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Worker wins €27k over sexual harassment at care charity

Disability organisation Ability West has been ordered to pay a care worker €27,000 after being found liable for her sexual harassment through lewd texts and unwanted touching from her line manager. She told the Workplace Relations Commission in 2022 that she was one of two workers to complain about the …

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Relatives of hostages storm Israeli parliament panel

A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem, demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones. The action by about 20 people signalled growing domestic dissent in the fourth month of the Gaza …

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Sinn Féin MP Gildernew to stand in European elections

Sinn Féin Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP Michelle Gildernew is to seek a nomination to stand in the European elections. The former Stormont Agriculture minister plans to stand for the party in the Midlands North West constituency in Ireland. Ms Gildernew is expected to stand down as an MP. “The …

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Late woman’s partner entitled to widower’s pension

The Supreme Court has ruled that the long-time partner of a woman who died in 2021 is entitled to the widower’s pension despite the fact that the couple were not married and did not have a civil partnership. The court made its ruling in the case of John O’Meara, and …

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More Boeing 737 planes ordered to undergo inspections

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recommended airlines operating Boeing 737-900ER jets inspect door plugs to ensure they are properly secured after some operators reported unspecified issues with bolts upon inspections. The recommendation follows the FAA’s grounding of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes after the 5 January mid-air cabin …

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Toscan Du Plantier relative says Bailey evaded justice

Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s uncle has said that Ian Bailey – who died yesterday and was the chief suspect in her murder – evaded justice and refused to disclose the truth to a judge in France about his her death. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Jean Pierre Gazeau said that …

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Engineering and construction among hardest to fill jobs

New data shows that instrumentation engineers, ad reviewers, and mechanical and electrical project managers are the most difficult jobs to fill. The ‘Hardest to Fill Jobs’ analysis of Irish job posts by jobs site Indeed shows that online moderators, tax consultants and construction specialists are also proving difficult to recruit. …

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Vietnam sentences nine to death over drug trafficking

Vietnam sentenced nine people to death and two others to life in prison on Monday for their involvement in a cross-border drug trafficking ring, state media reported. The Southeast Asian country has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, and is notoriously secretive about its executions. At the end of …

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Irish couple killed after being struck by car in Kent

British police have appealed for witnesses after an Irish couple, understood to be originally from Cork, were killed when they were struck by a car while walking their dog in a village in Kent yesterday. The couple were walking along Thurnham Lane in Bearsted near Maidstone, when they were struck …

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India PM opens Hindu temple on site of destroyed mosque

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a temple Monday that embodies the triumph of his muscular Hindu nationalist politics, galvanising loyalists in an unofficial start to his re-election campaign this year. Mr Modi, in flowing golden-coloured traditional dress, unveiled the black stone idol to the deity Ram in the heart …

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