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Welcome to Ireland?

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More than 10,500 work permits were issued in 2017. This year, the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation plans to loosen up visa regulations for “lower-skilled workers” in some sectors. In October, the number of unemployed was 246,900, in November…

The Planet is fine?

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Two years to the day after the Paris agreement was signed, over 50 world leaders and hundreds of ministers gather again in the capital of France. They will discuss concrete solutions to reduce global warming, and most importantly, to boost…

Keep Calm and Brexit On

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If the way the Brexit negotiations are handled is not one of the best examples of Murphy’s laws, then what is? “If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.” Yesterday, this “something” manifested in the form…

New development in the Brexit talks!

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According to Donald Tusk on Twitter several minutes ago, he and Theresa May are “getting closer to sufficient progress” to attack stage two talks in December. “Tell me why I like Mondays! Encouraged after my phone call with Taoiseach @campaignforleo…

Irreconcilable differences?

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The negotiations of the UK-EU divorce are still going on, but who gets custody of Northern Ireland? Although there have been no concrete developments in the UK-EU negotiations, there are rumours circulating that a draft with the Irish border solution…

Pope Francis threatened in Myanmar?

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On Monday, Pope Francis completed the first meeting of his weeklong trip to Myanmar. The Pope met with General Min Aung Hlaing this Monday evening, although originally, it was planned on Wednesday. No details of the meeting have been disclosed…

A gender-neutral France?

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The French take their national motto seriously. They are proud of their  “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” formula, which is French for “liberty, equality, fraternity”. Today, the accent is made on “equality”.   “Every three days, a woman dies in a domestic…

A way back home

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Hundreds of thousands of Rohinguya Muslims are to return home. Today, a deal between Bangladesh and Myanmar was signed, allowing the Rohingya refugees to return to their home country. No timeline or any other details of the agreement have yet…

Too Cool for School

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Ireland and the UK are slacking off in the education sector.   Bertelsmann Stiftung, a private operating foundation that promotes reform processes to build a future-oriented society, published an Index Report 2017, the Social Justice in the EU. According to…