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Tuesday 29 September 2020
The English union has suffered significant financial pain because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Opposition parties and trade unions have made strong statements in recent weeks against possible public spending cuts.
The club’s interim CEO has also said he is not giving any thought to the prospect of relegation.
It was announced last night that RTÉ is to cut 200 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan.
Drew Harris said he has a responsibility to show good management of public money.
Money that was allocated for the provision of services now has to be used to rent new premises so there is a place for these services to be provided.
The Swedish company is facing falling sales and tough competition.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
Some have branded the move a stunt as the US President has proposed budget cutbacks to the service.
“Erasing climate change may take place in Donald Trump’s mind, but nowhere else.”
Previously, Irish children received free dental check ups in 2nd, 4th and 6th class but there has been huge cuts to those services.
The struggles facing new officers who earn under €24,000 a year.
IPC president Philip Craven is confident of delivering a strong Paralympic Games despite a slash in the budget.
In one instance, residents were locked in a unit while a nurse went to another to administer medicines.
The woman’s mother said she feels completely helpless.
The six-counties police force has pulled out of the showpiece parade in Manhattan on March 17
Ireland has the lowest number of judges per capita in Europe.
GPs said that the lack of funding and resources available to them have made Ireland “the laughing stock of Europe”.
The National Traveller Partnership has said that Local Authorities have a “poor track record” in helping Travellers and should not be in charge of their finances.
The junior minister admitted that the government was “too slow to move on the issue”.
A former prisoner, who went from drug dealer to master’s student, has called for more funding for education in prisons. He admitted it will be “a hard sell”.
The National Association of Principals and Deputy Princiapls has warned that problems could occur due to the failure to invest in management structures in schools.
Cutbacks in the number of personnel and vehicles have caused ‘serious delays’, according to the The National Ambulance Service Representative Association
The St Nicholas of Myra centre in The Liberties in Dublin’s inner city had become a hub for people in the area – but now it faces the same fate as so many community centres.
A new survey finds more than 1,800 patients are on the cardiac rehabilitation waiting list for up to six months.
Rene Meulensteen will reportedly lose his job as part of a major scale down at the big-spending Russian club.
Cutting back on going out to pubs and restaurants is the most likely area of saving for households.
Barnardos wants parents to help them get the big picture.
Even as Education Minister Ruairi Quinn “was doing the right thing on resource hours, he refused to back down on Special Needs Assistants”, writes the FF leader.
Ireland’s ‘buildings record’ says it has to make its six staff temporarily redundant.
ERT will cease operations for three months, and is likely to reopen with only a fraction of its current workforce of 2,800.
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The Government says it is prioritising young peoples’ mental health while, at the same time, cutting the role of counsellors, writes Gerry Flynn.
Staff are to hold a meeting to discuss the possibility of industrial action after being informed of the cuts.
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has said that cutbacks will not affect the standard of policing, but are you worried about the closure of 100 garda station?
Commissioner Callinan said that he is committed to “policing through people and not through buildings or bricks and mortar”.
Garda authorities have released a full list of the 95 stations which will close within the next 12 days.
Crowds gathered today to protest against job and benefit cuts as well as the tax increases passed today.
The NTMA, which issues prize bonds, has lowered the rate it uses to calculate the overall number of prizes on offer.
Minister Shatter said that a garda sitting at a desk in a small garda station for three hours a day is not the best way to tackle crime.
ENGLAND HAS INTRODUCED new rules that could see people receive fines of up to £10,000 if they fail to self-isolate.
This means that anyone who has tested positive or has been a close contact of a Covid-19 case and fails to quarantine could receive a hefty penalty.
There have been some calls for a similar system here too, to prevent the spread of the virus and to stop any flouting of rules.
So today we want to know: Should people who fail to self-isolate be fined?
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