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Dr Mike Johnston of the Dairy Council for Northern Ireland is now on air to discuss the Northern Ireland protocol.
He says "quite simply the protocol is working" and that his group "is at pains to say" it should not change in any form.
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'The HSE say this is not a school outbreak, but then what is it? It didn't come out of the walls' -
Principal of CBS Primary School Wexford, Vicky Barron
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Dobbo is leaving the building...signing off for the last time, the unparalleled @BryanNewsatOne says goodbye to colleagues and friends after his last News at One programme and 37 years at RTE
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The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called for a return to mandatory mask-wearing in congregated settings as part of the response to the record number of patients waiting for beds.
The INMO's general secretary is Phil Ní Sheaghdha, who is on air now.
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A consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine has called for the wearing of helmets on bicycles to be made a legal requirement - Dr Carol Blackburn at CHI Crumlin says if she cld prescribe a helmet for every child in Ireland she wld...more at rte.ie/radio/podcasts/series…
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'South Africa is beyond the peak of #Omicron' -
Dr Angelique Coetzee, South African Medical Association
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Dr Johnston says "about a third of the milk produced in NI is moved to ROI for processing".
"It's the availability of the protocol that allows that flow of raw milk.
"The reality is we don't have the capacity in NI" and that without the protocol "we'd be in serious trouble".
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'It seems to me there is a difference between what happens in Europe and South Africa because what we have seen is #Omicron is mostly a mild disease' -
Dr Angelique Coetzee, South African Medical Association
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Today was to be the 80-85 age group. We have 200 patients booked in over the next 3 says but our vaccines did not arrive
-Dr Hugh Daly Palmerstown
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'Our group was appointed specifically to provide advice on ventilation. For the government to take advice from somewhere else seems odd to me' -
@johnwenger9
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"The government has been very poor about clarifying its messaging... they've often given the impression that advice or guidelines is actually binding law although this time they've gone back to demonstrate exactly the opposite" - Dr Laura Cahillane, senior Lecturer in Law in UL
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“Israel is in serious breach of it’s obligations. It has carried out a massive indiscriminate bombing of Gaza,” Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson and Chair of @TheElders tells @RTENewsAtOne
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".... we don't have enough consultants, we don't have enough beds, we don't have enough operating theatres...." says Prof Rob Landers Vice-President of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association
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B1525 case is in the East of the country and is travel associated -
@CillianDeGascun
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Minister for Social Protection says they had 20,000 applications from workers on Friday & these payments are being processed between 24-48 hrs so those who applied on Friday should get their payments either today or tomorrow- #coronavirus
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"In a word, no", @CMOIreland on whether visors are safe to use, instead of face coverings.
"They do not provide the same protection"
@RTENewsAtOne
@BryanNewsatOne
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Booker Prize judge James Shapiro has told News at One that he is not surprised that four Irish writers have been shortlisted for the literary prize.
“I would point to the conditions that have supported writing in Ireland."
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Still to come today, we'll speak to photographer Jolene Harris who captured this amazing image of bioluminescent plankton at a beach in Cork.
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"You have the artists income tax exemption, terrific bookstores and wonderful literary festivals. You have a tradition of strong writers.
"It’s really not surprising that Ireland which has invested in literary culture is seeing the fruits of that.”
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Sinn Féin TD @ClaireKerrane says we have a major problem with people getting up early in the morning, going to work & struggling to get by in relation to the rise in the cost of living
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We want resumption of indoor dining on the same day that hotels reopen on June 2nd - @adriancummins CEO of Restaurants Association of Ireland
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'It is outrageous for an employer to encourage employees to utilise sick leave when they are not sick.
These women are pregnant, they are not sick' -
@AodhanORiordain
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HSE Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry says over 70s will be given Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, as opposed to AZ. While AZ vaccine is very effective and good, there is a lack of evidence in older people, however, he adds this may change.
