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Friday 23 October 2020
The protest stem from French President Macron’s proposals to reform the pension and retirement structure.
Highways were occupied by thousands of people joining five marches from inland towns.
Ireland’s strikes are part of a global movement calling for urgent action to address climate change.
A 10-day strike has been promised in protest at the closing of some airport bases.
Ireland have produced sublime set-piece scores at important times during Schmidt’s tenure.
INMO and PNA members will take part in further industrial action this week.
After five days of strikes, talks between the union and the airline remain at an impasse.
The airline said strike action on Friday is “unnecessary”.
This morning, Ryanair warned of possible redundancies this winter, partly due to the ongoing strike action.
The airline’s profits dipped by 20% in the first quarter of the year.
The strikes also killed 11 rebel fighters and wounded 16 civilians.
They’re to do with a lack of buses and too many impractical services, say drivers. And they’re not one bit impressed with the situation.
France’s biggest trade union is planning street protests next month.
Russia, however says it wants an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
We test a claim that spread widely after last Friday’s actions by some Bus Éireann workers.
During the last round of talks both sides accused each other of not being ‘flexible’ enough.
Strike action now looks inevitable.
From celebrity deaths, to centenary commemorations – 2016 was certainly a year to remember (or forget).
A total of 14,220 days were lost due to industrial disputes from July to September.
Demand for student teacher positions is still high despite ongoing industrial action over newly-qualified pay.
Paschal Donohoe said today that his department has put in place a “substantial arrangement and package” for gardaí.
What do you think?
Should a rising tide lift all boats?
What’s the security situation? Are transport strikes still ongoing? Has the flooding receded?
2016 has not been a good year for industrial relations.
Maher Al-Bilawi was the IS commander in Fallujah.
Luas security workers currently earn €10.75 an hour.
Just two flights in and out of Ireland with the airline are affected.
The ongoing Luas dispute continues to cause headaches for commuters, with more strikes planned.
The French-based company currently operates the Luas service.
The action had been set to go ahead on Monday.
“You’d be mad not to be working,” one taxi driver told TheJournal.ie.
Transdev this week walked out of talks in which drivers asked for a 26.5% pay increase.
Pay will be docked as much as 10% strikes continue.
TheJournal.ie’s FactCheck is back. And we’re stepping into the country’s biggest argument at the moment.
Siptu says the drivers have “no option”.
The strike began early yesterday morning.
The strike began this morning and will continue until Saturday.
The INMO believes there is “a tolerance of emergency department overcrowding”.
The eastern European country, which borders Syria, has finally entered the fray.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
Did you stay up to watch the debate, or catch highlights this morning?
If you did, we want to know: Who won last night’s US election debate?
Poll Results:
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