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Thursday 1 October 2020
Independent councillor Cieran Perry was arrested during the Greyhound lockout last year.
James Heffernan had refused to leave an office he shared with former Labour colleague John Gilroy.
Michael Ring says that excessive drinking should not spoil the celebrations.
The eleven workers who went on strike attended the funeral of Nelson Mandela last year.
The agreement will see a number of redundancies and a wage reduction of between 15% and 20%.
The marcher held a rally outside city hall.
The dispute has been ongoing for over a month.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
The company says they’re calling the gardaí.
Dan Kane, from the Teamsters, Terry O’Sullivan (LIUNA), John Hegarty (National Postal Mail Handlers Union), Brent Booker (Building Construction Trades Department) and Ed Smith (Ullico) are all in Dublin for the week.
A third person was treated for injuries related to a fall when people tried to break through barriers outside Leinster House.
Saturday will mark the 100th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, one of the key events of the Lockout.
The next step to saving the season is getting the players union to do likewise.
Deal apparently reached early Sunday morning after 113 days of dispute.
On Friday, league officials confirmed they had made a new contract proposal to players.
Owners locked out players in September after the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement was wiped out.
The Pittsburgh Penguins star is mulling over a move to get some game time.
Over 30 of North America’s finest ice hockey talents combined for heavy checks and generous cheques.
The tapestry commemorates the historic event, which saw workers fighting for their rights almost a century ago.
The announcement comes on the same day players missed their first scheduled paycheck of the regular season.
Evgeni Malkin is still contracted to the Pittsburgh Penguins, but the NHL season is plagued by uncertainty.
With the new season beginning in less than three weeks, the NFL are no closer to ending the officials’ lockout.
Representatives of franchise owners and the NBA players’ union have reached a “tentative” profit-sharing agreement that could see the season begin on Christmas Day.
Players including Carmelo Anthony and Ray Allen are set to compete in the event.
The “Nick and JaVale show” is set to launch, as players and officials continue to argue.
Looking for a cheat sheet to help you get up to speed with the day’s biggest stories? Look no further.
The NBA players’ union has begun the complicated process of disbanding after it rejected a final offer from the league’s franchise owners.
The NBA legend, owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, heads a group hell-bent on securing a settlement favourable to owners of the league’s smaller franchises.
With the latest round of negotiations having failed to break the deadlock, the NBA’s labour dispute looks set to rumble on into Decemeber.
Barack Obama says players and owners need to work together to end their dispute and give their fans some basketball.
In one of the more curious incidents of the current NBA lockout, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was prevented from a attending Washington Heights street game that featured one of his players on Friday.
Here’s what you can expect between now and the start of the new NFL season on 8 September.
A meeting tomorrow is set to determine whether the lockout will be brought to an end, with the season due to start on 7 August.
If you’ve got $9,000,000.99 lying around, Blake Griffin and Kevin Love would like it to be known that you can hire bored NBA professionals to do your menial household chores.
WATCH: Guess how long the Bengals wide receiver lasted on a real-life bucking bronco? Clue: Not long.
Owners prepare legal challenge after court decision to lift lockout.
NFL will appeal against court injunction as the never-ending saga looks set to continue.
The dispute between owners and players looks set to drag on after yesterday’s crunch court date decided little – for now.
He’s locked-out of his job and now low-riding Dez Bryant can’t even window shop in peace.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady tries to flog his plush Manhattan pad for a whopping $18.5m.
“Where’s the sense of urgency?” asks Dashiell Bennett.
TODAY IS THE first day of the government’s new Stay and Spend Scheme, aimed at encouraging people to spend in hospitality sectors in the coming months.
These sectors have been hit severely by Covid-19, and the scheme will see taxpayers able to avail of up to €125 back in tax credits from spending at pubs, restaurants, hotels, B&Bs and related businesses until the scheme ends on 30 April 2021.
However, to avail of the scheme you must have an income tax or USC liability against which the tax credit can be set. This means that the likes of some pensioners and the unemployed are not eligible.
And the scheme will only apply to businesses that have registered for the scheme (a full list is here).
So, today we’re asking you: Will you make use of the Stay and Spend Scheme?
Poll Results:
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Professor Kathleen Lynch argues that a class divide is feeding injustice into our education system.
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