Sinn Féin’s Alternative Budget Focuses on Insurance and Childcare
September 30, 2019 No Responses

Sinn Féin’s Alternative Budget Focuses on Insurance and Childcare

Sinn Féin has targeted insurance and childcare costs in their alternative budget proposals for 2020. The budget, which will be launched on Tuesday but has been seen by the PA news agency, will seek to lift the tax-free status on...
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Ireland’s First Plastics’ ‘Reverse Vending Machine’ Installed in Co. Monaghan
September 30, 2019 No Responses

Ireland’s First Plastics’ ‘Reverse Vending Machine’ Installed in Co. Monaghan

Ireland’s first reverse vending machine has started operating in Co Monaghan. The vending machine allows people to bring their clean and empty plastic bottles for recycling, and then gives out vouchers worth 10 cent. The machine, located in Carrickmacross, i...
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Robin Swann Stepping Down as Leader of Ulster Unionists
September 30, 2019 No Responses

Robin Swann Stepping Down as Leader of Ulster Unionists

Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann is to stand down, citing a desire to devote more time to his family. Mr Swann, who was elected leader in 2017, said he had been reflecting on his position for a number of months....
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DUP Would Look at Time-Limited Backstop Says Foster
September 29, 2019 No Responses

DUP Would Look at Time-Limited Backstop Says Foster

DUP leader Arlene Foster has said her party would “look at” a time-limited backstop – as she insisted there remained a chance of finding a deal before October 31. The proposal would put a deadline on the backstop arrangement required...
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Former Wrightbus Employees Protest Outside Church
September 29, 2019 No Responses

Former Wrightbus Employees Protest Outside Church

Around 500 former Wrightbus employees and their families have held a protest outside a church linked to one of the owners. Questions have been asked about £15m (€16.8m) donations to the Green Pastures charity from company dividends when the Co...
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Hundreds Attend Pro-Choice Rally in Dublin
September 28, 2019 No Responses

Hundreds Attend Pro-Choice Rally in Dublin

Hundreds of people have taken part in a pro-choice abortion march in Dublin. Campaigners want the amount of time women must wait for a termination reduced in the Republic of Ireland. At present women must wait for three days after...
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Family Owners of Wrightbus Received Death Threats Claims Former Director
September 28, 2019 No Responses

Family Owners of Wrightbus Received Death Threats Claims Former Director

The family which own Wrightbus in the North have faced death threats, a former company director said. Jeff Wright called for an end to intimidation and fear. His Co Antrim firm was put into administration this week with the loss...
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Foster Calls For Agreement That Works for North and the Republic
September 27, 2019 No Responses

Foster Calls For Agreement That Works for North and the Republic

The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party has called for the result of the Brexit referendum to be respected, adding that the UK should leave the EU sensibly. Arlene Foster told members of the business community in north Belfast on...
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Commission Established To Extend Voting Rights to Diaspora and The North
September 27, 2019 No Responses

Commission Established To Extend Voting Rights to Diaspora and The North

A commission has been set up to advise on a referendum on extending voting rights to Irish citizens living abroad and in Northern Ireland. Tánaiste Simon Coveney made an order establishing an independent statutory referendum commission to explain the referend...
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TD Paul Murphy to Found New Socialist Party
September 26, 2019 No Responses

TD Paul Murphy to Found New Socialist Party

Dublin South-West TD Paul Murphy has left the Socialist Party to launch a new socialist group. The party known as Solidarity-People Before Profit – formerly the Anti-Austerity Alliance – had three TDs elected at the last general election. Mr Murphy...
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