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LAST UPDATE | 23 Jan 2019
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1. #CANNABIS: Irish farmers could soon be given licences to grow cannabis here. The Department of Health said it may review current policy which prohibits the cultivation of the plant.
2. #SALA: The search for missing footballer Emiliano Sala will continue this morning. Sala is missing, presumed dead, after the single-engine Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft disappeared en route to Cardiff.
3. #WIND IN THEIR SAILS: Plans for a major offshore windfarm to begin operating in the early-2020s off the coast of Louth have been welcomed by a number of climate activists and local politicians.
4. #DEFENCE: The group that represents Defence Forces personnel, PDFORRA, is bringing a High Court action against the State over allowances paid to its members.
5. # RESCUE: Irish coast guard search-and-rescue service helicopter pilots are set to take industrial action from midday on Thursday. The pilots’ roster issues and the over-reliance on overtime are the main reasons for the action, according to unions.
6. #NEWARK: Flights from the major US airport Newark were suspended yesterday after a drone was spotted flying near it. In December, London’s Gatwick airport was paralysed for 36 hours after a drone sighting.
7. #SIT DOWN: Talks aimed at averting a strike by nurses and midwives are due to get underway this afternoon. (RTÉ)
8. #TONY GOLDEN: Settlement talks between the family of the late garda Tony Golden and representatives of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, have broken down. Garda Golden was shot five times and killed in a murder-suicide attack while on duty at Omeath, Louth, three years ago.
9. #LUKE KELLY: Two statues of iconic Dubliners singer Luke Kelly will be unveiled at the end of the month. The statues will be placed on either side of the city with one being located on South King Street on the southside as well Sheriff Street on the northside.
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Another day, another transport strike
@ginger “Breakthrough…” This mean no striking. At least read the title, dude.
@ginger tomcat: But there’s no strikes??
No way. Actual good news?
The threat of a strike ballot should not have been necessary to make the Dublin Bus management honour their commitments.
Fair comment Dusty.
So glad the Union backed down on wanting shares in Bus Eireann for every staff member because they ‘built the company’. Common sense prevails.
The climb down in the article is clearly on the management side who have finally agreed to implement what they signed up to previously. We’ll done to the workers on forcing the management to honour their commitments. The time of the working class asking nicely is over. Militant action is the way forward.
Or in your case Dusty…. militant keyboard action
This must be playing hell with your heartburn Larry?
Alpha. Please note the article is about dublin bus.
There’s no such thing as shares in a semi state company Alfa, although The Minister for Transport is officially referred to as “The Shareholder” in the legal framework of semi state transport companies.
Pity unions why don’t you bring it down ?Justt like you did Ferenka. Didn’t think that would happen did you?. Always remember what Sir Michael Edwards said during the constant strikes in British Leyland organised by Red Robbo. ” GO back to work or I will start liquidating the company” They went back to work !!
You keep tugging your forelock to the “Sirs” there Joe. The rest of the working class will continue to fight to take what’s rightfully theirs.
They not going to shut either of the bus companies. Us tax payer will increase the subsidies and they can continue on squandering it to their hearts content.
The public transport subvention has been slashed to pay for the banker’s debts. And the taxpayer too will be paying the same banker’s debts for generations.
Well there’s a depressing thought. In both cases public money is waste and as you put it likely will be for generations come.
We get a public transport system in return for the subvention and the bill is in the millions. We get nothing for paying off the bondholders and the bill is in the billions annually.
@Dusty Mooney: Working class eh you poor man !!! Keep it up just don’t deny the truth !! If that so called class argument is all you can offer go and get your shoe shine box and conform
A very poor self serving public transport system.
So that argument means taxpayers pay twice. I suppose we could always print the money removing the need for taxpayers at all in wallyland.
No doubt some guff about the value of money, or the goods and services etc. None of which will explain, ever, how we pay for imports of life saving drugs, our cars etc except to say inflation won’t happen. Also with no example of this ever being implemented where inflation doesn’t happen.
Basically if we leave the euro we will be fine. Except when we had our own currency we weren’t. Go figure…
I never understand why management of these bus companies back themselves into a situation were a strikes takes place. All that happens is they loose revenue for a few days and then they end up surrendering to the unions and more or less giving them what they want anyway. But then of course there a you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours culture has developed over the years.
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