EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.
1. #SPEEDING A judge in Kildare has issued a bench warrant for the arrest with discretion of TD Clare Daly over a motoring offence.
2. #BUDGET 2017 Developers have already started to lob up to €45,000 onto the price of houses following the announcement of the government’s controversial tax rebate for first-time buyers.
3. #INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS ASTI members have voted for industrial action – up to strike days – over pay conditions for younger teachers. It could lead to the closure of more than half of Ireland’s secondary schools.
Meanwhile, thousands of nurses will receive an extra €1,000 to €1,500 in next year’s pay due to the restoration of increments, Health Minister Simon Harris announced today.
4. #NOBEL SKYLINE Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.
5. #TEA SHORTAGE Brexit could lead to a supply shortage on this island of Lyons tea, Lynx sprays, Hellman’s mayonnaise and other brands popular in Ireland. Here’s how.
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