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EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you really ought to know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #STRESS Ninety-one of Europe’s most important banks are waiting for the results of stress tests, due to be released this afternoon. The publication of the test results by the European Banking Authority will reveal each bank’s exposure to risks and will indicate which banks are in trouble. Three Irish banks – AIB, Bank of Ireland, and Irish Life and Permanent – are covered by the stress tests.
2. #CLOYNE There is increasing pressure on former bishop John Magee to return to Ireland to face up to the findings of the Cloyne report. It’s believed that Magee may be in Rome. The One in Four group has said that both Magee and Monsignor Denis O’Callaghan should be facing criminal charges. Meanwhile the chairman of the Fine Gael parliamentary party Charlie Flanagan has called for the Papal Nuncio to be expelled from Ireland.
3. #HACKING Rupert Murdoch has said that ‘minor mistakes’ were made in the way News Corporation has handled the fallout from the hacking scandal. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal he’s said that some of the things that have been said in parliament in the UK have been ‘total lies’. He will appear before a parliamentary hearing next Tuesday after initially saying he couldn’t attend. The FBI has announced that it’s to launch and investigation into whether phones of the victims of 9/11 were hacked.
4. #APOLOGY The Guardian meanwhile, has apologised to The Sun for reporting that the tabloid had hacked into the medical records of former minister Gordon Brown. The Guardian has conceded that the information came from a different source. The Sun published details of Brown’s son being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and insisted that the source was the father of another child with the illness.
5. #TRANSGENDER Legislation providing for the recognition of transgender people in Ireland will be published later this year. The recommendations have been broadly welcomed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. However a recommendation to exclude those in a marriage or civil partnership has been strongly criticised by the group. The Transgender Equality Network has also said that it has grave reservations concerning the criteria to be met in order to obtain gender recognition.
6. #TITANIC Italy’s finance minister has compared Europe to the Titanic, saying that like on the stricken vessel, “not even first-class passengers will be saved”. Giulio Tremonti was speaking of Europe’s need for a stronger regional plan in order to stamp out debt turmoil. Italy is facing a crunch vote on an austerity package today.
7. #ABORTION Senator and TCD Lecturer Ivana Bacik is calling for legislation for abortion in Ireland. Writing for TheJournal.ie she says that abortion is a reality in this country and that the real health needs of Irish women need to be met. Meanwhile the people of Ireland have been asked for their views on the legalisation of abortion in Ireland by The Line Ireland. You can watch the responses here.
8. #IPHONE An iPhone user in Korea has been paid $946 in compensation after he complained that Apple had collected location data without his consent. The user’s law firm is now planning a class action suit against Apple. The company released a software update earlier this year in order to fix the problem of that allowed its devices to collect and store data.
9. #SQUIRREL! Want to own one of the most magical houses ever? A replica of the house from the Disney film ‘Up’ is for sale in Utah for $400,000. The home has been faithfully reproduced by a group of architects with the permission of Disney. It even features the hand-painted mailbox and the mural over the fireplace…
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First time I’ve seen it occupied in a while in fairness
I saw it – huge admiration to the pair for caring enough to do this…
Fair enough in my book. Well done to protesters. They’ve at the very least raised awareness about this. I for one didn’t know about the failure to compensate. Best of luck.
Me neither.
They’ll never see the “united colours” of my money!
What a dump of a store…. I’ve never seen a single thing in it I’d ever want to buy…
Apart from one Garda who was on the scene the protest seemed to be a peaceful one..
Are you suggesting the gardai would cause the protest not to be peaceful?
Occupy Wool Street?
Jeez and Dunnes workers think their working conditions are bad.
So you want to live in Bangladesh?
Chill Kevin, tragedies like this one are horrific and all I am saying is in comparative terms Dunnes workers have little to be complaining about.
Well if you compare it to footballers who have no need for qualifications and get to play football all day for 150k a week they do have something to complain about. What’s your point??
Dunnes workers don’t have to work in mortal danger to earn the right to complain about their conditions
Comparitive to denis obrien they deserve a wage increase of 100000%
My point for the third time, when you hear of awful tragedies like this where thousands perish at work it puts things into perspective how good our working conditions are here.
My minimum wage flexi hour contract severely disagrees with you
Throw away the shovel, Top Cat. You’re on a loser on this one.
He is right though Said the unpopular opinion puffin
In the first photo Benetton appears to be spelled Bennetton and in the third photo survivors is spelled Survivers… I’ll bet any takers not a single one of them can find Bangladesh on a map.
In fact I’m slightly disappointed not to see an attempt to write Bangladesh… I’m sure that would have been good for a laugh.
Have these people no jobs to go to, what about the inconvenience to shoppers, wasting police resources and so on and so forth.
How about not being a heartless tool, and so on and so forth
some waffle outta you kid !
wipe the shiite off yer lip
How about looking up sarcasm in a dictionary? In case you haven’t noticed these are the usual lines thrown out about water charge protesters.
The only thing I noticed was the shiite on yer lip
It could be worse it could be between my ears.
sorry Niall – didnt get the sarcasm at all man -
Oh Niall! I hate to say this but…!
Surprised protesters are allowed in the store.
Down with that sort of thing.
Cianan his name is Gerry Lydon not Donal.
The company’s failure to own up to the disaster and pay their contribution has nothing to do with store itself though! These protesters are jeopardising the employers and employees safety and privacy, by carelessly protesting in the middle of the store, and that is by no means peaceful. They are absolutely right to raise awareness but if they want effective results, why not contact the head office of the company itself? Why not go there and protest? What about the other stores around the country? This poorly organised protest is just an attention-seeking bid from individuals who are just protesting for the sake of it.
Hi guys. Gerry here. I helped organize and was involved with today’s protest. Just a few points : Neuromacer its easy to walk into a store that isn’t expecting. Drew go out and play with the traffic! Those talking about dunnes : Yes our lives are infinitely better but as we saw with some of the thongs they were fightong for, if employers get a taste for exploitation, in a globalized world we can feel the effect here as well as regard zero hours, union involvement etc. Anca I gonna presume your not the sort who ever actually does anything judging by the tone of your “whats the point of action comment”. While Id like to dismiss you as a waste of space, unfortunately your apathy and cynicism is quote common so to summarize getting publicity for a neglected cause is better than sitting round moaning. But as for the jeopatdizing safety and privacy, go back to sleep and stop throwing around terms! Ill see you in the morning glen. So finally nothing comes of nothing. If you care about something, put some effort in and get out there! The smallest acorns can become a big tree or at least a feature on a popular website! X.
Good on ye Gerry, hope you managed to stop them making sales today.
Because it would have damn all impact . Go up to the head office here and say, please play nicely and pay the money you owe? We all know most big corporations have to be dragged kicking and screaming to do the right thing. These people have had two years to pay the money they pledged. Time for them to be shamed into stumping up.
Hi Gerry, I dont think the Dunnes strike had anything to do with underwear.
A bottle of Lynx would get rid of them protestors! I’d say there’s an awful stink of piss in that shop at the moment.
They do make some nice clothes though
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