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1. #CABINET: Ministers meet today for the last time before the summer break, and are expected to approve a €100-per-household domestic property and water charge. They’ll also discuss the recall of the Papal Nuncio to the Vatican, and the appointment of a new Secretary-General at the Department of the Taoiseach. The previous SG, Dermot McCarthy, could himself be on his way to the Vatican.
2. #RONAN KERR: Five people have been arrested after a major search-and-arrest operation operation in connection with the murder of PSNI constable Ronan Kerr in April. All five were arrested under the Terrorism Act and are being questioned at Antrim police station. A number of items were seized in the coordinated raids.
3. #BANKERS: The financial regulator, Matthew Elderfield, has recommended abolishing the €500,000 pay cap for bank staff – saying the limit is stopping Ireland from attracting top talent. Speaking at the MacGill summer school, Elderfield also said bankers being made redundant could force the State into expensive and lengthy legal battles.
4. #PRIDE: The man designated as Northern Ireland’s next health minister has said he finds the behaviour of people participating in Belfast’s Gay Pride parade, to be held this Saturday, as ‘repugnant’.
5. #MORTGAGES: AIB chairman David Hodgkinson has suggested that the bank may be willing to consider debt forgiveness for mortgage holders, as part of an industry-wide attempt to alleviate the burdens on struggling homeowners. The Irish Times said his proposals would be discussed at Central Bank level today. Yesterday the High Court identified a legal loophole which could strike out many court orders for repossessions.
6. #UNITED STATES: Barack Obama has appealed for public support in pulling together a ‘balanced’ budget plan for the the United States – while Republican Speaker John Boehner said he would not allow Obama to wield a “blank cheque” to spend further. Talks between Democrats and Republicans on a new Budget remain stalled, a week before the country reaches its legal debt ceiling of $14.3 trillion.
7. #NORWAY: The father of Anders Behring Breivik has told a Swedish newspaper he wished his son had turned the gun on himself, instead of orchestrating Friday’s attacks in Norway that killed 76. Candlelit vigils were held across the country last night in memory of the deceased. Books of condolence open across Ireland today.
8. #AMY WINEHOUSE: A private funeral will be held today for the singer Amy Winehouse, who died on Saturday. The Daily Telegraph reports that the singer will be cremated and her ashes mixed with those of her late grandmother Cynthia. An autopsy on her body yesterday was inconclusive in identifying the cause of her death.
9. #MINER HIT: The story of the 33 miners who were rescued from the Chilean underground last autumn is to be turned into a movie. ‘Los 33′ will be written by Jose Rivera, who wrote the screenplay of The Motorcycle Diaries, and production should start in mid-2012.
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Emigration.
I would not take the job, as I would lose my medical card, house allowance and my children would not get the grant for third level. Are you mad, I go to the gym every morning, meet friends for coffee, have the dinner ready for the kids when they get home from school. Stress free, no long journeys to work, and we meet up and play cards 2/3 times a week.
im sure ur a great inspiration to ur children!!!
I dont know if ur winding us up or not aisling but would you please not rub us tax payers noses in it..
so has the midlands the highest rate of emigration or of job creation……..
Hmmmmmm. Huge increase in border levels. I wonder if there is any rational logical explanation for this then?
If you don’t want your kids to become full time life long dolers, then don’t be one yourself. If you think it’s ok to draw it just because you want paid free time, then they will too. I see it happening on my estate. And if you’re on benefits how can you afford gym and coffees everyday and all the extra curricular stuff for the kids? Because i’d love to be on those!!
good looking and brains with right morals and common knowledge ..anna u seem too good to be true :-)
I am, I have plenty of time to give them help with their school work, to bring them after school to dance,football and music lessons. I have no more guilty feelings having to leave them with baby sitters at 7.30 every morning and arrive home after 6.30 to rush making dinner. Having no time to give them. I lost my job, and it was the best thing that happened….I will live on the state for a few years more.
and why send ur children to third level?? sure its perfectly acceptable to sit at home and draw everything they can get too!!!!.. i hope welfare see this and ur dole cut.. ignorance is stupidity..
I know there are people unemployed that don’t want to be but our dole queues are going to be the same the next few years. There are no jobs . If you were on the dole and you were offered a job for €400 a week 9 to 5 Monday to Friday why would you take it when you can get €200 for doing NOTHING an 1 or 2 days on the sly will bring your money up
How are you going to do ” one or two days on the sly” if “there are no jobs”?When will people stop thinking that life on the dole is so great!!!
I’d do it, I have even been trying to get or set up an internship in order to gain employment and I am being hit by a block wall. Now even with the 50 top up I would be earning less that the normal dole but I would be willing to do this so I can get off the dole. My biggest issue is I can’t afford to move out of my area because I could not afford rent else where.
enda why not try better that..even tho i dont fully agree to fas schemes as i see them as cheap labour for employers but if u have a trade u can work week on/week off and still receive payments.. it helps to earn on ur week off to do any jobs u might get urself and u dont have to hide from dole..even tho it doesnt sound ideal it has really helped me earn on my week off.
Your gonna get red thumbs for that but it makes perfect sense. I wouldn’t do it myself but most of the people I know are on the dole, drinking/smoking it every week and not going anywhere, it’s far too handy. What’s depressing is if they place more restrictions on dole access it affects people that really need it
Easy to get comfortable not having to earn for your family aisling , can be quiet an effort to lift yourself out.
That’s why welfare is a povery trap for you and your kids , genuinely hope your kids go on to third level and employment coz statistics are against them
Sid, welfare is only a trap if you allow it to be, if your kids see you living very happily off the state, and think it’s perfectly ok not to earn your own money, why would they bother? I’m on lone parent but I’m finishing a Masters and I’m making damn sure that my son is aware of what education brings you. I also have no intention of remaining in the welfare system any longer than I’ll have to. It should only ever be temporary and not a career choice.
I did pay my taxes, prsi was paid for such occasions
Taxes are paid to fund social welfare when you’re in between jobs, ie looking for a new one. It’s not there to fund years of holidaying, just because you’d rather go out and have fun with your friends than, god forbid, cook dinner at 6 in the evenings.
The IDA are useless and never visit the midland counties to entice industry or employment
Diarmuid, I want them to be like you. Right wing, knowing what’s best for everybody. Yes the dole office can see this, I am doing nothing illegal, just was too long like you,, now I see the other side and say to myself who has the better quality of life?
i dont think i know it all or do i be a slave to work..i work on a fas scheme which pays the same as the dole and allows me to earn on my own time but it gives me happiness knowing i worked for my money.. sorry aisling but i wont waste any more of my time on u.
I think you are a troll just trying to wind people up, and I your not a hope you get pulled for some of the employment schemes like Tus, see how much it all is then.
Haha thanks Diarmuid!
Now you have them on rations? Ought that not read ‘ratio’?
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