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Thursday 26 November 2020
She later clarified that she only wanted to block education for illegal immigrants.
While almost all who voted backed the Government, turnout was short of the 50% threshold.
Ireland has pledged to take in 4,000 people by the end of next year and so far about 500 have been accepted.
The vast majority have crossed the Mediterranean and landed in Greece.
The Scandinavian country received 80,000 asylum applications in the past two months.
The EU’s financial watchdog said the ‘error rate’ for spending was over 4% of the union’s budget.
The total is higher than recent days.
Ban Ki-Moon appealed to leaders across the 28-nation bloc, urging them to “show leadership and compassion”.
Meanwhile, at least 13 migrants including six children died off the coast of Turkey earlier today.
“That doesn’t exist anywhere in the world.”
The country is producing around 4,000 migrants every single month.
A special cabinet meeting will take place this week to discuss Ireland’s response to the migration crisis.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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