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# breaking point

Last year
2022
Voices
Gary Gannon: Government must act immediately to address teacher shortages
The Social Democrats TD says the teacher shortage is at crisis point – he will table proposed solutions tomorrow.
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Dec 6th 2022, 7:00 PM
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# Trolley crisis
'This isn't a trolley crisis - It's a system in meltdown': Minister's commitments 'worthless' say doctors
The Taoiseach apologised for the current crisis today, while Minister Simon Harris called it “unacceptable”.
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Jan 4th 2018, 8:45 PM
# breaking point
Dublin Fire Brigade is operating at reduced capacity due to unofficial overtime strikes over pay
Firefighters and paramedics in Dublin want their overtime rate raised to 1.5 times regular pay, in line with the rest of the country and the Dublin City Council standard.
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Jul 26th 2017, 3:16 PM
# breaking point
"She prays her son dies before her" - elderly Kerry residents at wits' end over care for adult children
Following a recent HSE move there is now no full-time respite centre in the Munster county.
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Mar 12th 2017, 10:00 PM
# crisis
More than 2,500 children were homeless in the last week of November
From 21-27 November, a total of 1,023 families were homeless in Dublin alone.
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Dec 30th 2016, 4:55 PM
# breaking point
Halligan threatening to leave government over Waterford hospital resources
“Obviously he’s not happy,” a Fine Gael source said today.
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Sep 7th 2016, 2:19 PM
# breaking point
'Overkill, ridiculous and unacceptable' - Commercials angered in fresh fixtures furore
Two Commercials players scheduled to play a Munster club football semi-final on Sunday are hurling a day earlier.
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Nov 11th 2015, 10:44 AM