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# ciaran-cannon - Thursday 22 August, 2019
New 'Returning to Ireland' resource to help Irish expats on their journey home
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was a key component of its commitment under Ireland’s Diaspora Policy
# ciaran-cannon - Friday 22 March, 2019
Ireland to give over €1 million to Cyclone Idai relief effort as fears death toll could exceed 1,000
Ireland will contribute at least €1,050,000 to help those most gravely affected by the cyclone.
# ciaran-cannon - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
New regulations to make it easier for returning emigrants to get an Irish driving licence
People with non-exchangable full licences will now be able to take the driving test after six rather than 12 EDT lessons.
# ciaran-cannon - Wednesday 23 August, 2017
FactCheck: Are there really only 10,000 undocumented Irish in the USA?
The oft-quoted figure of 50,000 undocumented Irish immigrants in the US has been disputed recently. Is it really much, much lower than that?
# ciaran-cannon - Sunday 26 April, 2015
Politicians who own pubs tell us what has gone wrong for rural Ireland
Owning a pub and being in Leinster House – seeing the demise of rural Ireland from the outside and the inside.
# ciaran-cannon - Sunday 28 September, 2014
The death of a Galway man in Germany: His family's search for answers
Matthew Fitzpatrick died in “exceptionally suspicious circumstances.” So what has the government done to help re-open the case?
# ciaran-cannon - Tuesday 8 July, 2014
Gone home early? Ruairí Quinn absent for his final questions as Education Minister
The Minister announced last week that he will be ending up his career in politics after almost four decades.
# ciaran-cannon - Sunday 13 April, 2014
Ministers call on Bus Éireann whistleblower to contact gardaí over bribery claims
It follows a long-running controversy over how a school bus transport scheme for children with disabilities is run.
# ciaran-cannon - Monday 17 February, 2014
Here are the winners and losers from the Paddy's Day ministerial exodus
Over two-dozen ministers will be leaving our shores next month, but who did well out of the annual divvy-up?
# ciaran-cannon - Wednesday 12 February, 2014
TD: Watching neknominations clip was "one of the most disturbing experiences of my life"
Derek Keating asked for an ‘emergency intervention’ to crack down on the social media craze. He was told that would be “simply impossible”.
# ciaran-cannon - Sunday 14 July, 2013
Column: Why should we tell our kids to put their smartphones away before class?
Junior Education Minister Ciarán Cannon argues that Ireland’s education system needs to incorporate more computer science to empower children for the jobs of the future.
# ciaran-cannon - Saturday 13 July, 2013
Some TDs drank during abortion debate... and 'one or two were a bit wobbly'
TDs have denied there was a “mad drunken session” as the Dáil debated the abortion bill on Wednesday and Thursday but questions have arisen out of the lapgate incident and the Dáil bar being open until 5am.
# ciaran-cannon - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Two years' service means ministers now guaranteed to receive pensions
The government was appointed two years ago today – meaning senior ministers now have enough service for a pension.
# ciaran-cannon - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Minister: Some politicians fear 'transfer of power' created by social media
Ciarán Cannon believes that social media does not need to be subjected to any more regulation than is already in place and has hit out at some who do not understand or fear sites like Facebook and Twitter.
# ciaran-cannon - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Politicians pay back €16,000 after expenses' audit
€16,079 worth of expenses were deemed to be ‘ineligible’.
# ciaran-cannon - Thursday 29 November, 2012
Where were the 38 TDs who didn’t vote on the abortion bill?
A TV interview, planting a tree, “official business” and committee work in Mozambique are among the reasons for some TDs not voting on last night’s abortion bill.
# ciaran-cannon - Thursday 22 November, 2012
Minister's Indian mission comes two days after immigration fees doubled
The timing of a government mission to India has been criticised as it comes 48 hours after immigration fees were doubled and a month after the death of Savita Halappanavar.
# ciaran-cannon - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
Amid Savita death concerns, Minister bids to attract Indian students to Ireland
Department of Education and Skills says the week-long mission to India headed up by Junior Minister Ciarán Cannon was planned months in advance of the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar in Galway.
# ciaran-cannon - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
Junior ministers among those who claim most for mileage
Small Business Minister John Perry has claimed the most of any government minister in mileage allowances over the past year, new figures have revealed.
# ciaran-cannon - Monday 2 April, 2012
€53,000 bill to send ministers away for St Patrick's Day
A series of parliamentary questions reveal costs of €53,142 to send 12 ministers around the world to mark the national holiday.
# ciaran-cannon - Tuesday 6 March, 2012
Taoiseach and 16 ministers off around the world for Patrick's Day celebrations
Dinny McGinley is off to Glasgow and Michael Noonan will be in France. Here’s where else our government ministers will be jetting off to on 17 March…
# ciaran-cannon - Friday 2 March, 2012
Government spent €132k on 'entertainment' last year
Two-thirds of the spending came from the Department of Foreign Affairs, incurred for the visits of the Queen and Obama.
# ciaran-cannon - Thursday 1 March, 2012
Government submits EU funding application for TalkTalk workers
Junior minister Ciarán Cannon says the funding will facilitate a range of new training courses for the hundreds made redundant from the call centre in October.
# ciaran-cannon - Tuesday 28 February, 2012
EU asks for return of €6m in unspent Dell retraining funds
The European Commission gave Ireland almost €15 million to retrain workers laid off at Dell – but it hasn’t all been spent.
# ciaran-cannon - Friday 17 February, 2012
Application for EU retraining fund for TalkTalk workers almost finalised
It will be submitted by the end of this month.
# ciaran-cannon - Wednesday 8 June, 2011
Quinn insists: I don't want to bring back third-level fees
The Minister for Education wants to minimise the burdens to third level – but warns that Ireland has “lost its cheque book”.
# ciaran-cannon - Thursday 3 March, 2011
Brian Cowen gives party pal a Seanad seat
Ousted TD gets seat – but just for a few weeks until Seanad election.
# ciaran-cannon - Sunday 27 February, 2011
The PDs return: former party fares better in 2011 than 2007
The party that disbanded after its election slaughter in 2007 sees its former candidates gain ground this time around.
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Poll: Should social media companies do more to tackle the spread of Covid-19 misinformation?
MESSAGING APP WhatsApp today introduced new measures to curb the spread of misinformation on its platform.
The move will see messages, including video content and images, restricted from being forwarded to more than one person in one go.
The app previously allowed messages to be forwarded to up to five people in one go but with the large volumes of misinformation around Covid-19 being circulated, the company, which is owned by Facebook has moved to restrict forwarding.
Other social media companies have also tried to combat misinformation on their platforms by including links to the World Health Organisation and the HSE.
So today, we’re asking: Should social media companies do more to tackle the spread of Covid-19 misinformation?
Poll Results:
Yes (4371)
No (807)
I'm not sure (170)
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'Nefarious actors are at the root of Covid-19 fake news - and they are part of dangerous geo-political games'
By Billy Kelleher - @BillyKelleherTD
GOAL: We hope to learn lessons from the west when tackling any African Covid-19 outbreak
By Dr Enida Friel
Dr Enida Friel of GOAL says Covid-19 will not be beaten until it’s beaten by all countries.
Brid Smith: 'We need to take on the market forces that are profiteering from this pandemic'
By Brid Smith - @bridsmith
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