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# cutbacks - Sunday 3 March, 2013
The 9 at 9: Sunday
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# cutbacks - Thursday 28 February, 2013
The 9 at 9: Thursday
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# cutbacks - Thursday 21 February, 2013
Column: Action plans for young people may be laudable – but they’re just window-dressing
The Government says it is prioritising young peoples’ mental health while, at the same time, cutting the role of counsellors, writes Gerry Flynn.
# cutbacks - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
200 jobs to go at EBS Building Society
Staff are to hold a meeting to discuss the possibility of industrial action after being informed of the cuts.
# cutbacks - Friday 25 January, 2013
Poll: Are you worried about garda station closures?
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has said that cutbacks will not affect the standard of policing, but are you worried about the closure of 100 garda station?
Callinan: Gardaà will not lose contact with community due to cutbacks
Commissioner Callinan said that he is committed to “policing through people and not through buildings or bricks and mortar”.
# cutbacks - Saturday 19 January, 2013
95 Garda stations to close by end of month
Garda authorities have released a full list of the 95 stations which will close within the next 12 days.
# cutbacks - Thursday 20 December, 2012
Spain passes massive austerity cutbacks
Crowds gathered today to protest against job and benefit cuts as well as the tax increases passed today.
# cutbacks - Monday 17 December, 2012
Prize Bond prizes to fall as cost of borrowing goes down
The NTMA, which issues prize bonds, has lowered the rate it uses to calculate the overall number of prizes on offer.
# cutbacks - Thursday 6 December, 2012
Names of 100 garda stations to close next year
Minister Shatter said that a garda sitting at a desk in a small garda station for three hours a day is not the best way to tackle crime.
# cutbacks - Monday 26 November, 2012
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# cutbacks - Monday 12 November, 2012
Greece tops agenda for EU finance ministers in Brussels
The Greek parliament agreed a tough cost cutting budget yesterday amid noisy protests in the capital.
# cutbacks - Saturday 20 October, 2012
Lone parent to ‘swap lives’ with senator
Single mother Andrea Galgey and Senator John Gilroy will see how the other side lives for a new project.
# cutbacks - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
James Reilly faces motion of no confidence today
Vote due this evening on Health Minister after Fianna Fáil proposes that Reilly’s performance has in power has resulted “in more chaos” across the health service.
# cutbacks - Monday 3 September, 2012
Gluten-free product allowance cut for coeliacs
Irish Pharmacy Union says HSE introduced cut with immediate effect – and no warning.
# cutbacks - Sunday 2 September, 2012
Detroit fugitive has to hand himself into police twice
A 36-year-old man got into an argument at a party, killing two people – but had difficulty getting police to arrest him.
New HSE chief: Cutbacks will ‘absolutely’ mean bed closures
Tony O’Brien also says the €130 million in cuts is absolutely vital if the HSE is to ensure it doesn’t run out of money.
# cutbacks - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
Ambulance cuts “will cause fatalities”
Kildare TD says cutbacks in ambulance services that will see night time service curtailed is “a disgrace”.
# cutbacks - Sunday 19 August, 2012
Jay Leno takes pay cut in bid to save Tonight Show jobs
NBC Universal programme laid off about two dozens workers on Friday in move to cut costs.
# cutbacks - Saturday 14 July, 2012
Union says science education damaged by cutbacks
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland said our pool of highly skilled graduates is at risk of diminishing if the government fails to invest more in education.
# cutbacks - Monday 14 May, 2012
Assembly calls on British and Irish govts to support RTÉ London correspondent
RTÉ recently announced it would close its London office from September 2012.
# cutbacks - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
Unemployed “two or three times more likely” to die by suicide – TD
Suicidology organisation’s president and TD does concede that high rate of suicide among unemployed linked to those with psychiatric illness being less likely to have a job.
# cutbacks - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
Poll: Should we close more garda stations to save money?
The Minister for Justice has warned of further closures, but what do you think?
# cutbacks - Monday 26 March, 2012
Small businesses being ‘thrown to the wolves’ by late payments – ISME
A survey of small businesses found it takes an average of 71 days to receive payment – and ISME is blaming big businesses and government agencies.
# cutbacks - Sunday 15 January, 2012
Column: Why we need career guidance counsellors – and why all the stereotypes are wrong
“The double-jobbing teacher”, “the leaflet pusher” – student guidance counsellor Pamela O’Leary has heard all the stereotypes about her profession but says cuts to the service will hurt vulnerable children most.
# cutbacks - Friday 6 January, 2012
Rural areas to be left without garda patrol cars
In Clare, 8 garda cars have not been replaced after being decomissioned – leaving just 13 cars patrolling the entire county.
# cutbacks - Wednesday 21 December, 2011
RTÉ pull the plug on national basketball finals coverage
The cost involved in airing Euro 2012 and the Olympics has contributed to the coverage being cancelled after 25 years.
# cutbacks - Monday 5 December, 2011
Gardaà warn that station closures ‘will change DNA of policing’
31 Garda stations will be closed as part of Budget cutbacks – a move that Gardaà say will destroy the ethos of community policing.
In numbers: the first half of Budget 2012
A numerical breakdown of where the government has cut €2.2 billion in spending,
# cutbacks - Monday 28 November, 2011
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# cutbacks - Thursday 10 November, 2011
Money from ‘sugar tax’ should go to dental schemes, say dentists
Irish Dental Association also highlights the fact that the HSE post of Chief Dental Officer has been lying idle for TEN years.
# cutbacks - Tuesday 18 October, 2011
RTÉ stars could have salaries cut by 30 per cent
Director General Noel Curran says RTÉ prepared for possibility of some presenters moving to rival broadcasters. We look at what those cuts would do to the top earners’ pay packets…
# cutbacks - Monday 12 September, 2011
# cutbacks - Monday 15 August, 2011
Poll: Is the social welfare fraud probe a good idea?
It has been revealed that the current crackdown on social welfare fraud has already yielded millions of euro in savings. With an entire new fraud unit to be established, we’re asking you: Is the crackdown a good idea or is it targeting the vulnerable?
# cutbacks - Saturday 16 July, 2011
Thousands expected for anti-austerity march
The Enough Campaign is organising the protest against the EU/IMF programme in Dublin today.
# cutbacks - Thursday 7 July, 2011
Denis Naughten loses Fine Gael whip over Roscommon Hospital vote
Naughten loses whip for voting against his party on the hospital cuts, while Frank Feighan faces the wrath of constituents for voting ‘Yes’.
# cutbacks - Wednesday 1 June, 2011
10 per cent cut in special needs support for schools – report
The Department of Education said that the reduced allocation of special needs teaching hours could be increased in some schools – if demand is less than expected.
# cutbacks - Thursday 28 April, 2011
Almost 2,000 An Post workers will leave by 2015
However, the employees’ union says the reduction in numbers will only be achieved by voluntary leaving.
# cutbacks - Tuesday 26 April, 2011
Ruairi Quinn: Michael Noonan has a tougher job than Michael Collins…
The Education Minister warns secondary school teachers that budgets are tight as the State’s first Finance Minister Collins had “more room for manouevre” than his most recent successor.
# cutbacks - Thursday 14 April, 2011
Reduction in special needs assistants concerns parents
Parents and teacher’s unions have condemned a cap on the number of special needs assistants in schools – as well as reduction is resource hours – saying the move will target the most vulnerable.
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