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British Christmas meats ‘under threat amid shortage of butchers’

Priti Patel, the British Home Secretary, is said to be opposed to recruiting personnel from outside the UK to fill the workers gap.

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Oct 1st 2021, 7:46 AM

Taoiseach says teachers' strike is avoidable, but they don't agree

Around 330,000 second level students will have a day off tomorrow, as teachers go on strike again.

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Jan 21st 2015, 1:56 PM