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# working group

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2023
Working group established to counter spread of 'false and harmful' disinformation
The group is aiming to publish a new National Counter Disinformation Strategy by the end of the year.
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Feb 21st 2023, 6:00 AM
Politicians hear calls for 'mandatory' theory test for prospective dog owners
A working group on dog control was established by the Government earlier this month.
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Feb 1st 2023, 8:42 PM
Working group established around dog control and ownership after recent 'harrowing scenes'
The Agriculture Minister said ‘the harrowing scenes we have witnessed recently show the threat dogs can pose’.
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Jan 10th 2023, 11:14 AM
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Ireland unification referendums should only be held with 'clear plan for what follows', report finds
The working group said the “years of acrimony” following Brexit show the dangers of calling a vote without adequate planning.
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Nov 26th 2020, 4:00 PM
Legal counsel for victims in rape cases risks 'upsetting the balance' of trials, says long-awaited report
The review was instituted by the previous minister for justice Charlie Flanagan following the high-profile Belfast rape trial in 2018.
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Aug 6th 2020, 8:37 AM
World Rugby aims to stamp out side entry and players off feet at breakdown
The governing body wants referees to clamp down on side entry and players diving off their feet.
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Apr 2nd 2020, 9:00 AM
HSE addiction expert: Festivals that don't provide drug information and support should be refused a licence
Some promoters are keen to explore new measures but others fear it would do reputational damage.
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Aug 17th 2019, 10:00 PM
Drug-testing at Irish festivals: Government criticised for delays forming 'working group'
The working group was first floated in 2017 and was originally expected to be up and running earlier this year.
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Aug 8th 2019, 6:00 AM
Working group to investigate how to roll out free contraception for Irish women
People with outside expertise will sit on the new group, with a chairperson to be appointed shortly.
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Feb 17th 2019, 8:00 AM
Drug-testing roll out at music festivals and nightclubs to be examined by expert group
Drug-testing is available in a number of other European countries.
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Sep 25th 2018, 6:29 PM
Government criticised over failure to properly reform Direct Provision
173 recommendations for improving the Direct Provision system were put forward last year.
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Jun 17th 2016, 11:43 AM
Asylum seekers living in Ireland more than five years should be given "special amnesty"
Former judge Bryan McMahon says such a move would be “in the spirit of the ideals of 1916″, but would require “political will”.
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Apr 27th 2016, 2:05 PM
People have lost years of their lives in Direct Provision - here is how it could end
The Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has called for a streamlining of the system
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Jul 5th 2015, 4:35 PM
Surge in asylum applications? That's 'ridiculous' says Ó Riordáin
The Minister of State talked about the working group that’s tasked with suggesting how to reform the current system.
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Sep 21st 2014, 1:54 PM
The government is going to review the way Ireland treats asylum seekers
It is hoped the review by a working group will take place early next year.
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Aug 12th 2014, 8:46 AM
Here's why postmasters want cashless welfare payments suspended
The cashless welfare payments are due to be introduced by 2017.
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Mar 23rd 2014, 1:47 PM
Questions raised over new human rights and equality body
Alan Shatter has published details of the plan to merge the Equality Authority and the Human Rights Commision – but not everyone is happy.
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Jun 5th 2012, 10:34 AM