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Monday 15 August 2022
Around 30,000 people took part in traditional Labour Day workers’ rights protests yesterday in Berlin.
Police in Paris fired tear gas at protestors after scuffles broke out.
In a video address, he called for carers to be recognised as essential in the post-pandemic world.
The People Before Profit TD looks at the history of May Day and assesses the challenges of the modern workplace.
Aerial acrobatics, Father Ted, and young tech geniuses…
The world will be watching as a series of May Day rallies take place in the country today.
The former Foreign Secretary said the British government is “on the verge of total surrender” to Brussels.
May visited business owners and farmers along the border to discuss their concerns about the UK leaving the EU today.
Jeremy Hunt will leave the health brief to be Johnson’s successor.
In a speech today, she will say the UK is taking back control over its borders, laws and money.
The local election results offered very good news for the Conservative party.
The march has been held to call on the government to address the ongoing homeless crisis.
The Labour leader has over 40% support in Ireland, according to a new poll.
We lag behind many of our neighbours when it comes to public holidays.
Ireland has fewer bank holidays than a lot of our EU counterparts.
Three polls released over the weekend show May’s Conservatives around 20 points ahead.
Theresa May, the former UK home secretary, has taken over from David Cameron as Prime Minister.
Sure, Met Éireann says not till June. But what does your heart tell you?
… but you’re more likely to get caught in the rain than be able to enjoy the feel of the ocean.
Politicians, NGOs, academics and others will be invited to attend a two day ‘May Day Conference’.
Meanwhile in Moscow, over 100,000 turned out to voice their support for Vladimir Putin.
Yes, we need to reject austerity and its offshoots – privatisation, poverty and emigration – but also populist and short-term solutions to long-term challenges.
Demonstrations and marches have been held at a number of cities today to call for greater labour rights.
WITH THE HOT WEATHER here for another couple of days, at least, there have been calls for water safety training to be made compulsory in our schools.
Fine Gael Senator Martin Conway says it is time to introduce a compulsory water safety module into our education curriculum as young people need to have knowledge on swimming safely.
He says students should be taught about the risks associated with open water, the dangers of currents, rip currents, undertows, high tides and rip tides.
As Ireland is an island nation and many people live near the sea, there needs to be a greater understanding of the tide cycle and respect among young people for the water in general, he said.
So, what do you think?
Should a comprehensive water safety training programme be a compulsory part of the curriculum in schools?
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Brendan McNamara says we cannot turn a blind eye while minorities are persecuted for their faith.
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