Explainer: What is the Taoiseach s Shared Island Unit up to?
Cross-border transport, Ulster University’s Magee campus, and an all-island research hub are some of the concrete proposals the Unit are looking at. By Gráinne Ní Aodha Wednesday 17 Mar 2021, 8:00 PM Wed 8:00 PM 10,647 Views 18 Comments
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The question for us all is: What future do we want for our children and grandchildren on our shared island?
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Ireland’s meat processing sector “is not making the social and economic contribution it is capable of and leaves the sector particularly ill-placed to meet many challenges”, according to a report by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).
ICTU’s recent review of Ireland’s meat processing sector finds that meat processors and government policy for this sector has “taken a low-road approach over recent years”.
“While turnover and employment both rose by 40% in the decade after 2008, investment levels remained low, leading to stagnating turnover and low value-added per employee – all against the backdrop of low wages and social security contributions and benefits,” the report states.
By Michael Smith.
WhatsApp correspondence headlined ‘Leo Always Delivers’ first published in the
Village Magazine of November 2020 showed then-Taoiseach Leo Varadkar transferred a confidential draft contract being negotiated between government and the Irish Medical Organisation to a friend of his, the President of a rival doctors’ representative organisation, the National Association of GPs (NAGP) in April 2019. That friend was Dr Maitiú (Matt) O Tuathail.
This transfer constitutes a crime under the Official Secrets Act 1963 and perhaps under the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018.
This has been disputed by Leo Varadkar, currently Tánaiste, but this piece shows how.
“The leak constitutes a crime under the Official Secrets Act 1963 and perhaps under the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018. This has been disputed by Leo Varadkar, currently Tánaiste, but this piece shows how”
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Search By Live95 News Team Live95 picture library Former Debenhams workers in Limerick and across the country have received messages of support from international and domestic trade unions and civil society groups this International Women’s Day.
More than 100 workers from the O Connell Street store have been on strike for better redundancy terms 333 days now after the department store ceased its Irish operations in April of last year.
Orla O’Connor, Director of the National Women’s Council commented: “It is completely unacceptable that nearly a year on the Debenhams workers are still left in this dire situation. And it is very concerning that the same pattern is now emerging for the Arcadia workers. In both cases, the vast majority of the workers affected by the redundancy are women who were often employed on low pay, precarious contracts. The National Women’s Council supports