Donohoe Says Any Budget Changes to Carbon Taxes Will Be ‘Gradual’
September 12, 2019 No Responses

Donohoe Says Any Budget Changes to Carbon Taxes Will Be ‘Gradual’

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said any increases to carbon taxation in the Budget will be gradual. Mr Donohoe said the Government agreed to base Budget 2020 on the assumption that there will be a no-deal Brexit and ruled out...
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Referees’ Chief Riley Admits to VAR Errors in Premier League This Season
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Referees’ Chief Riley Admits to VAR Errors in Premier League This Season

Referees’ chief Mike Riley has admitted that four mistakes have been made by VAR in the Premier League so far this season. Riley, a former referee and the managing director of the officials body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL)...
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Belfast High Court Rejects Brexit Challenge
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Belfast High Court Rejects Brexit Challenge

A legal challenge that argued the Government’s Brexit strategy will damage the Northern Ireland peace process has been dismissed. Lord Justice Bernard McCloskey delivered his ruling at Belfast’s High Court on Thursday morning on three joined cases against ...
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Foyle Port Chief Warns No-Deal Brexit Could Decimate Businesses
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Foyle Port Chief Warns No-Deal Brexit Could Decimate Businesses

The most westerly port in the UK and Northern Ireland could lose 40% of its business in the event of a no-deal Brexit, politicians have been warned. Foyle Port chief executive Brian McGrath said crashing out of the EU would...
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New Royal Navy Frigate Contract Gives Hope for Harland and Wolff
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New Royal Navy Frigate Contract Gives Hope for Harland and Wolff

The naming of a consortium as the preferred bidder for a £1.3 billion British Royal Navy contract has been welcomed by supporters of an under-threat shipyard in Belfast. The consortium, led by engineering giant Babcock and including the Harland and...
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Out&About
September 11, 2019 No Responses

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy I just got back from my trip up to Waterford, just outside Albany – the Capitol of New York State – to see the Tugboat Rally. According to the organizers of the festival it was the biggest...
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Polls Find a Slight Majority for Reunification in The North
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Polls Find a Slight Majority for Reunification in The North

There is a slight majority for Irish unification among people in Northern Ireland, according to a new poll. The latest survey in Northern Ireland asked voters for their preference “in the event of a referendum on whether or not Northern...
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Mary Lou McDonald Calls Johnson’s Brexit Plans ‘Profoundly Stupid’
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Mary Lou McDonald Calls Johnson’s Brexit Plans ‘Profoundly Stupid’

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has said UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is following a Brexit “fantasy”, and that his plan is “profoundly stupid and immeasurably dangerous”. Speaking at her party’s away day in Dundalk, Co Louth, Ms McDonald.....
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Ireland’s Gender Pension Gap is 35%
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Ireland’s Gender Pension Gap is 35%

Irish men receive an average of €153 more than women in their pension payments, according to research by the Economic and Social Research Unit (ESRI). The study found the average total weekly pension income in 2010 was €280 for women...
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Tyson Fury Focused on Match Up with Otto Wallin, Not Deomtay Wilder
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Tyson Fury Focused on Match Up with Otto Wallin, Not Deomtay Wilder

Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury insists he is not thinking about his potential rematch with Deontay Wilder as he gears up for his next fight in Las Vegas. The 31-year-old meets the relatively unknown Otto Wallin in a non-title bout on...
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