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Tuesday 15 June 2021
It’s Ballinasloe Horse Fair week – and apparently anything goes.
In what will forever be known as the Ballinasloe Tesco Horse debacle of 2015.
It could have been worse, he could have made it into the paint store next door.
The house is for sale in Co. Clare. We’re not sure about the horse.
What did the world think of our horse burger dilemma? We flipped and were furious, apparently.
THE MINISTER FOR Justice will today outline plans for a sweeping overhaul of how gardaí operate, including a new power for gardaí to request passwords or encryption keys for electronic devices.
The new legislation aims to make changes based on the recommendations of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland.
Under the new law people would be required to provide passwords for access to electronic devices when gardaí are carrying out a search under warrant.
While some people have welcomed the move, others have said it encroaches on people’s civil liberties.
What do you think: Should it be an offence to refuse to give gardaí a password to an electronic device?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Dr Garrett McGovern says there’s no excuse not to have injecting centres by now.
This week, our reader is working late shifts and managing health and wellbeing.
Times of clouds and sun
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Min: 13 °C
Mostly cloudy and cooler with a shower
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Min: 9 °C
Variably cloudy, a shower and t-storm
Max: 17 °C
Min: 7 °C
