A search and rescue operation is continuing after it was confirmed two fishermen are missing off the Fiordland coast. The missing men have been identified as the 60-year-old skipper of the vessel The Governor, and his teenage crewman, both from Greymouth. Read article
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FOURTEEN people in Gwent have been struck down by a bug that has triggered the closure of the swimming pool at the Newport Centre. Environmental and public health experts are investigating the outbreak of cryptosporidiosis – which can cause watery diarrhoea, stomach pain, nausea or vomiting and fever – with cases having been reported since […]
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From media reports: RTE News reported on Thursday that workers of Aer Lingus who are members of Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union’s aviation sector are planning to strike from Monday, 1 October 2012. The union called for work stoppages because of an alleged “breach of collective agreements,” part of an ongoing work dispute concerning […]
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The country’s largest trade union, Siptu is set to serve notice of industry action to commence from the start of next month on the Dublin Airport Authority as part of a row over pensions. The action is expected to involve two-hour work stoppages starting from October 1st. Read article
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However, it’s estimated that thousands more in the region are infected with the virus.The Hepatitis C Trust has now urged people in Tayside who may unknowingly be caught in the epidemic to get tested now. Read article
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A 26-year-old Ngaruwahia man accused of beating a robbing two French tourists behind an abandoned petrol station in Papamoa has been sentenced to six weeks in jail for breaching his bail. Bo-Tamati Rawiri appeared in the Tauranga District Court on Tuesday charged with breaching bail. Read article
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AN ENGLISH tourist who landed in Australia only days ago has been indecently assaulted while asking for directions. Detectives from Moorabbin Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team are investigating the assault on the 25-year old woman in the early hours of Saturday morning in St Kilda. Read article
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A Japanese tourist, 18, was the victim of a serious sexual assault at 1930 hours on August 24, after her handbag was grabbed in a snatch-and-run incident on Hammond Street in Netherthorpe, Sheffield. COMMENT: I strongly recommend AGAINST solo crime victims chasing perpetrators over stolen property, largely because you can never predict what the outcome […]
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MANAGEMENT AT DUBLIN Airport and groups representing taxi drivers are currently meeting in a bid to end a dispute which has seen drivers withdraw services for passengers at the airport. Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has urged taxi drivers to resume service to the public but drivers have refused to take fares again today as the […]
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MINISTER for Transport Leo Varadkar has urged Siptu workers at Dublin Airport not to engage in planned industrial action next month. Siptu has threatened industrial action unless progress is made on resolving pensions issues for Aer Lingus and Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) staff. Read article
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