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Wednesday 4 August 2021
Martin O’Malley has again hinted that he may run for the Democratic nomination.
The 22-year-old managed to roll between the tracks.
Forest playmaker ruled out for a further three weeks with hamstring tear.
A short film dealing with the strained adult relationship between childhood best friends wins an Academy Award.
Cavan-born Brendan Riordan bought his Win For Life ticket with $20 his mother had given him for his birthday.
After 34 arrests at last year’s parade, the St Patrick’s Day parade in Hoboken, New Jersey has been cancelled. The mayor had criticised the “unacceptable” levels of property damage and crime on the day.
At the end of a busy week, Robbie Keane was at the heart of the move which saw the Galaxy beat the Houston Dynamo 1-0 last night.
LAST WEEK, THE Oireachtas budgetary oversight committee recommended that the Government examine the introduction of congestion charges to help pay for the cost of climate change.
In 2003, London introduced a £5 levy for driving into a relatively small area of central London between 7am and 6.30pm on weekdays, with exemptions for taxis, emergency vehicles and people living inside the zone.
Aside from some supposedly temporary pandemic tightening, the scheme remains the same in its essentials today and is widely hailed as a success.
Pete Lunn, head of the Behavioural Research Unit at the Economic and Social Research Institute, said it is “incontrovertible” that these charges are an effective way to reduce congestion.
So today we’re asking: Should Ireland bring in congestion charges?
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