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Written by Ciaran Mulholland
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Monday, 08 February 2010 11:44 |
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 On 5 February the DUP and Sinn Fein agreed a deal on policing, justice and parades. The deal was announced in triumph as a “historic breakthrough” by Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness sitting along side Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen.
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Written by Robert Connolly
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 09:58 |
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 MARY HANAFIN, the Minster for Social and Family Affairs, has raised a proposal to attack the One Parent Family Payment (OFP). She is arguing for a change in the allowance that’s paid to lone parents by stopping the payment once a child reaches thirteen.
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Written by Michael O'Brien
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:00 |
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 A generalised assault is underway against the pay and conditions of workers in the private health sector. In the likes of the Bon Secours and the Mater Private the employers have sought to impliment paycuts in line with the governement attacks on public service pay.
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