EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you five things you should know before you head out the door for the day.
1. #TARGET EXPRESS: Workers at a Target Express plant in Cork have begun a sit-in after the freight company announced it was ceasing trading yesterday with the loss of 400 jobs over money it owed to the Revenue Commissioners. Workers at the company’s Little Island office have begun a sit-in as the company owner Seamus O’Brien said his hand was forced by the actions of the Revenue which has defended its conduct in the case.
2. #VACCINATIONS: Over 200 children and teenagers will need repeat vaccinations after the Health Service Executive said that jabs given by one GP may not have been effective due to an error in their administration. Parents in the Dublin area will now have to have their children vaccinated for a second time against diseases like diphtheria, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, whooping cough and several others.
3. #BED CLOSURES: In another HSE-related story there has been outrage expressed at the closure of as many as 50 beds and the curtailment of the use of agency staff at three hospitals in the northeast. The closure of 24 beds at Louth County Hospital in Dundalk and nine beds at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan have been announced alongside a temporary closure of 16 beds at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.
4. #SCHOOLBOOKS.IE: Children have returned to school without books this week as the problems encountered by the online book website, Schoolbooks.ie, have continued to affect the delivery of orders placed as far back as July. Though the company claims to have cleared its backlog, angry parents have been telling us in comments today that they are still awaiting delivery of their orders. The company has pledged to have its backlog cleared by the time most children return to school on Thursday.
5. #SUPERNOVA: A man who has discovered two supernovas or supernovae in the last two years has told us about how he nearly fell of his chair when he made the discovery of a star that exploded 123 million years ago in a galaxy in the constellation Lynx. Dave Grennan said his discovery of the celestial explosion was the result of years of work and the support of his wife.
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