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6 days ago |
newstalk.com | James WIlson |James Wilson
Speeding and drink-driving are among the offences Gardaí are looking out for in their roads operation this weekend. Every Garda on duty this Easter will carry out road policing duties and the Road Safety Authority said these operations are important to remind motorists of the messages around bad driving behaviours. The RSA’s Sarah O'Connor said drink driving is not acceptable.
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6 days ago |
newstalk.com | James WIlson |James Wilson
Why do emigrants decide not to come back to Ireland? Lunchtime Live recently ran a segment on the people who leave Ireland and feel guilty about having moved abroad. Today, it interviewed travel blogger Stephanie Barry Woods who feels the exact opposite. While she admits she often “misses Ireland a lot”, she is overall very happy that she lives abroad. “But I’ve been away for nine-years now,” she said.
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6 days ago |
newstalk.com | James WIlson |James Wilson
Would you take your husband’s name after you get married? For generations of Irish women, it was almost unheard of not to do otherwise. Now, in an era of greater gender equality, fewer and fewer women are bothering to do so. In Britain, a YouGov poll found that only 35% of young women planned to do so. On Lunchtime Live, Jessica O’Sullivan, Head of Content for One Fab Day, said she was “not surprised at all” by the poll’s finding.
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6 days ago |
newstalk.com | James WIlson |James Wilson
A pension expert has predicted the beginning of auto-enrolment could be delayed until 2027. The Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings Scheme means employers and their staff will pay into a pension fund for an individual when they retire. The scheme is designed to boost the standard of living of future generations of pensions and is based on similar models in other western countries.
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6 days ago |
newstalk.com | James WIlson |James Wilson
People with health insurance have been warned to expect the cost of their policies to jump by as much as 20% when they renew this year. Yesterday, the Health Insurance Alliance released its latest report which revealed that 2.25 million people in the Republic have health insurance - or 46% of the population. On The Hard Shoulder, Dermot Goode of Totalhealthcover.ie said insurers would be pleased to see that people are still taking out policies despite recent price hikes.
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