CAB sold 20 properties which were found to be the proceeds of crime
The Criminal Assets Bureau sold 20 properties which were found to be the proceeds of crime last year, the highest number sold in any one year. Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan is expected to bring the bureau's annual report to the Cabinet and publish it later. We discuss further with Conor Lally, Irish Times Crime and Security Editor.
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Uisce Éireann will be required to manage new privately built wastewater plants
Uisce Éireann will be required to manage new privately built wastewater plants under proposals Minister for Housing James Browne will bring to Cabinet this morning. The move is aiming to speed up the delivery of homes in rural towns and villages that currently have inadequate water services. Ciara discusses this further with Paul Davis, Lecturer in Public Procurement, DCU.
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Calls grow to slash school uniform costs
Sinn Fein is calling on the Government to support their legislation to cut school uniform costs. We discuss further with their Education Spokesperson Darren O’Rourke.
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Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is appearing before the Oireachtas Committee on Justice today, and it is calling for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 14. For more on this we heard from Sean Egan, Procedural Rights Fellow with Irish Council for Civil liberties and Practicing Criminal Barrister.
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Young people across Ireland can apply for one of 40,000 free travel passes
Young people across Ireland can apply for one of 40,000 free travel passes available through the European Commission’s DiscoverEU initiative. So, what exactly are they? Eoghan Corry, Editor of Travel Extra.ie brings us the details.
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