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Wednesday 28 July 2021
# Safety
# Question Time
The overall bill for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment now stands at over €8.3 billion.
Security officers on the Luas are temporarily increasing after a report found many women feel unsafe on public transport.
This will also extend to those who live with people with underlying conditions.
It is understood another child is being treated for injuries in hospital.
It’s alleged to have happened at a hotel being used for mandatory hotel quarantine.
Siobhan Haughey has created history in the pool today.
Disruption is expected to continue throughout the morning.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Jordison was voted the greatest drummer of the previous 25 years by readers of drumming magazine Rhythm in 2010.
It was a positive day for Ireland at the Sea Forest Waterway and Kokugikan Arena.
We spent a morning down in Dunmore East to hear what fishermen had to say to the Minister for the Marine.
Plans for the display of some modern artworks to liven up parts of Leinster House are also under consideration.
Ambulance crews had earlier taken two children to hospital.
Team Ireland have won their first medal in Tokyo after an outstanding race from the women’s four.
Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien visited the site this week.
Galway had seven survivors from the side that lost in Tullamore last month.
The gripping accounts served as opening testimony in a House investigation of the attack.
Footage on social media shows flood waters sweep through Swords this afternoon while crews were also deployed yo Malahide and Portmarnock.
Weddings to double to 100, vaccines for children and Olympics latest.
The headmaster “believed he was acting in the interests of the institution in protecting it from scandal”.
The waste water treatment plant will be completed in 2025.
At least 16 people were injured and five remain missing.
The transfer of Raphael Varane is reportedly worth €40million rising to €49million with add-ons.
Minister Darragh O’Brien had previously said he would launch the new plan in July but this was pushed back last week.
The complainant also says they were forced to watch a pet dog being tied to a railway track and run over by a train.
Baptism ceremonies will also be allowed, but not the gatherings afterwards.
142 patients are in hospital with Covid-19, including 27 in intensive care units.
THC is the active ingredient which gets users high.
A Tokyo 2020 statement called Baalla’s actions ‘intolerable.’
The department is planning for a “full reopening” of schools in August/September.
Zappone will be assisting Minister Simon Coveney with United Nations business.
‘Orion’ was sighted around 60km northwest of Malin Head in Co Donegal.
“A strong and offensive odour of cat waste made it difficult for inspectors to stand in the bedroom area,” an inspection report noted.
They have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
The team representing the Russian Olympic Committee won the gold medal in Biles’ absence.
THIS MONTH, WE’RE taking a deep dive into public transport as part of The Good Information Project, including how safe it is to use.
Transport Infrastructure Ireland is temporarily increasing the number of security officers on Luas trams and at platforms following a report on women’s safety.
The report found that men and women experience violence on public transport at a similar rate, but that women are more likely to experience sexual harassment or assault than men.
It identified that women are more concerned about their safety on public transport, which can cause anxiety and occasional avoidance of using public transport at certain times or avoiding going out altogether.
Campaigners told The Journal that societal changes, more inclusive planning, and better infrastructure – like more lighting at bus stops - are important actions to make public transport safer.
So today, we’re asking you: Do you feel safe on public transport?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
A shower and t-storm; breezy in the p.m.
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