Union to Ballot Members on Hospital Strike Action
April 22, 2019 No Responses

Union to Ballot Members on Hospital Strike Action

Up to 17,000 hospital support workers are being balloted from today on strike action. The dispute centers on the implementation of a job evaluation scheme. Health Care Assistants, chefs and other support grades will vote on industrial action over the...
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Liverpool Back on Top after Workmanlike Win over Cardiff
April 21, 2019 No Responses

Liverpool Back on Top after Workmanlike Win over Cardiff

Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League as Jurgen Klopp’s second-half specialists struck again to clinch a 2-0 win at Cardiff. A rare Georginio Wijnaldum strike in the 57th minute eased Liverpool nerves before substitute James Milner slotted...
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President Higgins Leads Easter Rising Commemorations
April 21, 2019 No Responses

President Higgins Leads Easter Rising Commemorations

President Michael D Higgins has led a commemoration to mark the 103rd anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin. President Higgins was joined by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and defense minister Paul Kehoe at the state ceremony outside the GPO on...
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Benteke Ends Goal Drought to Sink Arsenal at The Emirates
April 21, 2019 No Responses

Benteke Ends Goal Drought to Sink Arsenal at The Emirates

Christian Benteke’s first goal in almost a year helped Crystal Palace sink Arsenal 3-2 and put a huge dent in the Gunners’ Premier League top-four hopes. Benteke fired his first goal in 20 games then laid on another for the...
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Manchester United Humiliated by Toffees at Goodison Park
April 21, 2019 No Responses

Manchester United Humiliated by Toffees at Goodison Park

Manchester United’s season took a drastic turn for the worse as they crashed to a humiliating 4-0 defeat at Everton in the Premier League. First-half goals from Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson stunned Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s lethargic side before Lucas Dig...
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Free Derry Corner Repainted After Lyra McKee Murder
April 21, 2019 No Responses

Free Derry Corner Repainted After Lyra McKee Murder

The landmark Free Derry Corner has been repainted to reflect revulsion felt at the killing of Lyra McKee. The famous civil rights-era slogan on a gable wall is regularly altered to reflect community sentiment in the Bogside estate in Derry....
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Crawford’s Low Blow Halts Khan’s Quest for Welterweight Title
April 21, 2019 No Responses

Crawford’s Low Blow Halts Khan’s Quest for Welterweight Title

Amir Khan’s dream of finally proving himself one of the finest fighters in the world ended in a controversial defeat when he was stopped in the sixth round after a low blow by the great Terence Crawford at Madison Square...
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Two New Polls Show Major Parties are Deadlocked
April 20, 2019 No Responses

Two New Polls Show Major Parties are Deadlocked

Two opinion polls show conflicting levels of support for the main parties. One says Fianna Fáil is now more popular than Fine Gael – with another having the government party 10 points ahead of their rivals. The two polls released...
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Manchester City Defeat Spurs to Go Back to Top the Table
April 20, 2019 No Responses

Manchester City Defeat Spurs to Go Back to Top the Table

Phil Foden scored his first Premier League goal as Manchester City claimed a crucial 1-0 win over Tottenham to regain top spot in the table. The 18-year-old became City’s third-youngest Premier League goalscorer as he headed home after just five...
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‘Not in Our Name’ is Message from Derry
April 20, 2019 No Responses

‘Not in Our Name’ is Message from Derry

Derry has expressed revulsion at the murder of journalist Lyra McKee. A bunch of flowers left outside the city’s landmark civic building, the 19th century Guildhall, said “never in my name”. Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley was among the first...
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