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1. A report into the private rental sector in Ireland has recommended an improvement in the tax treatment for landlords, with a case made to link such tax breaks to providing more secure tenancies.
“The intelligence community is considering as a leading explanation that these could just be balloons tied to some commercial or benign purpose,” said White House national security spokesman John Kirby. The report found that while hourly wages were increasing, the majority of workers weren’t working enough hours to earn more than the weekly living wage, which stands at just over €500 per week.
The trucks were loaded with essential humanitarian assistance, including shelter materials, mattresses, blankets and carpets, Paul Dillon, a spokesman for the UN’s International Organization for Migration , told AFP.6. The parents of a newborn baby who died after her heart was accidentally pierced by a doctor have accused medical staff of lying to them following their daughter’s death.
But allies meeting at Nato headquarters in Brussels remained focused on ensuring the forces have the ammunition, armoured vehicles and air defences they need on the ground to push back renewed Russian offensives.8. Two people were arrested yesterday on suspicion of sending malicious communications over the disappearance of Nicola Bulley in England.
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