Teachers Threaten To Shut Down Schools over ‘Pay Equality’ Issues

Teachers Threaten To Shut Down Schools over ‘Pay Equality’ Issues

President of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation John Boyle has said that teachers “will shut down schools” if there is no resolution to their pay dispute. Teachers will make the call for pay equality at the INTO’s Annual Congress which...
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O’Neill Calls For Reunification Referendum Within Five Years

O’Neill Calls For Reunification Referendum Within Five Years

Michelle O’Neill has called for an Irish unity referendum within five years. Addressing republicans at an Easter commemoration in Belfast’s Milltown cemetery, the Sinn Féin deputy leader said: “Ending partition has now taken on a new dynamic...
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Ceremonies Held To Remember 1916 Rising

Ceremonies Held To Remember 1916 Rising

A number of commemoration services have been held today to remember those who died in the 1916 Easter Rising. A military ceremony was held outside the GPO on O’Connell street which was attended by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and President Michael...
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Northern Gang Responsible for Massive Marijuana Ring

Northern Gang Responsible for Massive Marijuana Ring

An organised crime gang operating in the North was behind the importation of herbal cannabis worth £1.3 million, police have said. Three pensioners were among six people arrested after the haul was found on a shipping pallet inside an industrial...
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Irish Acceptance of Immigrants Among Lowest in Europe

Irish Acceptance of Immigrants Among Lowest in Europe

Irish people’s level of support for immigrants is among the lowest in Europe. The ESRI have found 58% support white immigrants – but that drops to 41% for Muslims and 25% for Roma migrants. Those figures are lower than the...
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EPA Concerned At Air Pollution Levels

EPA Concerned At Air Pollution Levels

The Environmental Protection Agency’s raised concerns about air pollution levels here. New EPA figures show emissions of three of the five main air pollutants increased in 2016. One of the chemicals – Ammonia – went above EU safety limits for...
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Ireland Expels Russian Diplomat

Ireland Expels Russian Diplomat

The Government have today announced that a member of the Russian embassy staff with diplomatic status is to be expelled over the nerve agent attack in Britain. It comes as a host of EU member states as well as the...
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Ireland Gets First Nudist Beach Next Month

Ireland Gets First Nudist Beach Next Month

Ireland is to get its first official nudist beach. Public notices are set to go up at Hawk Cliff in Dalkey in County Dublin next month, but there has been a mixed reaction to the news. Some of the concerns...
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Kevin Sharkey Says He’s Running For President

Kevin Sharkey Says He’s Running For President

Artist Kevin Sharkey has confirmed he wants to run for president. If elected, he would become the first black Uactarán na hÉireann. The Donegal man says the office of president should do more for homelessness than it currently does. The...
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Poll: Brits Want Brexit More Than Keeping The North

Poll: Brits Want Brexit More Than Keeping The North

More voters in Great Britain rate leaving the EU as a priority ahead of maintaining the Union with Northern Ireland, a poll has suggested. More than a third of those polled (36%) said exiting the European Union was a higher...
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