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Nobody will be forced to give up their job where the cost of childcare exceeds their income in dealing with personal insolvency, the Taoiseach said this morning.

His comments on the issue come after Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar said childcare costs would have to be taken into account in insolvency arrangements if the outlay is preventing parents from making mortgage repayments.

Mr Kenny told the Dáil draft guidelines about the conditions for personal insolvency deals with banks would not make any condition about childcare costs being in excess of income.

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Mr Martin called on the Taoiseach to confirm that people who earn less than the cost of their childcare will not be forced to give up their jobs and that the guidelines when finally published will ensure that these draft guidelines will be excluded and will not apply.

“I will so confirm” said the Taoiseach.

Right, so.

Kenny insists nobody will be forced to quit job in debt deal (Marie O’Halloran, Mary Minihan, Michael O’Regan, Irish Times)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

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Of this excellent 2011 short, all-conquering, Dublin-based, 2010 Oscar noms Brown Bag Films sez:

An old explorer close to freezing in the Arctic re-lives the events that brought him there in the first place. He recalls his student days at Trinity College in Dublin when he studied under the enigmatic Professor Orit, the professor who was driven to madness by his obsessive pursuit of the unified theory. Convinced that the answer somehow lay in the relationship between the numbers two, three and five, Professor Orit’s obsession started the journey which has led his former student to the top of the world. Featuring the voice talents of John Hurt and Stuart Townsend, and produced by Colm Tyrrell, the film was scripted by Darragh O’Connell based on a short story by Austin Kenny. Nominated for an IFTA in 2012, the film was funded by under the Frameworks scheme with the Irish Film Board.

Full screen. Feet up.

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Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz has put his plans to build a 100-foot bronze statue of St Patrick on Croagh Patrick on hold.

He made the decision after the Mayo News showed him the results of a poll which showed just 26% of respondents supported the idea.

Sculpture plans tumble (Mayo News)

Previously: Anything Good In The Mayo News?

(Pic: Patrick Von Irland)

 

Johhny Marr plays The Acadamy, Dublin, tonight.

Morrisey, as you may know, is also in town.

*tremble*

Thanks Vinny

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