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Tuesday 22 September 2020
Parents, pupils and teachers have called for an update the school curriculum.
Correspondence sent to Varadkar shows how the public reacted to the crisis in its initial weeks.
The vast majority of the cases involved an “employee error or omission”.
The airlines accounted for over 13% of air traffic at Ireland’s airports before the pandemic.
New figures show the health service spent more than €1 million on advertising in the first two months of the crisis.
Peter Tyndall was commenting as he published his officer’s annual report for 2019.
Many complainants raised concerns about social distancing and infection control measures in homes as the virus spread.
The guidelines were drafted late in March after a radio interview by the HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer.
An incident log shows that 21 instances of assault or abuse were reported by staff since 2017.
The council sent 35 letters under the Planning and Development Act in recent years.
Over half of that was spent on barriers to block tractors from gaining access to Kildare Street, where Leinster House is located.
That’s according to records released by RTÉ’s Freedom of Information unit.
The commemoration was cancelled by the government after it proved controversial last month.
The proposal was one of a number of considerations put forward by the force last year.
The Office of Public Works hopes the gates will be rehung by the end of this year.
Companies were called more than 50 times by the OPW over a two-year period.
Internal records show how controversy started to build from 2 January – three days before the Clare mayor announced his boycott.
When the Supreme Court decides on the future of FOI in Ireland, it will be the end of a glacial process.
The claim was made during appeal against two rulings last year brought by the Information Commissioner.
An appeal against two rulings last year has been brought by the Information Commissioner.
An internal Department of Defence briefing highlights the restrictions on where the Coast Guard helicopter can reach.
The cost includes more than €9,200 on business class flights to Paraguay for two senators.
The candidate was one of nine people who aroused suspicion during driver theory tests last year.
The HSE approved €5.7 million in funding for a new mortuary earlier this year.
Statistics on bullying and harassment in the force were released under FOI laws.
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
More than a dozen women told Harris of the devastating impact the condition has had on their lives.
A total of 152 Irish people were arrested by Met Police for common assault.
“In our troubled world of Boris, Brexit, Trump and other forms of madness, Lyric is an oasis of culture, calm and beauty.”
The highest number of points were in Dublin, with 106,545.
Books, hampers and historical gifts are often given to heads of state.
The minister wanted to have the deer relocated to a 250-acre estate in Laois.
The debt is allowed under a new credit policy for Oireachtas staff.
Some people took offence that the North isn’t included in forecasts, while others hit out at the new website.
Viewers had issues watching the Rugby World Cup and other programmes.
Earlier this year, footage emerged of altercations involving passengers and Luas security staff.
The sport sparked controversy following an RTÉ Investigates documentary in July.
The Shannon Airport Rainfall Radar has been taken offline a number of times this year.
The camp was set up by protesters during a week of demonstrations last month.
Steven Anderson was the first person to be issued with an exclusion order preventing him from entering Ireland.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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