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Sunday 17 January 2021
“Isn’t that what you do during an election?”: Pat Rabbitte says his RTÉ comments were misrepresented… by Vincent Browne.
Speaking in the Dáil this evening the Sinn Féin TD said the government have broken their election promises and “lost the support of the people”.
The government is coming under fire for ‘another broken promise’ – a €10 cut in child benefit across the board.
Last February, Enda Kenny pledged to “protect and defend” the Roscommon A&E. With the emergency services at the hospital closing tomorrow, we ask: should politicians be held accountable for election promises?
AS PART OF the Government’s plans giving people the right to request to work from home, it also has plans for a code of practice on the right to disconnect from work.
With the rise of the digital age, work emails, calls and texts can spill into people’s time off more and more often, particularly mid-week. This may be particularly tricky during the pandemic when people are stuck at home and don’t have other social engagements.
So we’re asking: Have you been successful at not doing work outside of official hours since the pandemic began?
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