .
eric whats the story with the education grant did he actually apply and get it.
What has number 8 got to do with anything?? # strike???
I’m sure Cowen can be forgiven.
FF had policies in place that helped overheat the economy. And when people/economists shouted STOP Bertie told them to go and commit suicide. I wonder how many suicides since then have been connected to the financial crisis? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFBfkusf8R0
Suicide helpline ~ http://www.1life.ie/
And another thing, good to see democracy working in the House of Commons last night. As opposed to our crap system.
secretly general?
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