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LAST UPDATE | 11 Feb 2021
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1. #LOCKDOWN: A prolonged period of lockdown restrictions will last until Easter, the Taoiseach has said.
2. #FROSTY: Here’s what you need to know as the cold snap bites today.
3. #CORONAVIRUS: The number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 has fallen to 990.
4. #IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: New Capitol footage showing police overwhelmed and a mob chanting “hang Mike Pence” was presented at the Trump impeachment trial yesterday.
5. #FUNDING: Greyhound racing officials said its future wasn’t sustainable with Covid restrictions prior to State funding boost.
6. #HUSTLER: Larry Flynt, who founded Hustler magazine, has died aged 78.
7. #EDUCATION: Students are set to return to special classes in secondary schools on Monday week after a deal was reached.
8. #SAUDI ARABIA: A prominent Saudi women’s rights activist has been released from prison.
9. #NORTHERN IRELAND: Ahead of a meeting today with British counterpart Michael Gove, EU official Maros Sefcovic said that the Northern Ireland Protocol is the “only way to protect the Good Friday Agreement.
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This law will do nothing to stop violent people being violent. It will simply take the onus off the police to sort it out, now abused men and women will be told its their fault for not doing the adequate checks in the first place.
Seems a good idea, but I’d be very worried about all the privacy of information issues. If someone applied to gain access to information held another person’s file, what proof would the have to give to confirm that they are in a relationship with that first person? What structures would be in place to avoid misuse by marketing / profiling agencies…
Many people know that their partners are violent long before they raise a hand to them , i know some never leave even when given the oppurtunity arises.
I don’t think This law will change anything
I think the main problem here is that the vast majority of the perpetrators of domestic violence never make it to the courts, never mind acquire a conviction for it.
I hate the trend of naming laws after victims. It encourages the passing of bad laws (I’m not talking about this one specifically) by appealing to emotion over reason.
Wouldn’t you like to know the history of a car before you buy it?
If some one hits you or slaps you once they will more than likely do it again, so there is no need for this law just people need to wise up and realise that if it happens once its time to get out just leve, dont ask why, dont listen to the made up excuses, just run . This law is just another way of invading privacy, anyone think what may happen in the event of a wrongful conviction, because this happens too.
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