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#Snap Election
# snap-election - Sunday 29 September, 2019
Conservative Sebastian Kurz on track to retake power in Austrian snap election
Kurz’s former allies, the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe), were the biggest losers, falling 10 percentage points.
# snap-election - Friday 6 September, 2019
House of Lords approves bill to seek three-month Brexit extension
The legislation would ensure Britain does not crash out of the European Union if an agreement cannot be reached by 19 October.
# snap-election - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
Boris Johnson to seek 14 October general election if MPs vote to block no-deal Brexit today
Johnson met with ministers and ruled out another Brexit extension last night.
# snap-election - Sunday 28 April, 2019
Voting begins in Spanish snap election marked by far-right resurgence
Polls predict far-right party Vox could take more than 10% of the votes.
# snap-election - Friday 22 December, 2017
Explainer: What now for Catalonia after the separatists secured election victory?
Independence is still a distant prospect despite yesterday’s election victory for separatists as Madrid reject appeal for meeting.
# snap-election - Monday 23 October, 2017
Japan's Abe storms to 'super-majority', promises to 'deal firmly' with North Korea
The 66-year-old is on course to become the country’s longest serving premier.
# snap-election - Monday 25 September, 2017
Japan's prime minister calls snap election
Shinzo Abe hopes to capitalise on a weak and fractured opposition to sweep back into power.
# snap-election - Friday 21 April, 2017
Most Irish people are definitely NOT in favour of a snap election here
59% of voters think it would be better if the current government remain in power.
# snap-election - Thursday 20 April, 2017
Nicola Sturgeon calls large Tory win in UK election 'a horrifying prospect'
Meanwhile, Theresa May has said a potential alliance of opposition parties would be a “coalition of chaos”.
# snap-election - Wednesday 19 April, 2017
'Crush the saboteurs': Here's how the British press reacted to Theresa May calling an election
Three polls released over the weekend show May’s Conservatives around 20 points ahead.
# snap-election - Tuesday 18 April, 2017
Theresa May's to lose? Here's how the main parties measure up ahead of the UK election
The Conservatives will hope to win another majority over Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP.
# snap-election - Thursday 2 March, 2017
# snap-election - Monday 16 January, 2017
Gerry Adams says Stormont collapse is not a threat to the peace process
Adams said he does not think the Taoiseach has “good instincts” when it comes to dealing with these issues.
# snap-election - Monday 27 October, 2014
Ukraine is close to forming a new pro-West government
If coalition talks succeed, it will solidify the country’s shift away from Russia under Poroshenko.
# snap-election - Tuesday 23 November, 2010
Labour and Fine Gael clash over €6bn cuts
Both parties have called for a snap election – but can’t agree on how to impose cuts now that the IMF are on the scene.
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Poll: Are you going to download the new Covid-19 contact tracing app?
THE HSE HAS unveiled their new Covid-19 tracing app, with it becoming available to download from app stores last night.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly called the new app “a powerful tool” that’ll be used to help health authorities track down close contacts of people with Covid-19.
According to registrations within the tracing app, over 200,000 people have already downloaded the app, with over 120,000 people checking in so far.
TheJournal.ie took a look to examine how the app works and broke down all the features it includes.
Today’s Poll: Are you going to download the new Covid-19 tracing app?
Poll Results:
Yes (505)
No (173)
No opinion (63)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
View from a teacher: No, we have not been 'sitting at home on full pay' in lockdown
By Anonymous Teacher
Our family law courts are not fit for purpose and we owe it to children to address this now
By Karen Kiernan
Money Diaries: A retired lecturer in Galway documents life and spending in lockdown
By TheJournal.ie reader
This week, our reader has been cocooning throughout the Covid-19 shutdown.
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