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The proposition that it is restricted, this kind of misconduct and misbehaviour – inadequate investigation, vulnerability of citizens – that it is confined to Cavan-Monaghan I think is unlikely.

Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte this morning on RTE Radio One’s Morning Ireland, speaking in light of the Guerin Report into allegations made by Sgt Maurice McCabe.

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Garda misconduct ‘unlikely’ to be confined to one district (Irish Times)

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The Shard Building in London

From the Irish Times letters page:

Sir, – Thomas Piketty’s analysis (Capital in the Twenty-First Century) of global income inequality is brought into sharp relief with the news today that a one-night stay in the hotel located in London’s Shard building will cost you £14,000. According to the World Bank Development Indicators 2008, half the world’s population lives on $2.50 a day. £14,000 is worth $23,728, which divided by $2.50 gives 9,491 days. Dividing this by 365 gives 26 years. One night in the Shard costs the amount of money that half of the world’s population live on for 26 years. – Yours, etc,

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One night in the Shard (Irish Times)

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Stephen Rogers, in the Irish Examiner, reports:

The Government has begun withholding dole payments to jobseekers who refuse to take part in its Gateway job activation scheme.

The Department of Social Protection has confirmed that, as of May 2, four people had been disqualified from receiving their jobseeker’s allowance for up to nine weeks because they failed to engage with the scheme.

Under the terms of the Gateway initiative, dole claimants who have been on the Live Register for more than two years are paid an extra €20 per week on top of their jobseeker’s allowance to work for local authorities.

An average of 19.5 hours per week is on offer in areas including village enhancement schemes; landscaping; tourism ambassadors; animal control; and libraries.

Each placement lasts for 22 months.

Jobseekers who refuse placement lose dole payment (Irish Examiner)

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