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Friday 23 October 2020
Data shows the vast majority of the offences took place in supermarkets and shops
The warning says that there is no connection between the Central Bank-authorised firm PGMS (Ireland) Ltd and the unauthorised entity.
The former Olympian outlined her reasons for the proposed action on BBC radio.
Engaging in gay sex is a criminal offence in Kenya.
A woman who ordered pills online was given a suspended sentence in Belfast last week.
“I’m happy to serve but I fear I may lose my job,” the woman told Justice McCarthy.
A substantial proportion of people did not know it is a crime to get an abortion when a woman’s life is not at risk.
The Immigrant Council of Ireland welcomed the bill but said trafficking for sexual exploitation remains the most predominant form.
In an unusual ruling, Italy’s Supreme Court has decided it is a crime to use the insult as it ‘hurts male pride’.
David Cameron described the practice as being “little short of slavery”.
An Oireachtas briefing paper outlines that Alan Shatter’s proposed legislation does not tackle ‘sacerdotal privilege’.
Sentences of over five years in prison could be handed down if found guilty of withholding information.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
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