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Friday 27 November 2020
Danny Healy Rae wants permits to be handed out to allow rural drink driving.
Plus, Glenn Whelan impresses and Ireland deliver their most entertaining display since the Euros.
The future of Bale is often the topic of debate in Spain.
Eddie O’Sullivan believes the fawning reaction to Aki’s debut was an overcompensation, but was impressed nonetheless.
The ex-Blues striker says Conte has done a “magnificent” job at Stamford Bridge.
Rumours the Portugal forward would demand wage parity with the likes of Lionel Messi and Neymar were dismissed following the Spurs defeat.
North Korea called Trump’s rhetoric a “load of nonsense” that was aggravating a grave situation.
And now he’s found out.
Is she playing piano in the NIP?
Met Eireann is predicting dry weather in most of the country today.
Oddly moving, all the same.
Environment Minister Alan Kelly said that the system is “probably the most progressive” of its kind in Europe.
How well do YOU know Bono’s pronouncements?
Workers at Aer Lingus have said that strike action is “very likely” amid a row over “onerous” working hours placed on cabin crews.
The #irishfactsaboutwikipedia hashtag has been trending worldwide this afternoon. Here’s our country’s revised history.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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