EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you five things you need to know before you head out the door.
1. #ABORTION: A man has withdrawn his application to have the High Court stop his pregnant girlfriend from travelling abroad for an abortion over fears that she was under duress from members of her family. The High Court heard this morning that the man had read an affidavit from the woman’s family and was satisfied. Judge Mary Laffoy struck out the application and described it as a very emotive matter.
2. #JOBS: The government’s sixth Action Plan for Jobs progress report showed that 160 out of 180 measures they promised they would deliver in April, May and June this year have been implemented. The Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said they are starting to see real progress with the plan to help rebuild the economy after 250,000 jobs were lost but acknowledged that “many people have yet to feel the effects… and are really struggling”.
3. #CJD: The HSE had said that up to 20 patients could be at risk of CJD contamination following surgical procedures at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a very rare and fatal form of dementia that is not curable.
4. #BERRIES: The Food Safety Authority of Ireland have linked 10 cases of hepatitis A in the country to frozen, imported berries. They do note that there is no link between the virus and fresh Irish berries or fresh imported berries.
5. #AUSTRALIA CLOSED: Australian Prime Minister has announced that no more boatpeople will be resettled in Australia as refugees, with all unauthorised arrivals to be sent to poverty-stricken Papua New Guinea. “Australians have had enough of seeing people drowning in the waters to our north,” said Kevin Rudd.
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