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EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you five things you should know before you head out the door…
1. #WATER RESTRICTIONS: Dublin City Council has just announced that the ongoing problems with water supply in the capital will mean that restrictions will remain in place until at least next Thursday.
2. #ULSTER BANK: Over €10 billion of high-risk or non-performing assets in Ulster Bank are to be put into a ‘bad bank’ within its parent Royal Bank of Scotland under a major restructuring plan announced today.
3. #THOMAS BYRNE: Former solicitor Thomas Byrne, accused of theft and fraud offences totalling over €50 million, has told the Circuit Criminal Court that he was intimidated by a former client, leaving him fearing for his family’s safety. [RTÉ]
4. #SMOKING: Smoking has now been banned on the grounds of three Dublin maternity hospitals. The restrictions at the Coombe, Rotunda and Holles Street will see all smoking shelters outside the hospital dismantled.
5. #CONFIDENCE: Are you confident? According to the latest KBC Ireland/ESRI consumer sentiment index consumer confidence is at its highest in over six years. So there’s some positive news to take home with you for the weekend.
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They have to be hostile towards him, to agree with him on anything would effectively strike their names from the ballot for GOP nomination.
Its ridiculous and immature that all the republicans can think of doing to help get them into power is bash and slander one of the most internationally popular presidents the states has seen in a long time.
Internationally popular?
We don’t decide our government’s based on how popular they’d be abroad. We pick them based on how well they can represent our interests.
The only reason we Irish like Obama is because he speaks well and has Irish roots. And we think it’s great that a black guy made it to the White House.
Obama is rightly being criticised for pursuing policies that are damaging the US economy. He inherited a big mess from Bush, but he has still failed to find solutions to unemployment and the US debt, which is now over $14trillion.
Obama must be pissing himself-nothing to fear here…
Herman Cain is my favourite thus far, followed by Michelle Bachmann. She’s an upgraded version of Sarah Palin. Same strength but with intelligence!
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