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Wednesday 2 December 2020
The United States protested what it called an affront to press freedom, one day after it tightened rules on Chinese media organisations.
The boy in question has special needs and is on the autism spectrum.
The boy struck one of the staff members at the school with a hurl, the court heard.
The former communications chief to Tony Blair took to Twitter to voice his disappointment.
The second-year student was expelled from the secondary school he attended late last year.
The Academy last October also voted to expel disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein.
The child’s mother fears that her son could seriously hurt someone.
Those affected have exhibited physical symptoms including ear complaints, hearing loss, dizziness, headaches and difficulty sleeping.
French authorities have mobilised about 90,000 security forces and private guards for Euro 2016.
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and two members of his crew were held over the weekend.
A school has asked to overturn a direction that compels it to enrol him.
Labour has denied there is any connection between Michael McNamara’s removal from the health committee and his attempt to hold hearings on abortion.
One councillor expelled and another suspended with claims and counter claims. Here’s what we know so far…
Sinn Féin has expelled veteran Cork councillor Kieran McCarthy and suspended Melissa Mullane following a confidential internal review.
The child had been involved in numerous other incidents of bad behaviour.
More than 5,000 people have signed a petition on the issue so far.
The petition is set to be delivered to Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
Incident is the latest episode in allegations of US spying in Germany.
Motions put forward by Berlusconi’s allies in the Senate in an attempt to block the expulsion procedure were rejected one by one.
The Reform Alliance claims the Galway West TD was ‘gung-ho’ before later distancing himself from the group of expelled Fine Gael TDs. However, Walsh tells a different story…
Independent TD Denis Naughten has been removed from the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children.
Meanwhile, Sinn Féin has said that Peadar Tóibín’s decision to vote against the party on the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill is a “serious breach of party rules”.
The former Sunday Business Post journalist has been Pakistan bureau chief for the New York Times since January 2012.
At least one US military official has been expelled from Venezuela amid accusations of a conspiracy, the Pentagon has confirmed.
A UN investigator carrying out a probe on the human rights situation in the fledgling state has been expelled for publishing ‘unverified’ reports.
The school is reported to have suspended four pupils earlier this week. Separately, the Education Minister has opened an anti-bullying forum in Dublin today.
Meanwhile, France is to pull its embassy staff home from Tehran in the coming days.
The students were expelled after a mobile phone video of the fights emerged.
THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it’s been a strange year, you’d know Christmas is on the way.
But although it’s a time for giving and the shops are open again, the usual scenes of charity fundraisers on the streets will likely be less frequent due to public health concerns.
Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
Are you one of those people? This morning we want to know: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
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UKIP councillor fired over these "deeply racist" comments
The footage was broadcast on Meet the Ukippers last night.