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# angela-merkel - Monday 5 September, 2016
Merkel's refugee policy under pressure after poll defeat to anti-migrant party
Merkel’s decision to let in tens of thousands of migrants is expected to be a key point of contention during this election.
# angela-merkel - Sunday 4 September, 2016
Exit polls: Germany's anti-migrant populists unseat Merkel's party
The polls opened today, exactly a year after Angela Merkel decided to let tens of thousands of migrants into the country.
# angela-merkel - Monday 22 August, 2016
European leaders say the EU doesn't need Britain
Angela Merkel and co are looking to strengthen the bloc.
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 12 July, 2016
Angela Merkel can't promise there will be special treatment for Ireland after Brexit
But she insists there will be a special friendship between Ireland and Germany.
Enda is meeting Angela in Berlin today to talk about Brexit
The Taoiseach is expected to stress Ireland’s commitment to the EU.
# angela-merkel - Monday 14 March, 2016
Success of anti-migrant party means a turning point for German politics
The far-right AfD made strong gains in three state polls yesterday.
# angela-merkel - Sunday 13 March, 2016
Angela Merkel's party faces hammering at polls over refugee policy
The right-wing populist Alternative for Germany is prepared to scoop up the protest vote.
# angela-merkel - Sunday 6 March, 2016
These are the childhood homes of some of the most powerful leaders in history
Some came from very humble beginnings.
# angela-merkel - Wednesday 6 January, 2016
Angela Merkel's office sealed off due to suspicious package
The discovery was made near her Berlin office.
# angela-merkel - Wednesday 9 December, 2015
Time's Person of the Year is...
It was between Donald Trump, Caitlyn Jenner, Hassan Rouhani, Angela Merkel, and Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
# angela-merkel - Monday 7 December, 2015
Here is the shortlist for Time's Person of the Year
Trump and Merkel are up against the leader of Islamic State.
Germany has taken in almost one million refugees this year...
The number of arrivals currently stands at four times the total for all of 2014.
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 13 October, 2015
Outrage after 'noose for Angela Merkel' displayed at anti-refugee rally
The Islamophobic PEGIDA protesters created a miniature gallows.
# angela-merkel - Friday 9 October, 2015
UPDATE: Angela Merkel's day just got even worse
Despite being favourite, the Chancellor failed to scoop the Nobel Peace Prize. First the football, and now this.
# angela-merkel - Thursday 3 September, 2015
Hungarian Prime Minister says migrant crisis is 'a German problem, not a European one'
Meanwhile, a Ukip candidate reportedly tweeted that a young Syrian boy died because his family was “greedy for the good life in Europe”.
# angela-merkel - Monday 20 July, 2015
Greek banks reopen as citizens face massive price hikes
Greeks will be able to withdraw up to €420 at once per week.
# angela-merkel - Saturday 18 July, 2015
Greek banks to re-open on Monday with a €60 daily withdrawal limit
Nine ministers have been replaced after objecting to the embattled country’s latest bailout.
# angela-merkel - Thursday 16 July, 2015
Video: Angela Merkel makes Palestinian girl facing deportation cry
Footage of the encounter has gone viral in Germany.
# angela-merkel - Sunday 7 June, 2015
'We need to stand up to Russia' - Barack Obama is talking tough at the G7 summit
The US president says sanctions against Vladimir Putin won’t change until a ceasefire is complied with in Ukraine.
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 26 May, 2015
Taylor Swift is now one of the most powerful women in the world*
*According to Forbes, at least.
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 7 April, 2015
Greece has a figure for how much Germany owes in Nazi-era war debts
And the bill is big – really big.
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 31 March, 2015
Germany is laughing all the way to the jobs office
The country’s unemployment figures for March were the best since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 24 March, 2015
Der Spiegel cover shows Angela Merkel among the Nazis
The magazine suggests this is how people see Germany.
# angela-merkel - Monday 9 March, 2015
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 13 January, 2015
A Jewish newspaper has photoshopped Angela Merkel out of this Charlie Hebdo march
Now you see her, now you don’t.
# angela-merkel - Wednesday 7 January, 2015
Pro-Russian hackers claim attack on Angela Merkel's website
The move came as Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk was visiting Berlin
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 6 January, 2015
More than 18,000 people turned up to an anti-Islam rally in Germany
Marches by the group have been steadily growing in size in recent months. German Justice Minister Heiko Maas joined a counter-protest.
# angela-merkel - Sunday 30 November, 2014
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# angela-merkel - Wednesday 10 September, 2014
Russian troops are streaming out of Ukraine
Petro Poroshenko has said that there are now “good prospects for the peace initiative”.
# angela-merkel - Saturday 26 July, 2014
Angela Merkel's 'Dr No' makes Ireland's search for a bank debt deal much harder
Analysis: Dr Joachim Pfeiffer’s visit to Dublin this week was not a pleasant one for Enda Kenny.
# angela-merkel - Friday 25 July, 2014
Merkel ally: I told Enda Kenny that Ireland has no chance of a bank debt deal
Bad news from Germany…
# angela-merkel - Wednesday 9 July, 2014
Kiev promises 'restraint' as army nears rebel Donetsk
Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel have urged for a political solution to be reached.
# angela-merkel - Thursday 3 July, 2014
After opening a Penneys, Enda Kenny spoke to his 'good friend' Angela Merkel about bank debt
The Taoiseach also spoke at an economic conference on his whistle-stop tour of Berlin today.
# angela-merkel - Sunday 22 June, 2014
'I've a job to do here': Enda rules out top EU role... again
The Taoiseach said he expects Jean-Claude Juncker to become the next president of the European Commission, but David Cameron is trying to block this from happening.
# angela-merkel - Monday 16 June, 2014
Politicians show their World Cup support on social media
German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses with Lukas Podolski after Germany victory.
# angela-merkel - Saturday 7 June, 2014
Google, health insurance, and the World Cup: The week in numbers
Plus: What percentage of Labour TDs are running for deputy leader of the party?
# angela-merkel - Wednesday 4 June, 2014
Angela Merkel missed a phone-a-friend call on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (yes, really)
She’s no good in a quiz situation.
# angela-merkel - Monday 26 May, 2014
Angela Merkel: The rise of populist parties is remarkable and regrettable
But she is happy today with her own party wins.
# angela-merkel - Saturday 19 April, 2014
7 top tips for taking the perfect political selfie
Because it’s about more than just saying cheese.
# angela-merkel - Monday 31 March, 2014
Angela Merkel is now taking selfies
Have we reached the end?
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Poll: Should single parent families have two sets of parental leave?
THERE HAS BEEN a mixed reaction to the government’s decision to extend paid parental leave by three weeks due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The extension applies to both mothers and fathers but there has also been calls this morning for single parent families to benefit.
Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon has said that children in single parent families should also be considered and benefit from the same amount of leave.
Two-parent families can now avail of a combined 10 weeks leave and Gannon says that the children of single-parents should also benefit from the same amount of time with a parent.
Poll: Should single parent families have two sets of parental leave?
Poll Results:
No (2293)
Yes (1643)
Don't know (305)
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