The Irish Times leads with the latest on the deepening rift between the White House and the state of Minnesota following a second fatal assault by ICE agents on Saturday. The main home news story is that homeowners will be offered grants of up to €5,600 to retrofit windows and doors as part of a State scheme to encourage the wider installation of heat pumps in Irish homes.
"Remote, flexible and hybrid working are now a permanent feature of modern employment and must be based on a legal framework" according to independent Tipperary TD Seamus Healy, who has warned against forced return to office and has called for statutory protections for workers. Healy's call remains timely (close to a year since the Department of Social Protection attempted its back-to-office mandate), and the matter was subject to a Dáil debate last week. A debate missed by Kildare TD Mark Wall, who was stuck in traffic at the time, illustrating one of the most compelling reasons for continuing to provide access to remote and hybrid working arrangements.
The Limerick Post casts a comical eye over the recent spat between Limerick Mayor John Moran and Limerick City Council staff, while the Irish Times reports that management at Oberstown paid €84,000 to an executive search recruitment agent to fill a senior role that ultimately remained vacant.
Your Zen this morning was nominated for an Oscar last week. Retirement Plan by John Kelly, and narrated by Domhnall Gleeson, was nominated in the best short animated film category. The film was backed by Screen Ireland, the State’s development agency for the screen industry, in partnership with RTÉ and is described as “a quietly profound testament to living life that has resonated deeply with audiences around the world.”
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