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Irish Dental Association says "we have said for many months that dentists are willing to participate..." regarding the vaccination rollout according to CEO Fintan Hourihan - Dept of Health now says statutory regulation due to be signed this week allowing dentists to participate
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Listen back to RTÉ presenter @ZainabBoladale speak out about the racist abuse she has experienced as a young journalist, and as a woman. Zainab speaks to our presenter Claire Byrne bit.ly/2OlkOkR
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'It was a very difficult decision for our board.... but we feel it is the right call to keep everyone safe' -
Principal of CBS Primary School Wexford, Vicky Barron
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'There is exceptionally few medical reasons why someone can't wear a mask', Dr Mary Favier, & Covid advisor @ICGPnews says GPs don't except many requests for exemption certificates , and they are already overwhelmed with covid related and other health issues
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'We have had no clear action on ventilation' -
@RoisinShortall
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In his last broadcast after 37 years, @BryanNewsatOne says it’s important that politicians and public figures”make themselves accountable on programmes like this.”
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WHO Special Envoy on Covid-19 David Nabarro says the pandemic is "nowhere near over..." & said "we don't know this virus very well" & we should still expect some challenges & surprises ahead...
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We will be speaking to Ste Brown, AKA The Brown Lad - the schoolboy rapper's homemade music video about living in Sallynoggin, Dublin has gone viral online - tune in this lunchtime @RTERadio1 with @lawlor_aine
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Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary tells @RTENewsAtOne that “access to the Island of Ireland can’t be regulated by a local council or a couple of St Margaret’s residents,” as he calls for a reversal of @Fingalcoco demand to reduce night flights at Dublin Airport.
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Just under 7,300 people been refused refugee status here since begining of 2023, in relation to how many have been deported...Justice Minister Helen McEntee said "..it is quite a small number of people have been physically removed..." & she said this number was less than 100
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Recruitment of #vaccinators could slow down the rollout of the vaccination programme.
The programme needs great agility and flexibility -
Dr. Mary Favier
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'10 per cent of ICU admissions for #COVID are pregnant women'-
@climurphy
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Government likely to deviate slightly from #nphet advice -
@RTENewsPaulC
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'Unfortunately I've had to use the bathroom floor to change him', Aisling McNiffe, mother of 15-year-old Jack, on the difficulties of finding changing areas for children with disabilities. Changing Places Ireland is calling for mandatory upgrade of facilities in public buildings
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Phil Ni Sheaghdha says "all congregated settings, so public transport, any centres where people are congregating where illnesses can spread" should have a mandatory mask-wearing situation.
She says the INMO has written to Health Minister @DonnellyStephen today to make the call.
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The Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris has said an ambitious new apprenticeship plan aims to register 10,000 apprentices every year by 2025 and break down 'elitist, snobby and narrow' attitudes to higher education in Ireland.
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EU does not understand the approach of the Irish Government to #quarantine -
Dr Eoin Drea, researcher at the Wilfried Martens Centre
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Good ventilation is critically important -
@Orla_Hegarty
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Women's Aid 24-hour helpline number 1800-341 900 - this number is available 24 hours a day - nationwide
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On air now , @LeoVaradkar says 1.1m vaccine doses expected to arrive by 31 March, but it could be 3 or 4 days before they are in people's arms. Adds that 1m expected in April, 1.25m in May & 1.6m in June. But caveat that deliveries are 'out of our control'.
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“Coolock is a staunch, strong neighbourhood filled with incredibly good people,” Mary Lou McDonald says. She says “virtually nothing has been done” on engagement, which is at the core of this issue.
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Join us on from 1pm on @RTERadio1 & @RTENewsNow for a special extended News at One remembering the late John Hume.
We'll hear from @SDLPlive, @MichealMartinTD, @GerryAdamsSF, Bertie Ahern, Mary McAleese and get reaction from his native Derry.
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Statement from GAA
The decision has been taken in the interest of public safety following a number of incidents that have been brought to our attention in recent days. In particular, post-match celebrations 1/2
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On air now Dublin GP @WalleyRay says Covid now 'rampant in the community'. 'If you have symptoms you need to assume you have covid'
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All new admissions from hospital are tested on leaving.
