| IMPACT News Digest - Wednesday 21st September 2016 |
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 Morning all.
Today's Guardian reports that 193 nations have pledged to fight antibiotic resistance, which the United Nations now identifies as the biggest threat to medicine across the globe. Apparently, Penicillin inventor Alexander Fleming warned about the problem when he picked up his Nobel prize in 1945.
Also on an international theme, the Irish Times foreign pages carry stories from Germany and the UK for those of you interested in European political realignments.
Virtually all the front pages are infected with pics of Brad Pitt and Angelina Joley, while last night's BBC Spotlight programme's allegations about Gerry Adams also grab plenty of space. No Nobel prizes for guessing which title's all over that like a rash.
RTE is best on contagion in the transport sector as Bus Eireann unions and management head for the WRC this morning. In a particularly virulent strain of hyperbole, Gerald Howlin predicts it's all bound for a general strike. By way of antidote, the Times reports on a new Bill to improve protections for people with uncertain working hours.
My natural instinct is to quarantine the pre-budget advice and speculation that breaks out at this time of year. However, the Indo business pages take an interesting angle on the latest ESRI report, majoring on the emergence of domestic demand as the main driver of Irish economic growth.
Back in IMPACT, another busy looms as we host a pre-budget information session for TDs and senators on our community sector pay restoration campaign. Meanwhile, my colleague Niall Shanahan can wipe a little sweat off his brow after submitting the union's latest return to the lobbying register yesterday. The union registered 42 separate political communications in the last four months on issues as diverse as housing, library services, JobBridge, and the threatened privatisation of street cleaning.
Speaking of registering, you can now register your Leap card to access Dublin Bikes.
Finally today’s Zen, which sees the Harvard Medical School briefly demonstrate how bacteria deal ruthlessly with antibiotics, is just a little scary.
Stay healthy.
Bernard Harbor
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