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Wild photos to aid homeless
by Bernard Harbor
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Childcare costs protest for Dublin
by Mehak Dugal
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Dublin library plan agreement
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Delays on ambulance move and quad pilot
by Bernard Harbor
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Intervention sought on flexitime
by Róisín McKane
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Fórsa publishes lobbying records
by Martina O’Leary
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Coy parties leave public service pay in play
by Bernard Harbor
 

A spat over public service pay broke out between the two main parties in the middle of the election campaign when Fine Gael pledged average annual pay increases of 2.5% in the four years following 2020, while accusing Fianna Fáil of planning a pay freeze.

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Four parties back water referendum
by Bernard Harbor
 

Sinn Féin, Labour, the Greens and Social Democrats say they support a referendum on keeping water services in public ownership in their 2020 election offers. That’s according to the political parties’ responses to a range of issues raised with them during the election campaign, which Fórsa published today.

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Job evaluation ballot preparations underway
by Róisín McKane
 

Forsa’s local government division is preparing to ballot almost 9,000 members in an ongoing dispute over the introduction of a job evaluation scheme for workers in the sector.

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Leaders quizzed on women’s equality
by Mehak Dugal
 

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) recently launched its feminist manifesto for Ireland, as part of an effort to make women’s equality a key feature the election. Party leaders were invited to answer four questions, and there were some interesting results.

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Pension age in election spotlight
by Niall Shanahan
 

As the general election campaign entered its second week, most political parties were caught off-guard by the emergence of the pension age as an election issue. Currently the age at which workers can claim the state pension is 66. It’s due to rise to 67 in 2021, and to 68 in 2028. 

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Single scheme pensioners get 1.3% increase
by Bernard Harbor
 

The value of pensions for those who joined the civil and public service after January 2013, and retired in or before 2019, increased by 1.3% from January 2020. 

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Tax policy impacts inequality
by Mehak Dugal
 

Lower levels of inequality bring increased life expectancy and happiness, and less stress and crime.

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