“…while Iceland has topped the list for the sixth consecutive year, it’s important to note that amid many successes, disparities remain — something to keep in mind for all of the countries. The index measures gaps in access to resources and opportunities, not actual levels of the available resources and opportunities in those countries. In fact, the WEF [World Economic Forum] found that, at the current trajectory, it would take 81 years to completely close the gender gap.”
English teacher Nadia O’Brien (top), originally from Moldova, who began work at the Leinster College last Thursday at the college on Harcourt Street this morning.
You may recall when former Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Independent TD Mick Wallace appeared on RTÉ’s Prime Time on May 16, 2013, to talk about the penalty points report and the appearance of former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan at a Public Accounts Committee meeting earlier that day.
During their discussion with presenter, Pat Kenny, Mr Shatter accused Mr Wallace of having been stopped while driving by the gardaí in May 2012 and claimed he benefitted from garda discretion.
The Data Protection Commissioner subsequently found Mr Shatter broke the law by disclosing personal information about Mr Wallace on the show.
This morning, RTÉ reports:
Former Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has begun an appeal against a decision of the Data Protection Commissioner that he breached the Data Protection Act.
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Mr Shatter says the information about Mr Wallace was given to him orally by the then Garda Commissioner when no other person was present.
He said he did not make any written note of what he was told and retained the information solely in his head.
His lawyers said he was concerned about how the Data Protection Act could be used to regulate information retained solely in a person’s mind.
An eye-pleasing timelapse of this year’s Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta filmed by Knate Myers: nine days, 500 balloons – the largest event of its kind in the world.
