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Ireland's Minimum Wage, Easter Rising, Kerry Babies: Today's Top Stories

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Irelands rental crisis and minimum wage debate continue, with a fact-check debunking a Labour Party claim comparing current evictions to the Great Famine. The minimum wage has increased annually for a decade, contrary to business warnings, and employment has remained steady or grown. Today marks the centennial of the Easter Rising, with a ceremony led by the President, Taoiseach, and Defence Minister. The Kerry Babies case investigation has reached the Director of Public Prosecutions. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald calls for a Dáil recall to address the fuel crisis.

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Ireland's Minimum Wage, Easter Rising, Kerry Babies: Today's Top Stories

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Belfast News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Ireland's Minimum Wage, Easter Rising, Kerry Babies: Today's Top Stories. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

I'm Cory with the story. That's your Europe News Today update, AI powered and always on. Ireland's rental crisis stays in the spotlight, but that Labor Party claim comparing current evictions to the Great Famine doesn't hold up under. Fact check stats show its wayoff base. Shifting to wages, Ireland bumped up the minimum wage every year for the past decade, despite business warnings about job cuts, yet evidence proves. Employment held steady or grew. Today marks the 110th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, with the ceremony kicking off at midday outside Dublin's GPO, led by President Catherine Connolly, Dowie Seach Mikel Martin, and Defense Minister Helen McIntee. In other developments, the long awaited investigation into the 1984 Kerry Babies case where a newborn boy named Baby John was found. Stab 28 times on White Strand Beach has landed with the director of public prosecutions. Sin Fenn leader Mary Lou McDonald is pushing to recall the dayle from its two week Easter

break next week to tackle the raging fuel crisis, saying the government can't just ignore folks struggling at the pumps.

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