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Sunday 17 October 2021
# Tough Start
# Coronavirus
More than 1,800 buildings, mostly homes, have already been destroyed on the Canary Island.
Nphet will meet on Monday to consider its recommendations to Government ahead of the planned lifting of restrictions on Friday.
A mistake from the Ireland goalkeeper helped Rotherham regain the lead in yesterday’s game.
The Department of Health confirmed the latest figures this afternoon.
It comes after Conservative MP David Amess was stabbed to death at a meeting with constituents on Friday.
The UK Government is proposing a statute of limitations that would protect veterans from future prosecutions.
A report has recommended that the licence fee should be replaced by exchequer funding.
The quake hit just before dawn, causing people to run outdoors in a panic.
The Munster No10 won the game with a late conversion just minutes after seeing his clearance kick charged down for a Connacht try.
Public health officials yesterday confirmed a further 2,180 cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
This weekend 30 years ago, Ireland’s rugby players considered strike action before their World Cup quarter-final. Instead they nearly caused a sensational upset.
We haven’t even finished Brexit yet, and now there’s talk of Poland drifting towards a similar EU exit.
Earlier this week, he was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his best friend.
The Cork Jazz Festival runs from 22-25 October.
Positive moves off the pitch have helped put the club on the right path again, but the Tolka Park issue still looms large.
It was announced in the Budget this week that the Fuel Allowance would increase by €5 per week.
It’s according to new polling conducted by Red C on behalf of The Journal.
We all know that 42 is the most important, but anyway…
Munster defeated Connacht with a late Joey Carbery conversion in the first Irish derby of the season in Thomond Park.
Crowds carrying lanterns and candles gathered in darkness to pay tribute to the murdered MP.
Protesters and politicians called on the council chief to resign this week.
Leo Cullen’s side delivered a performance full of power and skill as they welcomed back some big-hitters.
Public health officials confirmed 2,180 new cases earlier today.
Our columnist says Biden is doing OK but has taken a major hit on the back of Afghanistan.
Lucy is named after the 3.2 million-year-old skeletal remains of a human ancestor found in Ethiopia nearly half a century ago.
A late collapse by the visitors saw Brendan Rodgers’ men earn a thrilling 4-2 victory.
About 43 million Russians – 29% of the country’s nearly 146 million people – are fully vaccinated.
The search was carried out in the west Clare region this morning.
Claudio Ranieri’s first game as Watford manager ended in a 5-0 defeat.
The Department of Health confirmed the latest figures this afternoon.
A judge has banned a police union president from making public statements on the city’s Covid-19 policy.
The pop-up centres were established across 15 higher education sites two weeks ago as part of Vaccination Week.
The US drone strike took place as American forces were completing their withdrawal.
TV LICENCES SHOULD be abolished and replaced by some form of exchequer funding for RTÉ, a new report has recommended.
The Irish Times yesterday reported that the report by the Future of Media Commission, an independent body set up by the government, proposes the licence fee should be replaced by funding directly sourced by the from the exchequer.
Figures released to The Journal earlier this month under the Freedom of Information Act show that RTÉ spent more than €1 million advertising the TV licence fee on its own television, radio and online channels in the past three years.
Television owners in Ireland must pay a €160 fee every year, which goes towards funding RTÉ’s programming on television and radio, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s Sound and Vision scheme, TG4, and An Post (which gets a commission for collecting the fee).
So, today we want to know… Do you pay your TV licence?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Our columnist says Biden is doing OK but has taken a major hit on the back of Afghanistan.
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