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Asylum seekers' tents being removed from the Grand Canal in Dublin this morning. More than 100 men sleeping in the tents have been told they were being offered accommodation and had to leave. They are set to be bused to a new location in Dublin where they will be living in tests but where officials say they will have access to to food and sanitary facilities.
Women will have to work an extra eight years on average to earn the same pension pot as a male colleague, a new report from Irish Life has found.Cloudy and breezy to start this morning with scattered showers. The day will brighten through the afternoon as showers die out and sunny spells break through. Highest temperatures of 12 to 17 degrees, warmest in the southeast, with moderate northwest winds easing later on.
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