We would like to see a person leaving hospital vaccinated before they are admitted to a nursing home
@NursingHomesIre
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On air now @alankellylabour "Public confidence is gone...we need to be back in the Dáil"
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Architect & Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture at UCD @Orla_Hegarty welcomes that CO2 monitors will be given to schools to help manage air quality
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An intensive round of talks gets underway on Thursday aimed at resolving the impasse in a dispute between the Department of Health and Public Health Doctors. Dr Anne Dee says they want the public health system to be consultant led
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Ste Brown, 13 year-old rapper from Sallynoggin South Dublin joins Aine Lawlor on the News at One to talk about his viral music video Noggin... #LISTENBACK
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Significant intervention from WHO on #aztrazeneca
They have told Reuters "as of today there is no evidence that the incidents are caused by the vaccine and its important that the vaccination campaign continues so that we can save lives"
- @FergalBowers
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10% of the people who tested positive for Covid yesterday had been vaccinated and 20% of the people who were admitted to hospital with Covid-19 have been vaccinated, HSE’s Chief Operations Officer Anne O’Connor
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"I can't help thinking that this time yesterday Colm was getting ready to go to work..." former Mayo footballer John Casey paying tribute to his friend, Detective Garda Colm Horkan, who was shot dead in what Gardaí describe as a 'random act'
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'We could stay longer if we had our own independent airlift but unfortunately we don't'-
@BerryCathal
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'Hepa filters are are great interim solutions because they help to remove the virus from the air' -
@johnwenger9
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Phil Ni Sheaghdha says "it's fairly clear" that "right across the country hospitals cannot cope with what's coming through the door".
She says the sheer numbers on trolleys show "people are so sick now that people may need to be admitted to hospital but there's no beds for them"
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Coming up:
‘If you can’t see it you can’t be it’
Major General Maureen O’Brien talks about breaking the glass ceiling in @defenceforces
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James Hogan says when children were being told by three teachers today about what has happened, one of them said there are four teachers in the room and pointed to #aishlingmurphy's photo.
"It's okay to be sad, and feel sad, it's okay to let kids know it's okay to be sad."
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Kellie Harrington will be touring Dublin's north inner city in an open top bus around 5pm - only members of the local community are being asked to line the streets reports @Dyaneconnor
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50,000 without water and counting... and there's no fix until Thursday. We speak to local residents and business owners in Drogheda
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Todays homeless figures show 8,588 in emergency accommodation in Dublin alone at the end of last month. 2,576 children were homeless in the capital.
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'Laura has defined courage and generosity as she supported our work to ensure girls get the HPV vaccine, and are protected from this terrible cancer.'
-HSE and Minister for Health pay tribute to Laura Brennan. bit.ly/2JqO62k
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On air now HSE CEO @paulreiddublin says 84% of adult population fully vaccinated, 90% partially vaccinated. 130k aged 12-15 registered, 65k already completed. 6.54m vaccines administered
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This is Diego - one of the new pups who is being raised to become a guide dog. Every year 25 Guide Dogs retire from service...The Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is appealing for more volunteers to become puppy raisers @Donohuereports
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"This is the revolving door between Fine Gael & high Finance"-Sinn Fein's @PearseDoherty who says the appointment of FG Senator Michael Darcy to the Irish Association of Investment Managers is "unacceptable."
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"We were jumping around the station and there were a few tears shed", Barry Heskin of the @RNLI describes the scene when news came in that the women had been found alive following a difficult search operation overnight
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SDLP leader @columeastwood tells @RTENewsAtOne there is a terrible sadness in the air in Derry.
It is because of John Hume, he says, that he doesn't have to worry about whether his children will come home at night.
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Sinn Fein's @loreillysf gives her reaction to the Govt's Covid package.
"What we have here is a five level plan with six stages in it with no mention of track and trace".
