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Saturday 21 May 2022
The party is not engaging in North South Ministerial Council structures as part of its protest against Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.
While politicians argue over commemorations, Emma DeSouza says new youth-led cross-border research shows young people have moved on.
Sinn Fein Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey accused her partners in government of ‘arrogant disrespect’ over their non-attendance.
Northern Ireland’s health minister Robin Swann said he has been unable to arrange a meeting with his Irish counterpart for two weeks.
Seoul and Pyongyang have remained technically at war since the 1950s.
It won’t be planned for another decade.
The Fianna Fáil leader says that the Dublin government is “not interested” in the Haas talks.
David McCann travelled to Korea, a partitioned country with a chequered economic history. The view from there is very different, he writes.
A BAN ON “all forms of advertising” by betting companies before the 9pm watershed has been recommended by the Oireachtas Justice Committee.
A report published by the committee said around 3,400 15 and 16-year-olds are “engaged in problem gambling in Ireland”.
“Stakeholders emphasised, in particular, the need for a pre-watershed ban on all forms of gambling advertising.
“They pointed out that a cultural shift had resulted in advertising on cigarettes being banned and advertising on alcohol being curtailed and recommended that the same approach be applied to gambling advertising,” the document states.
In terms of online adverts, the report notes that gambling ads are typically aimed at people over the age of 25. However, stakeholders noted “it can be challenging to prevent all websites from showing adverts to those underage”.
The report was compiled as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Gambling Regulation Bill, which is expected to pass next year.
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