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The Daily PollA JUDGE IN New York has quashed plans to ban the sale of giant fizzy drinks in the city, re-opening the debate about whether it will be possible to implement the prohibition on selling the drinks.
The city’s mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed the ban on drinks above 470ml in size from fast food and other restaurants in a bid to tackle obesity levels. Figures suggest around 6,000 people die in New York every year from problems related to obesity.
However critics and lobby groups say the proposal is ineffective as people can just buy as many smaller drinks as they want, and the ban would not apply to supermarkets or shops. The proposal was also criticised for encroaching too much into people’s lives.
So today we’re asking: Should there be a ban on the sale of large fizzy drinks in Ireland?
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Does the bumpy recovery refer to Ireland as a country or the IMF as a company or perhaps vice versa?
Wow the banks have paid back 3.36 billion. That’s big of them. How much have *we* given them? That’s why mums go to Iceland!
will be interested to hear the justification for cutting disability allowance to 16 – 18 year olds. Already this year parents have had the reviews of domicilary care and carers allowance, funding of special dietry foods terminated, cuts to personal assistants hang in balance and now another uncertainty to anticipate. Life is tough enough for parents of and persons with disabilities. I feel many would choose to be taxpayers is that were possible or facilitated. Advisors are looking in the wrong direction.
cull the advisor’s not the allowances!
Mexico – south american?
Mexico is part of North, not South, America, as it is on the North American continental landmass..
It’s Central American. Along with Guatemala etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America
Sorry to disagree but it is in fact a part of North America
Here is a complete list of North American Countries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_North_America
I believe this settles the issue
Damn farmers,they have been looked after too well by the EU for too long.They will never be happy.There are more deserving harder working people out there who get no subsidies,strict quotas,no guaranteed wage,horrendous working conditions,and their overall salary is weather dependant,as is the farmers.And they get arrested and fined tens of thousands of euros for having a surplus(unintentional) to their quota,which they tried to distribute for free to the Irish public last week from the pier.These people have been overlooked for too long,as the farmers have had the ear of our governments for decades,and that is because they are over the horizon doing their best to survive,and not here to stand up for themselves.
Thanks for the geography post daithi. The nine on Tuesday AND info on continental landmass!!
Your very welcome, its easy to assume that North America ends on the southern border of the United States but such is in fact not the case. Sorry if anyone is offended as such is not my intent.
disgraceful that this so called ‘advisory group’ is again going after young disabled peoples income, who are these so called advisor’s? and how much are they getting paid? maybe we should start with cut’s to their numbers and pay, ironic that in recent weeks there has been a lot of talk about childrens rights and protecting children, yet this cowedly shower of overpaid self important pen pushers wants to cut or remove their financial support ! how low will this government stoop to please it’s euromasters?
Lower than a snakes belly,that is what the Irish government are……….snakes.Nepotist snakes.
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