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'An exceedingly regressive move.. which would bring Ireland back to an era where children are seen and not heard'. @KZapponeTD on reports that the full cabinet role of Minister for Children might be abolished as part of a new programme for government
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Click and collect could be considered for April, but not non-essential retail @LeoVaradkar
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'We have to trust restaurants .. rather than put in places rules that just won't work,' SF Health spokesperson @davidcullinane
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"Temperatures will drop back to as low as -2 degrees on Sunday and Monday night...risk of snow, particularly on high ground, mainly over Ulster...showers will be light and accumulations will be unlikely." - Emer Flood, Meteorologist with @MetEireann #weather #snow '#frost
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"I feel that when the Level 5 restrictions are lifted the churches should be able to gather safely because we're talking about very large buildings, well ventilated places where we have stewarding, sanitising - very careful precautions to ensure public safety. @ArchbishopEamon
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Some breaking news this lunchtime:
Foreign Affairs Minister @simoncoveney has confirmed a deal has been struck with China for Irish businessman Richard O Halloran to freely leave China.
The statement reads: "This has been a difficult time for Mr O’Halloran and his family... 1/2
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Libraries will be helping people grow their own food at home as part of a new drive aimed at encouraging healthy eating. The "Grow it Forward" campaign is in partnership with Healthy Ireland and Libraries Ireland, and sees 50,000 free food-growing kits being given away to people.
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'The virus particles move around like smoke, except they are invisible' -
@johnwenger9
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Special Criminal Court told that a vehicle recovered as part of the investigation into the abduction of Quinn Industrial Holdings executive Kevin Lunney may have been burned accidently while in Garda custody, RTE Crime Correspondent Paul Reynolds reports
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Student Horticulturist, Sean Keane kept himself occupied during lockdown by monitoring a wildflower meadow at Waterford IT...he discovered a rare bee orchid...which is considered an important botanical treasure
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Vaccination in Nursing homes is almost complete acc. to @HSELive says @NursingHomesIre
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'#StormBarra is still forming. It's what the Americans would call a Weather Bomb'
Evelyn Cusack @MetEireann
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"..there are no words strong enough, there's no words great enough to express the love I have for Séan..." the mother of Private Séan Rooney - Natasha - speaking at the end of his funeral service - the congregation applauded as she described her son as a national hero
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There are now 28 patients in public hospitals with confirmed Covid 19 reports @SineadCrowley compared to 20 the previous day. #COVID19
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The Adoption Authority of Ireland and child and family agency Tusla have confirmed that thousands of adopted people who requested their records under the new Birth Information and Tracing Bill did not receive them by yesterday's statutory deadline.
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'The government public health messaging has frightened the life out of people and they are cancelling bookings' -
@NoelAnderson_
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@CiangOBrien from @ProjectArts said the reaction from the arts sector to NPHET proposals was "shock", and there was a complete lack of understanding at how decisions were made.
"Why a show happening at 2pm is any safer than a show happening at 7.30pm - we don't understand."
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The move to a nationwide Level 3 is "catastophic" for the hospitality and tourism industry, according to Paul Kelly,
Chief Executive of Fáilte Ireland.
"There's very little business that can be done at Level 3"
@Failte_Ireland
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James Hogan, Principal of Durrow National School near Tullamore remember #AishlingMurphy as "a bright light who put a smile on anyone's face".
"We're a very close community here in Durrow, we [the school staff] met earlier this morning, and there were tears."
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"There's literally vigils and gatherings being organised in every county of Ireland," says Director of National Women’s Council, Orla O'Connor. "It is really showing what a watershed moment this is in terms of the outpouring of both grief, shock, devastation and also anger."
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Ste Brown, AKA the Brown Lad said about his viral music video Noggin that he and a friend shot the video over a few days, and he knew exactly where in Sallynoggin he wanted the shots as he said "I know the Noggin like the back of my hand" piped.video/watch?v=E9LpqRNz…
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There is a feeling in government they would like to hear someone from #NPHET on the airwaves explaining their position -
@MichealLehane
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Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says it was clear to him before he left office that the British Govt did not want to have a public inquiry into the Pat Finucane case
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The family of a Cork man who died on hunger strike 99 years ago have said they are thrilled that he is to be awarded a posthumous medal.
Joe Murphy died at the age of 25 in Cork Gaol on 25 October 1920 following 76 days on hunger strike.
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'We have agreed that there will be no face to face parent teacher meetings' -
John Boyle @INTOnews
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