The number of serious assaults increased in the city last year.
The latest meeting of the Joint Policing Committee has heard there was 238 assaults causing harm in the city in 2021- an increase of 43 compared to 2020.
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Cabinet ministers will finalise new draft laws which give employees the legal right to request to work from home today.
It will set out the rights of staff to ask their bosses to be allowed to work remotely.
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The Minister for Education is set to come under further pressure today when Sinn Fein table a motion calling on the government to introduce a hybrid Leaving Certificate exam.
The party says it's unacceptable that a decision has still not been made in relation to this years exam.
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Half of people underestimate Ireland's impact on the environment, according to new ESRI research.
It finds 50% think the country emits fewer emissions than is actually the case, relative to the rest of the EU.
