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Wednesday 20 January 2021
Cheeseburgers are off the McDonald’s US Happy Meal menu – but Ireland hasn’t followed suit.
The new McVatican comes with a side order of outrage.
Still, McDonald’s noted that it was the fourth straight quarter in which comparable-store sales rose in the US, despite “softening industry growth”.
Emmet McAuley was subsequently apprehended by the shop owner who pursued him on foot.
Another was told to put mustard on a burn that required morphine.
And will it?
The restaurant has today released its figures for the 2014 period.
“Do you want extra controversy with that?”
Customers have been restricted to small portions of fries.
McDonald’s says they’ll bring 60 jobs and €2 million with them.
Has the US love affair with fast food come to an end? Not quite – but consumers are starting to turn away from burger chains.
Members of the Irish Farmer’s Association gathered outside the McDonald’s in Kilkenny to protest cuts to their income.
The employee responsible for the incident was later fired.
Both immediately stopped using meat from the supplier once the revelations emerged.
Would you like one million dollars with that?
McDonald’s says that while its sales have held up, its overall operating income is beginning to take a hit.
Dublin City Council refuses permission for a new outlet in Temple Bar Square, saying the outlet would hit the area’s “dignity”.
INFORMATION ON IRELAND’S Covid-19 vaccine rollout often comes from Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, but there have been calls to instead put in place a Vaccine Minister.
Fine Gael MEP and former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald said there should be a separate minister in charge of the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine.
She spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning and has spoken in recent days about the idea.
Labour leader Alan Kelly has previously called for a minister to be put solely in charge of the vaccine rollout, speaking about it in the Dáil and on the radio.
Responding to Kelly on this last month, the Taoiseach said a “good team” was in place with the High-Level Task Force on Covid-19 Vaccination.
The UK appointed a Vaccine Deployment Minister last year – MP Nadhim Zahawi.
So today we’re asking: Should Ireland have a Vaccine Minister?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Larry Donnelly reflects on the final days of President Donald Trump’s term.
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