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EVERY WEEKDAY evening, TheJournal.ie brings you the five things you should know by 5pm.
1. #IRISH SOPA: Junior Minister Seán Sherlock has confirmed his signing of the statutory instrument that reinforces online copyright laws. The controversial legislation drew criticism it would stifle freedom of expression online or that it could damage the online development of businesses. The SI makes it possible for copyright holders to seek court injunctions against companies including ISPs whose systems host copyright-infringing material.
2. #REFERENDUM: The European Commission has reasserted that a ‘no’ vote in Ireland’s referendum on the Fiscal Compact Treaty will not mean that Ireland cannot access funds under the agreements it already has in place. The Dáil spent more time on the issue of the referendum today, with both the government and the opposition putting forward some of their reasons for voting yes or no. Meanwhile, FF deputy leader Éamon Ó Cuív has acknowledged that he could lose the party whip if he decides to go against the party line and vote ‘no’.
3. #NORTH KOREA: North Korea has announced it will suspend its nuclear activities and freeze further missile testing. Pyongyang also says it will allow officials from the UN nuclear watchdog into the country to verify that activity on its nuclear programme have halted.
4. #GOOGLE: The internet company is changing its privacy policy from tomorrow. Here’s your guide to how you can delete your browsing history ahead of the switchover to the new policy.
5. #OOPS: Have you ever been caught dossing while you were on the job? That’s what happened to Germany’s finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble during a parliamentary debate on Greece’s second bailout. Here’s the video.
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Uisce Eireann don’t have crews. It’s local authority staff carrying out the repairs.
@Declan MacAuley: More sub standard services on display. At this one moment in time we’re closer to a third world country than anything else.
Why is “Irish water”providing electricity generators for hospitals? Surely hospitals have their own generators?!
@Zmeevo Libe: Not chance. The lotto size salaries and pensions for the thousands of useless HSE managers, directors and executives has to be paid first.
Silly things like generators etc are not even on the radar.
@Zmeevo Libe: From reading this I understand it to be they are providing generators to the Irish Water sites that have lost power that supply the hospital so any other private people supplied form the site will also have water.
@Chris Lynch: Don’t be coming in here with facts and stuff. It’s ruining the whiners buzz.
Is it 700,000+ people or 700,000+ homes?
@Kevin Farrell: 700k homes, but this includes businesses if I remember the figure correctly.
It’s to rain tomorrow, so put a few containers under each of the gutters down pipes and collect the water for flushing the jacks
lol… ‘progress’
1) Run down existing services.
2) Charge for service.
3) Water meters.
An essential service like water supply and these idiots at Irish Water don’t have backup generators at treatment plants? Unbelievable and shameful.
They say to check their website for local supply issues. Their site shows no issues in my area which hasn’t had water since yesterday morning. They’re jokers.
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