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[13:00] Work to begin on setting up Oireachtas committees

Work to establish 28 Oireachtas committees will begin at Leinster House more than four months after the general election.

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#28 #Oireachtas #LeinsterHouse #morethanfourmonths



[12:36] Teacher's 'GAA catfish' case against school resolved

The High Court has been told the case taken by a school teacher, who claims she was wrongly identified as the 'GAA catfish', to prevent her employer taking disciplinary action against her has been resolved and can be struck out.

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#TheHighCourt #GAA



[12:00] Irish mortgage rates fifth most expensive in euro zone

The interest rate on new mortgages offered by banks are half a percentage point lower than they were a year ago, according to new data from the Central Bank.

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#half #ayearago #theCentralBank



[12:17] European police dismantle child abuse image network

Polish police have announced the dismantling of a vast online network for images of child sexual abuse, an operation carried out in cooperation with 11 other European countries.

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#Polish #11 #European



[12:19] Gaza medics say 26 killed in Israeli strike on house

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 26 people, including children, in a house in Shejaia in Gaza City, local health authorities have said.

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#Israeli #atleast26 #Shejaia #GazaCity


in reply to BeyondMachines

Weird how the more they fix, they more they break.

There is something wrong in Redmond.






[11:53] CHI to keep families informed about hip surgery audit

Children's Health Ireland has said it will ensure parents, and their families are kept informed through the process of an ongoing audit of a certain type of hip surgery across its children's hospital sites and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh.

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#Children's #HealthIreland #theNationalOrthopaedicHospitalCappagh





Alumnus and Two Graduate Students Receive Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships caltech.edu/about/news/soros-n…


[10:34] People unlikely to report sexual violence - survey

People are unlikely to report sexual violence to gardaí or to others out of fear of not being believed, according to a new survey.

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[10:22] China rejects report of citizens fighting in Ukraine war

China has rejected as "absolutely groundless" claims by Ukraine that "many" Chinese citizens are fighting alongside Russian forces against it.

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#China #Ukraine #Chinese #Russian




[09:06] 'Fledgling serial killer' executed in Florida

A 48-year-old man was executed by lethal injection in the southern US state of Florida for the 2000 murder of a newspaper employee who was abducted while on her lunch break.

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#48_year_old #US #Florida #2000



[09:13] Expect temperatures of 21C and 'blue skies' - Met Éireann

We can expect blue skies and temperatures reaching up to 21C today and tomorrow, a senior forecaster with Met Éireann has said.

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#21C #today #tomorrow #Éireann




Toulouse University wants to host US researchers whose work is at risk
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Mississippi libraries ordered to delete research in response to state laws
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posted on 2025.04.09 at 01:58:49 (c=0, p=4)




[07:42] Calls for public inquiry into CHI due to spinal springs

The mother of a child with scoliosis is calling for a full public inquiry into Children's Health Ireland after a report revealed the use of unapproved implantable springs in spinal surgery at Temple Street Children's Hospital.

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#Children's #HealthIreland #TempleStreetChildren'sHospital



[07:39] EU expected to approve €21bn in tariffs on US products

Follow developments as US President Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of countries have come into effect.

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#US #DonaldTrump #dozens




[06:15] US tariffs take effect, deepening global trade war

President Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of countries have come into effect, including massive 104% duties on Chinese goods, deepening his global trade war even as he prepared for negotiations with some nations.

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#DonaldTrump #dozens #104% #Chinese



[04:34] Trump to soon announce tariffs on pharmaceutical imports

President Donald Trump said the US will soon announce a "major" tariff on pharmaceutical imports.

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#DonaldTrump #US