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# talk-talk - Monday 8 October, 2018
DUP and UUP leaders to meet Michel Barnier in Brussels in effort to prevent Irish Sea border
Technical discussions will resume in Brussels over Brexit this week.
# talk-talk - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
Former TalkTalk workers get a €2.6m EU grant
The grant will help retrain 432 former call centre staff and get them back into employment.
# talk-talk - Monday 17 December, 2012
250 jobs to be created at Wexford call centre
The new jobs will be created over the next ten months at Eishtec, an Irish company set up in 2011.
# talk-talk - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
MEPs approve €5.4m funding to retrain TalkTalk workers
The European Parliament has approved an application from Ireland for funds to retrain the call centre staff sacked last year.
# talk-talk - Friday 13 January, 2012
Eishtec to create 250 new jobs at Waterford call centre
Some welcome jobs news for Waterford.
# talk-talk - Monday 17 October, 2011
Ex-TalkTalk workers to begin upskilling programme
Skillnets has announced a €250,000 investment for the provision of training to former TalkTalk employees in Waterford.
# talk-talk - Monday 10 October, 2011
Government to apply for EU grant for TalkTalk staff
The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund would help former Waterford Talk Talk staff to retrain and find new work.
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things you need to know this morning…
# talk-talk - Friday 7 October, 2011
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things you should know this morning…
Talk Talk call centre closes in Waterford
Operations are being moved to different facilities, with the loss of 575 jobs in Waterford.
# talk-talk - Wednesday 14 September, 2011
Call centres rally round with 150 vacancies for laid-off Talk Talk workers
People in the industry “wanted to help in whatever way they could”, a spokesperson told TheJournal.ie.
# talk-talk - Monday 12 September, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Blow to Norris’s re-entry hopes, Hurricane Katia hits Ireland (literally), and proof that Spongebob literally makes you stupid…
Laid-off Talk Talk staff 'had trained the people who took their jobs'
Employees in Waterford have told how they travelled abroad to train staff at other centres, who will now be doing their jobs.
# talk-talk - Friday 9 September, 2011
Government clarifies stance on proposed ‘technological university’ for Waterford
The government says it hasn’t yet decided whether to give a university to the south-east – but that it’s speeding up a review.
# talk-talk - Thursday 8 September, 2011
'It's not about your performance...' The moment Talk Talk staff were told of closure
Listen: Audio recorded at yesterday’s meeting at the Talk Talk facility in Waterford when management broke the news.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things you should know this morning…
Talk Talk closure a 'dark day for Waterford'
The IDA’s chief executive says he is “appalled” that Talk Talk is planning on closing the plant in just four weeks.
# talk-talk - Wednesday 7 September, 2011
Take 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
575 jobs lost as Talk Talk to close Waterford call centre
The telecoms company announces it will shut its Waterford call centre within a month, with only a handful of possible reassignments.
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Poll: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
WELL, IT’S BEEN a week of blue skies across the country, with little rain in sight.
While it’s forecast to be colder over the weekend than in recent days, conditions, for the most part, are due to remain dry and sunny.
Temperatures today are to range between 9 and 15 degrees.
With little to no rain in sight at the moment, we’re wondering – are you itching for a rainy day? Or are you loving the sunshine?
So, today we want to know: Do you prefer sunshine or rainy days?
Poll Results:
Sunshine, definitely (9606)
I like both (1729)
Rain, for sure (756)
I actually prefer snow more than anything (526)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Larry Donnelly: Kennedy vs Markey could be the last throw of the dice for the Irish American dynasty
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
The Kennedy vs Markey battle is the distraction from Covid-19 we all need, says Larry Donnelly.
Opinion: Economic activity is primed to resume after Covid-19. In the meantime, it’s about survival
By Robert Sweeney
A 'virtual birthday' and an over-walked dog: One Irish mammy's experience of Covid-19 distancing
By Amanda Magnier
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