Good morning colleagues
by Martina O'Leary

The NUJ's Seamus Dooley has questioned why journalists aren't invited to Ryanair's AGM next week.

 

Ryanair pilots and cabin crew in Germany are to stage a strike on Wednesday over better pay and working conditions. While staying with transport sixty-four staff earned more than €100,000 at loss-making Irish Rail.

 

The UK Labour party pledges changes to rights of workers in the 'gig economy'.

 

"Ireland ‘no Republic of opportunity’ for children in poverty" says Barnardos chief executive Fergus Finlay who is due to retire soon.

 

The latest quarterly figures from the Central Bank show that while Irish households are now officially wealthier than during the boom, they are also among the most indebted in Europe.

 

Today's picture from the Irish Examiner shows a rare image of 1860s Cork with the original construction of St. Patrick's Bridge, just as a new bridge nears completion on a €1.2m clean-up and repair project.

 

Over 120 voices came together yesterday as a #Flashmob in Heuston railway station Dublin sung Pink Floyds  'Wish You Were Here' to mark World Suicide Prevention Day. They were brought together by Music Director Andrius Kozlovskis.

 

Have a good day.

 

 

 

 

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