Free public transport would be “overly costly and incentivise excessive travel” according to an independent report commissioned by the National Transport Authority.
Looking ahead, speaking on the Constitutional reference to the role of women in the home, Citizens Assembly chairperson Catherine Day said people want is something that obliges the State to take reasonable measures to support care within the home and the wider community.
And finally, AIB has told staff that it intends to introduce healthcare cover and an approved profit-sharing scheme, following the partial lifting last year of restrictions on bankers' remuneration. Read more on that here.
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U2's The Joshua Tree is 35 years old this week. The album became the fastest selling in UK history and the first album to sell over a million CDs, spending a total of 201 weeks on the UK chart. Here's one of the tracks.