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Sunday 20 September 2020
Committee memberships, travel woes and accidentally calling the fire department. All in a week’s work.
The 30-year-old forward produced an astonishing miss as PSG fluffed their lines, drawing 2-2 with Strasbourg.
The PSG star went to hospital after appearing to injure himself in a challenge from Anthony Goncalves.
PSG take on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men on 12 February at Old Trafford.
Television cameras caught Monaco coach Thierry Henry shouting abuse at defender Kenny Lala on Saturday.
Authorities are expecting more anti-government demonstrations this weekend.
Two were killed and one person left brain-dead after the shooting at the Christmas market in Strasbourg.
Three people were killed and 13 wounded in a shooting on Tuesday.
The suspected gunman has been sentenced 27 times for a variety of crimes.
A lone gunman killed at least three people and wounded 13 others at the Christmas market in Strasbourg.
The killer opened fire at around 8pm on one of the city’s busiest streets.
The suspected gunman was wounded by soldiers after an exchange of gunfire.
A large fire broke out in the aftermath of the explosion and dozens of firefighters rushed to the scene.
An autopsy revealed that the woman had suffered multiple organ failure.
Varadkar addressed corporation tax and migration in his speech.
“The door was closed but not locked,” the police said.
Steven Woolfe had been seen as front-runner to succeed Nigel Farage before allegedly being assaulted in Strasbourg recently by fellow Ukip MEP Mike Hookem.
One Irish MEP was unable to attend plenary sessions in 2015 due to illness.
August Hirt committed suicide in July 1945.
Fine Gael MEP Brian Hayes on the ‘disgraceful’ moving of the European Parliament to Strasbourg once a month, every month.
Pope Francis has made a speech in the European Parliament this morning
Francis’s visit is the first by a Pontiff since 1988 when Paisley was ejected for heckling.
Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy said he intends to hold the commissioner accountable at all times.
Three of the families are to take their case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Our current judge, Ann Power-Forde SC, will have to step down from the role in 2017.
It’s all happening in Strasbourg…
But France is likely to block any changes to the current system whereby MEPs decamp, at considerable cost, to Strasbourg every month.
The Taoiseach also acknowledged European tensions as the Irish presidency comes to an end.
It will be Enda Kenny’s last job as part of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of Europe.
New EU laws are to help encourage breastfeeding and were welcomed by one Irish MEP.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
President Higgins warned of the ‘urgent need for new models of connection between economy, society and policy’.
His 11am address, entitled “Towards a European Union of the Citizens”, will be followed by a joint press conference with the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz.
Fianna Fáil’s Pat the Cope Gallagher said parts of Ireland would not have any industry if it wasn’t for the procurement of State aid.
The a Council of Europe’s committee is told that the legislation to respond to the A, B and C case will be out next month.
The landmark ECtHR ruling found that a person cannot be forced to give up their child before an adoption by someone of the same sex.
Vaclav Drobny was capped two times for his country.
TD for Clare Michael McNamara was speaking about ACTA at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
MEPs have backed plans to examine scrapping the arrangement where both Brussels and Strasbourg can house all meetings.
European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso says last week’s deal is a compromise of ’27 minus’, not of ’17 plus’.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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