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#ActuallyAutistic. Society is neurodiverse with a cohort being neurodivergent. Autistic not an adult with Autism. Neurodivergent not neurodiverse.
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Joined August 2009
WRC awards €50,000 to new mum denied part-time hours
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A security firm which refused to let a new mother come back to work on part-time hours after having her first baby has been ordered to pay her €50,000 in compensation for discrimination.
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New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal | New Zealand | The Guardian
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Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada
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Department of Education spent almost €20m on legal costs and fees over three years
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Department has faced a number of prominent legal challenges in recent years, including a number of actions over the failure to provide appropriate school places for children with special educational...
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Are school holidays too long? A mother of two and school principal debate Teachers spend a not insignificant amount of time on CPD and planning/preparing for their classes. Only time acknowledged by the ‘system’ is contact time.
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Parents are frustrated at juggling work demands and childcare while children are off for up to three months every summer
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The zone zero secret: how ultra-low-stress exercise can change your life | Fitness | The Guardian
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Want to be healthier and happier, without spending hours slogging away in the gym? The answer could be a state just above total inactivity
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Is it worth borrowing to improve the energy efficiency of your home? – The Irish Times
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Payback periods can be long but you have the immediate benefit of lower bills and a warm home that has increased in value
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‘Serious breach of our collective bargaining agreement’ – union hits out in row over Bank of Ireland’s plan for staff’s office return | Irish Independent
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A row over a Bank of Ireland plan to increase mandatory office days for staff has escalated.
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Ireland tops school class-size ‘league of shame’ – The Irish Times
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More than 40,000 Irish pupils are in classes of 30-plus, with 22.5 average, well above EU figure
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Many a teacher lobbied for electronic payslips prior to PAC doing so in 2018. The requirement for a public services card to access e payslips was a deterrent to adoption! Paper payslips for school staff to be dropped to save €3m a year – The Irish Times
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About 144,000 current and retired school staff are issued payslips by the Department of Education
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An answer to Ireland’s housing crisis is right behind us – The Irish Times
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Yimbyism: in North America, families taking the housing crisis into their own hands and building in their gardens, so why not here?
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WRC orders Tesco to rehire worker who was sacked last year after calling a manager ‘useless’
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Workplace Relations Commission rejects Siptu application that Tesco be liable to pay back wages from point of dismissal
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‘Game-changing’ new drug could slow progression of Alzheimer’s disease, research shows | Irish Independent
independent.co.uk
There are currently estimated to be 982,000 people with some form of dementia, including Alzheimer's in the UK
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Ireland’s most common genetic disorder: ‘It can creep up quietly and cause serious damage if it’s missed’
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‘I felt so much relief, after four years of thinking I was lazy ... I finally had an answer – and more importantly, a treatable one’
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Quarter of children found not to have disability after assessment of need, Health Service Executive figures show Change headline . 3/4 of children found to have a disability after AON.
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‘Astonishing’ that HSE expects number of overdue assessments to rise this year to more than 24,000, says Sinn Féin leader
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Three care workers injured in latest incident at Oberstown Taught in a special class where some of my students had returned from Oberstown. Said that they felt unsafe there. Feel for the staff as know only too well the stress/fear of being assaulted.
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Concern over staffing levels at facility where 13 have been reported injured since start of June
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RT @Louisehassan4: I'm devastated. After fighting for justice for my daughter, I’m facing a financial barrier to finish my PhD. I need your….
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The highest appeal of grants in Ireland have just refused my final app… Louise Hassan needs your support for please help me to finish the final year of my PhD
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I’ve seen men watch porn in my workplaces. I reported it and was called a prude – The Irish Times
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Such actions may amount to sexual harassment and can seriously damage your company, career and workplace relations
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Parents at ‘wits end’ over failure to provide special care bed for teenager with ‘overdose tendencies’ – The Irish Times
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Child unlikely to be accommodated until late August
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The ‘honest belief’ defence in rape cases rewards ignorance and insensitivity – The Irish Times. My thoughts - Also leniency towards defendants based on cultural differences/norms should not be given. Ignorance is not a form of legal defence!
irishtimes.com
There is no other type of crime in which an accused person can rely on their own interpretation of events - even if there is no reasonable explanation for their belief
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