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Morning top 5: South Dublin residents oppose emergency traveller accommodation and Ireland reacts to Budget16

Council officials are to meet with Carrickmines residents this morning, after they objected ...
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06.39 9 Oct 2015


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Morning top 5: South Dublin re...

Morning top 5: South Dublin residents oppose emergency traveller accommodation and Ireland reacts to Budget16

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06.39 9 Oct 2015


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Council officials are to meet with Carrickmines residents this morning, after they objected to survivors of a fatal fire moving into their neighbourhood.

The group used their cars yesterday to block 15 members of the traveller community from accessing temporary accommodation on Rockville Drive in South Dublin.

The families lost their homes when a blaze tore through their halting site on nearby Glenamuck Road on Saturday - leaving 10 of their relatives dead.

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The Government parties will today begin the process of selling its Budget, the main part of its re-election platform.

But last night the Finance Minister ruled out an election before next year, saying the Taoiseach had closed the window on an election before Christmas.

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Road safety campaigners are hitting out at the number of people escaping punishment for using a mobile phone while driving.

According to the Courts Service, over 15,000 drivers were sent a court summons for related offences between January 2013 and March 2015, but 71% were not convicted.

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Dutch prosecutors say it could be some time before we find out who was responsible for bringing down flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.

A criminal investigation is ongoing.

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Almost 20% of those living in Dublin are not Irish citizens, according to EU figures.

The Eurostat data shows that nearly one in five people in Dublin are foreign nationals.

Luxembourg city has the lowest number of actual citizens living there, with just over 60% of people there being born in another country.

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