RTE News- Corporate manslaughter suspected over Grenfell fire July 27, 2017Detectives investigating the Grenfell Tower fire have "reasonable grounds" to suspect that corporate manslaughter offences may have been committed, Scotland Yard has said.
- Irish Water says no rebate for businesses hit by outage July 27, 2017Irish Water has said there will be no rebate for businesses affected by the loss of their water supply in the northeast.
- Ex-IRA member to be questioned over Birmingham bombings July 27, 2017Gardaí are due to interview former IRA member Michael Hayes following his admissions that he was involved in the Birmingham pub bombings.
- Top US general says no change yet to transgender policy July 27, 2017The United States' top general told the military there had been no change yet to Pentagon policy on transgender personnel, after President Donald Trump's announcement of his plans to ban them appeared to catch senior officers by surprise.
- Mulvey to provide overview of RTÉ gender review July 27, 2017The former director general of the Workplace Relations Commission is to "provide an independent overview" of a review of role and gender equality at RTÉ.
- Judge approves end-of-life plan for Charlie Gard July 27, 2017A UK High Court judge has approved a plan which will see Charlie Gard "inevitably" die shortly after being moved to a hospice and having life support treatment withdrawn, he said in a statement.
- Marine 'had bomb parts sent to grandmother's home' July 27, 2017A Royal Marine who built explosives for a dissident republican group had parts delivered to his late grandmother's home, a court heard.
- Dept clarifies Garda Commissioner's leave request July 27, 2017The Department of Justice has confirmed that Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan initially sought seven weeks leave this summer.
- Criticism of move to review use of Dáil privilege July 27, 2017A move by the Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl to take a fresh look at Dáil privilege has been strongly criticised by an Opposition TD.
- HIQA finds failings in Tusla's foster care reviews July 27, 2017HIQA has found that four out of five foster carers in Tusla's North Dublin Area have not been reviewed within the required three years, while 14% had not had their Garda vetting updated in the same period.
- Corporate manslaughter suspected over Grenfell fire July 27, 2017
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Internet Book Database
Internet Book Database http://www.ibookdb.net/ Catalog all your books online Organize them as Owned/Wanted/Favorites/Read/Unread Rate, Review and Tag books List your Favorite Authors and Series Share your bookshelf on ibookdb or your Website/Blog/Myspace Find people with the same … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, book blog, book database, Book Reviews, book statistics, Books, eLibrary, ibookdb, online library
Envision A World Where Every Child Can Read
http://www.familyliteracygroups.org/ Family Literacy Groups: A model first step for building a literate community Family Literacy Groups is an Educational Community whose goal is to bring together families with young children learning to read. Our approach is not the same as … Continue reading
Waterloo Literacy Group –Sep 8th International Literacy Day
http://www.theliteracygroup.com/ Making A Difference in Our Community! The Literacy Group of Waterloo Region is a non-profit organization that offers adults over the age of 18, free help with skills upgrading to improve basic reading, writing, math, computer and workforces skills. … Continue reading
Literacy Groups
Literacy Groups Try being a Connector, Discoverer, Illustrator, Questioner, Researcher, Scene Setter, Summarizer, and Word Wizard. http://mrsdennison.com/0304/Reading/Literacy/index.htm Connector – Try to find connections between the book and you, and between the book and the wider world. This means connecting the … Continue reading
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Tagged literacy, Reading
New Poetry Book
Favourite Poems We Learned At School by Thomas Walsh ISBN : 9781856350518 Publisher: Mercier Press. Price Euro 9.99 Thomas F. Walsh has put together a collection of the most quoted and most memorable poems we learned in school. The … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Irish Poetry, poetry
New Releases in 2009
JANUARY “Plum Spooky (Stephanie Plum Series)” by Janet Evanovich “Becoming Enlightened” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama “Bones of the Dragon (Dragonships of Vindras Series No. 1)” by Margaret Weis “Daemon” by Daniel Suarez “Eclipse” … Continue reading
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UK Book Bestsellers
Source: Waterstones Online http://www.waterstones.com 1 The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were… Format: … Continue reading
Posted in Books, United Kingdom
Tagged BESTSELLERS, Book News, fiction 2008, fiction 2009, good reads, great books, great fiction, publishing
