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EACH DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you should know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #SYRIA: US President Barack Obama has given the green light for weapons to be sent to Syrian rebels for the first time. The decision came after the White House confirmed it had conclusive evidence that Bashar Asssad was using chemical weapons against opposition.
2. #CRIME: A young woman with special needs was seriously sexually assaulted in Dublin’s city centre on Wednesday afternoon. Gardaí have issued an appeal for information about the brutal attack.
3. #POLITICS: The latest political opinion poll shows that Fianna Fáil, with 26 per cent support, is the most popular party in Ireland. In the Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll, Gerry Adams emerged as the most popular party leader.
4. #ABORTION: Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams has said voting against the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 will be seen as a serious breach of party rules. Despite the warning, Meath West Peadar Tóibín said he will be voting against the legislation.
5. #TRAGEDY: The Bolger family has asked mourners to donate money to the RNLI instead of bringing flowers to the funerals of the three fishermen who died at sea on Wednesday. Paul, Shane and Kenny will all be laid to rest on Saturday.
6. #JOBS: Some welcome news for Limerick this morning as RTÉ reports that 142 positions will be created by CPL as part of a €20 million investment.
7. #FIGHT: Two women were arrested by gardaí following what has been described as a topless brawl in Limerick last Friday. The Irish Examiner reports the fight broke out when parents were bringing their children to school.
8. #HOMELESSNESS: There are seven new homeless people on Dublin street every day, according to new figures. There are at least 94 rough sleepers on any given night in the city.
9. #999: Police in Britain have released details of a bizarre emergency call during which a man complained that a sex worker “misrepresented” herself in a newspaper ad. Listen to the 999 call.
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Shut that door quick
@ian kennedy:
I hear the sound of millions of stable doors being bolted…
Anyone looking to get irish citezionship should be only given it with the knowledge that legaly it will be revoked if you engage ,support ,preach ,terrorism, your out same applies to there children ,grand children ect,ect.
@ian kennedy: you are right it should happen but would Angela Merkel allow us to do it?
@siobhan pat mulcahy:we should just leave the EU ,if we cannot use our own laws
@ian kennedy: i would rather live in a poor safe country,might as well be ,no homes ,people dieing on waiting lists for hospital app,ect
@ian kennedy: plenty of Irish citizens in the IRA that have engaged in terrorism here, in Britain and on mainland Europe.
@Darren Bates,AND
@Darren Bates: you are so right, so this is all ok now then. Nothing to see here, move along.
@Darren Bates: and your point is?
@Gus Sheridan: it was pretty clear, he was pointing out that under the proposal in the first comment in this thread they too would have their citizenship revoked. I’m not entirely sure it’s a bad thing
Another failed asylum seeker let wander around Europe until he goes on a rampage. Our political leaders are a disgrace and people wonder why Le pen and afd are getting stronger and stronger
Jeez they didn’t waste anytime of their october attack! I’m sure there will be another though by months end. I’m gonna say Germany
@kevinhunt101: right on the money – German police stopped a terror attack in Bremen 2 days ago – you just see it on local news though : https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article169196761/Bremer-Polizei-verhindert-Ueberfall-mit-terroristischem-Hintergrund.html
RIP young women. More women’s lives brutally taken by men who hate women and our society where women are treated better than in his own. Pathetic.
@Veronica:
And the male victims of all the other Islamic State attacks? Did we get a similar comment from you?
@Fred Jetson: We sure didn’t.
@Veronica: learn a new song
@Fred Jetson: ? Yeah, I did, but this attack, similar to one recently in Finland, was directed specifically against women.
I’m allowed to comment on attacks that specifically target women and express sympathy for the group of people who were specifically targeted. Ffs
@Veronica: it was an attack on Europeans. Not just women. An attack in the name of Islam on our freedoms
@Michael Geraghty: looks like they (Is) hate to see others happy, or enjoying themselves. They (is) are happiest when Women cover up allowing only the Eyes to be seen. That’s why they (is) feel in control, and to do that they murder women who don’t fit into their corrupt taught pattern, it’s their evil thoughts that cause harm, not Women.!!
@Veronica : It started at the Aria grande concert , targeting western females to kill . In isis controlled areas they kill the men and take the women as sex slaves , same with Boko haram , kill the men take the women , that’s the mentality of this crowd , and still people here think this ideology deserves a free pass in Ireland .
Cowardly F)ucking Pr)cks
COWARDS…not fighters.
Islamic state… Bronze Age cowards… slit woman’s throat as an act of power…only in their culture so.
Cultural differences
http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=16_a8d0faac-513c-40a2-a4a9-c75ea40ca8cd.jpeg
@Tomasz Kuchnik: Poland is awesome man. Thinking of emigrating there.
Off course they have….most likely found an ISIS flag and an well polished passport!! these guys are very professional……the so called “War of Terrorism” is ticking along nicely.
@methodical2020:
So who exactly to you think the (now dead) killer was? A CIA agent?
Las Vegas cops have just said theyre searching for female Asian American suspect who fled the scene. Was it terrorism too?
@siobhan pat mulcahy: surely it’s terrorism regardless of ethnicity of shooter?
@siobhan pat mulcahy: as u see were not allowed freedom to express our selves .its happing already
@ian kennedy: who is preventing you from expressing yourself?
@Jane: the journal
@siobhan pat mulcahy: it’s definitely terrorism but it doesn’t seem to be this brand of terrorism. Could be wrong though. Ethnicity does not determine whether it’s terrorism or not
@Jane:
Depends if there was a political motive. Ethnicity doesn’t come into it.
@Dave O Keeffe:
Why do you say definitely terrorism? It could be just mass murder (although the word ‘just’ seems a bit inappropriate).
@Avina Laaf: Yeah, you’re right. My apologies.
@siobhan pat mulcahy: don’t tell Veronica.
If you shout ‘Allahu Akbar ‘ during your morning dump, IS will claim responsibility
@Larissa Caroline Nikolaus: are you trying to devalue the threats posed by islamic terrorism ? Patethic
@Larissa Caroline Nikolaus: maybe so Larissa but they tend to prefer taking responsibility for the murder of innocent people.
@Larissa Caroline Nikolaus: childish and irresponsible comment. No respect for the women murdered at all.
@Larissa Caroline Nikolaus: Why would anyone want to shout ‘God is great’, if God already knows anyway, he doesn’t need puny weak women haters to go around shouting this out, now would he.!!
@Larissa Caroline Nikolaus: You’re quite right , isis will claim any islamist attacker , the only ones who don’t claim them are the mosque he would have come from , or the muslim community he lived among .
Killed two women! what a brave man. Typical of these types of individuals.
Fu(k Islamic fundamentalism
When will feminists speak out about Islamic barbarity against women? Very sad day for the ladies concerned and their families. Macron can take responsibility.
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