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Leitrim GAA and County Hurlers team up to back Migrant Rights Centre Ireland anti-racism message on new jersey
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In an innovative step, Leitrim GAA Senior hurlers will carry the message No to Racism on their jerseys for the forthcoming season after announcing an important partnership with the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland.
Announcing the news, the MRCI said Today marks an important day in the fight against racism in Ireland. The Leitrim GAA Hurling team are delighted to partner with Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) in saying no to racism.
Blindboy Boatclub: If you re against cannabis in Ireland, you re against safe cannabis
The artist, author and podcaster asks if we should reconsider the prohibition model when it comes to cannabis use. By Blindboy Boatclub Sunday 9 May 2021, 12:05 AM May 9th 2021, 12:05 AM 73,178 Views 221 Comments Blindboy Boatclub
THERE’S ONLY ONE strain of cannabis available in Ireland, and it’s called “Do you want it or not?”
In 2019, I gigged Canada and California with my book and podcast. Both places where cannabis is fully legal recreationally. I sauntered into a cannabis dispensary. It was like an off licence back home.
An experienced budtender asked me what I smoked in Ireland? I said, I don’t know, it smells like petrol and gives me panic attac
Meat industry warning over labour shortages
Updated / Tuesday, 13 Apr 2021
13:23
Meat Industry Ireland said 80% of the sector s workforce were Irish or from an EU country
Meat Industry Ireland has warned politicians that the sector will continue to depend on workers from abroad to meet labour requirements.
Appearing before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Phillip Carroll, chairperson of Meat Industry Ireland said that 80% of the workforce were Irish or from an EU country.
He said that since 2018 the domestic workforce has been unable to meet the needs of the sector and that new permits for general operatives have helped fill vacancies.
April 12, 2021 2:25 pm
The Oireachtas spotlight will shine on the issue of work permits – with both meat industry and migrant representatives to appear before the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment tomorrow (Tuesday, April 13).
The Oireachtas joint committee will resume Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 when it meets tomorrow morning.
The meeting at 9.30am in Committee Room three of Leinster House will discuss the heads of the bill with:
Representatives from Meat Industry Ireland (MII); and
Representatives from The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland.
Committee chairman, deputy Maurice Quinlivan, said: “This bill proposes to update the employment permits system to increase its flexibility and effectiveness to respond to changes in labour supply and demand, or employment practices.