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Enoch Burke turns up at school days after dismissal from teaching role
Former teacher Enoch Burke returned to Wilson’s Hospital School on Tuesday morning, despite being dismissed from his teaching position by the school last Friday. Mr Burke arrived at the school at 8.38am, when he was dropped off by his father, Seán, in a Hyundai SUV. An Garda Síochána declined toContinue Reading
Peru riots: unrest in southern Andes lays bare an urgent need to decolonise
Peru is in flames. Since early December, massive, often violent, protests have engulfed the South American nation. Demonstrators concentrated in the country’s southern Andean regions took to the streets after the then president, Pedro Castillo, was deposed for attempting to mount a coup by dismissing the parliament and ruling byContinue Reading
How consecutive Conservative governments destroyed union rights – a timeline of the UK’s anti-strike laws since the 1970s
Rishi Sunak’s government is attempting to introduce tough new laws that would further limit the right to take industrial action amid continuing strikes in the UK. This is just the latest in a long line of legislation brought in over the past 50 years that has almost completely eroded suchContinue Reading
COVID is running rampant in China – but herd immunity remains elusive
After nearly three years of keeping COVID under control, China is experiencing a massive new wave of COVID infections. The official figures reporting 60,000 deaths between December 8 and January 12 are widely seen as underestimating the impact of the outbreak. Until December 2022, China had used lockdown policies toContinue Reading
Rolling Loud Portugal 2023: Dates, line-up and how to get tickets
The three-day hip-hop event will return to Praia da Rocha Beach in Portimão, the Algarve from July 5 to 7. The festival made its debut earlier this year after its initial launch was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Last summer’s performers included J. Cole, A$APContinue Reading
Chelsea announce £35m Noni Madueke’s shirt number as he takes teammate’s top
CHELSEA have announced Noni Madueke’s shirt number for the season. And the star has taken a new teammate’s top after completing his £35million Stamford Bridge move. 1 Noni Madueke has been handed his new shirt number by ChelseaCredit: Getty Madueke, 20, was snapped up by the Blues from PSV EindhovenContinue Reading
Prince Harry is wrong: unconscious bias is not different to racism
When Prince Harry sat down with ITV journalist Tom Bradby for a conversation about his marriage, his estrangement from the royal family and his tell-all memoir, Spare, one particular segment stood out. Bradby said that Harry had accused some members of his family of racism, but Harry shook his headContinue Reading
Warning to millions of women ‘at risk of silent killer cancer’ after missing vital NHS checks
WOMEN are being urged to book in a smear test to reduce their risk of deadly cancer. The NHS today issued a call for anyone eligible for a cervical screening to come forward. Getty Practice Nurse/doctor doing smear test[/caption] Around 4.6million women — a third — haven’t taken up theContinue Reading
Tesla’s Problems Go Way Beyond Elon Musk
The EV giant is alienating its customers, bringing in less revenue, and falling behind legacy carmakers.Continue Reading
What’s next for the anti-Nato left after Ukraine?
When Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, much of the political left across the western world were faced with a dilemma. Unlike in 2003 – when US oil interests seemed to explain the invasion of Iraq all too neatly – this time it was much more difficult to putContinue Reading