LAST UPDATE | 16 Sep 2019
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1. #DCU Teachers at Dublin City University’s English language school have described an offer to increase their pay by 50 cents an hour is “humiliating” and “insulting”.
2. #BOOKS Dublin City Council is planning to keep public libraries open from 8am to 10pm all year round after putting a €1.1 million contract out to tender.
3. #WASTE Minister for Climate Action Richard Bruton has said he’ll be bringing forward a number of “radical actions” to reduce waste and manage resources more effectively.
4. #TENSIONS Oil prices have seen a record surge following attacks on two Saudi facilities, fuelling fresh geopolitical fears as Donald Trump points the finger at Iran.
5. #FIVE IN A ROW The Dublin senior GAA team made history with a five-in-a-row vistory on Saturday and yesterday made the annual visit to Crumlin and Temple St children’s hospitals.
6. #HELLO, IT’S ME Six weeks after taking office, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet with EU Commission president Jean-Claude Junker in Luxembourg today.
7.. #GUNS A 26-year-old man is due to appear before Dublin District Court this morning following a seizure of firearms and drugs last Thursday.
8. #MISSING Gardaí in Dublin are seeking assistance from the public in locating a missing 67-year-old woman.
9. #WEATHER Today will begin cloudy across the southern half of the country while sunny spells will gradually break through later in the day.
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