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The Five Shakers: Parenting; Siteserv; McDonald's not lovin' it

PARENTING: "Is this kind of touching something we should be worried about?" Psychologist David Ca...
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22.58 22 Apr 2015


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The Five Shakers: Parenting; Siteserv; McDonald's not lovin' it

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22.58 22 Apr 2015


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PARENTING: "Is this kind of touching something we should be worried about?"

Psychologist David Carey answers a troubling and sensitive question from a concerned parent

Consulting pyschologist, David Carey, talks to Sean during the weekly parenting slot on Moncrieff, taking questions from listeners.

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Not lovin' it: McDonald's record losses in all regions

The golden arches seem to be losing their appeal

McDonald's first quarter results show a 2.3 percent decrease in sales - the company attributes this to "negative guest traffic in all major segments" - this is corporate speak for 'less people are going to McDonald's in all regions.'

Consolidated operating income fell by a significant 28 percent - revenues decrease by 11 percent, but most of this drop was due to fluctuations in currency markets.

Grandmother (89) gives her views on the upcoming #MarRef

LISTEN: Madeleine Connolly says there have always been gay couples parenting

Campaigners for a Yes vote are taking a bus around Ireland, to talk to voters in the upcoming same-sex marriage referendum.

Retailer Tesco plunges to its worst annual loss of €8.8bn

LISTEN: The loss is the worst in the history of the company

Tesco made a loss of stg£6.38bn (€8.85bn) in its last financial year, the worst in its history and the sixth-biggest announced by a UK company.

The bulk of the statutory loss came from stg£7bn (€9.71bn) in one-off charges, the majority in writedowns on the value of its store portfolio "reflecting challenging industry conditions and profit decline," Tesco said.

WATCH: Taoiseach says government happy for C&AG to investigate sale of Siteserv

Opposition TDs called for an inquiry into how IBRC sold the asset

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny says the government is happy for the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) to investigate the sale of Siteserv by the former Anglo Irish Bank.


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