Laying the pipeline
by Niall Shanahan

Also on the Fórsa website, we've got details of a series of meetings for the More Power To You campaign which commence on Monday in Cork, and continue in Sligo, Kilkenny, Galway, Westmeath and Dublin.

 

Elsewhere, the TUI conference in Killarney has been told that more than two-thirds of teachers struggle to make ends meet.

 

Meanwhile, the Irish Times reports that customs officers must undergo security checks at Irish airports each time they move between restricted and public areas following a security review, the Government looks set to approve the €3bn broadband plan despite the warnings, the IMO expresses its concerns on pay, and new “night mayors” will be established in towns and cities to offer cultural “alternatives and additions” to pubs and clubs, under proposals contained in the Fine Gael local election manifesto.

 

The death of Superquinn founder and former senator Feargal Quinn is widely reported, with tributes from a range of commentators and colleagues. Spent a very happy year working for him myself several decades ago. RIP.

 

Storm Hannah advice is to batten down the hatches, so please take it easy out on the roads today, and safe journey home to our Carrickmacross delegates.

 

Following two weeks of the Extinction Rebellion protest, and with storm Hannah about to remind us who's really in charge, your moment of Zen comes today from a sustainable energy breakthrough in Kenya.

 

Have a good weekend.

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