The organisers said the Ms Wheelchair pageant is the first such event in Europe and will be repeated annually. Similar events have been held in the US since the 70s.
The website, set up by the far-right Freedom Party, asks people to report central and east Europeans “for general nuisance, pollution and labour market displacement.”
Bosnia and Herzogovina will visit the Aviva for the final home game while Trap’s side will visit Hungary before the championships in Poland and Ukraine.
In tonight’s fix: A bad day for jobs, a good day for the government – and for some primary teachers, and which important group want help from JobBridge interns?
In tonight’s fix: Some parents to lose child benefit; continued rows over pensions debacle; Ray Grehan bankrupt – in England – and all the other bits you may have missed.
Britain’s water polo team will train here ahead of the London Olympics, bringing to four the number of squads we’ve attracted here for training – so the games are not proving to be exactly the goldmine we hoped for.
DESPITE OPPOSITON FROM environmental groups, Amazon has secured planning permission for two new data centres in Dublin.
The development prompted calls from the Social Democrats for a moratorium on the building of the computer system warehouses until their impact on electricity supply and prices can be determined.
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The party’s climate spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that the situation must be analysed in view of recent energy Amber Alerts and the potential of black outs this winter.
Data centres are responsible for 14% of all electricity usage in Ireland as of 2021. This is a 32% increase compared to 2020 and a 265% increase compared to 2015.
Last week a €450 million data centre was also granted planning permission in Co Clare, despite local opposition.
So, today we’re asking: would you support a ban on more data centres in Ireland?
Not as warm with a couple of t-storms
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