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[14:50] The Irish Neutrality League hits out at Triple Lock plans

Opposition TDs and Senators have come together calling on the public to oppose the dilution of the Triple Lock.

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#theTripleLock



[14:46] Dáil told woman must go to Romania for endometriosis care

The Dáil has heard harrowing details of the daily life of a young woman who is suffering from endometriosis.

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#Dáil #daily




[14:19] RTÉ redundancy scheme to open with €300,000 cap

RTÉ plans to open its Voluntary Exit programme after Easter, according to the broadcaster's HR Director, with a cap of €300,000 on payments.

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#RTÉ #VoluntaryExit #Easter #300,000



[14:20] Two-year wait for appeal in rape case 'too long'

The Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan has said that a recent appeal of a rape case which took almost two years to complete was, in his view, too long.

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#JimO'Callaghan #almosttwoyears



daily #CalvinAndHobbes comic:
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[13:39] Northern Ireland in 'unique' position regarding tariffs

The UK and Irish governments have been pressed to keep in mind Northern Ireland's unique circumstances in their response to US president Donald Trump's tariffs.

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#UK #Irish #NorthernIreland's #US #DonaldTrump's











[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
L: en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulo…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.04.09 at 02:45:10 (c=0, p=7)



Mississippi libraries ordered to delete research in response to state laws
L: mississippitoday.org/2025/04/0…
C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
posted on 2025.04.09 at 01:58:49 (c=0, p=4)