BULLETIN: Brexit ‘illegals’ a threat to asylum system; No convincing evidence of land bubble problem says Taoiseach
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The Government has been warned that an influx of “illegals” into the country post-Brexit could “sink” the asylum system and put massive pressures on other state services.
Leo Varadkar has insisted there is no evidence of a ‘land bubble’ amid increasing home prices but said the Government is monitoring the escalating cost of property.
Temperatures are set to rise to the mid-20s again this weekend amid warnings that the ongoing dry, warm conditions are going to have significant consequences for farmers, with those in the dairy sector looking at their income dropping by half on last year.
A man has been killed and two others injured in a stabbing in south London.
The latest Ryanair traffic statistics show that the number of passengers carried by the airline grew to 13.1 million customers in July, a 4% increase on the same month last year.
Mark Coleman feels the Cork management were fully justified in the substitutions they did and didn’t make in the course of last Sunday’s epic All-Ireland hurling semi-final defeat to Limerick.
From Karen McDougal to Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump’s extramarital affairs are well known. But then, so are a whole host of his predecessors.
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It’s hot, it’s humid and all we want to do is take a nice cold dip to cool us down. And no-one knows this more than the deer in New Jersey, US, who attempted to do just that.
Taron Egerton has told fans the upcoming Robin Hood movie will be unlike previous iterations and instead similar in tone to Peaky Blinders.
For many, summer will see us roll off a gastronomical precipice, our gut pummeled by a merry-go-round of BBQs, wedding feasts and excess summer boozing. Caomhan Keane tried a Vegan diet to remedy the damage done to his system and got the bloods to prove it.
