Meanwhile, the Cork Independent reports on the suspension of industrial action by Fórsa's local authority ICT members.

Elsewhere, the Dublin People reports on the recent Dáil debate on remote working, and how Dublin TDs have described the gradual and increasing return to the office as a 'missed opportunity'. The report's context for the debate is new data that showed the average Dublin motorist spent eight days in traffic last year.

Finally, the Government is considering providing women who suffer a pregnancy loss three days of statutory paid leave. 

Springsteen's latest (featured yesterday) put me in mind of Steve Earle's Christmas in Washington. The latter tune (from the brilliant El Corazon album) is more melancholy than defiant, and was written in response to Clinton's re-election in 1996. Here he explains as he performs to an audience in the wake of the election of George W Bush in 2002, while the chorus calls upon the spirit of Woody Guthrie to return.  

Have a lovely day

NS