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Ambulance personnel who are members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association have walked off the job for the second time in a month in a row over union recognition 

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The number of adults in emergency accommodation in the Cork & Kerry region has breached the '500' mark for the first time.

514 people are now in emergency accommodation - that's up 37% in the last year. 

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A garda investigation has been launched to coincide with the clean up of a notorius dump on the northside of the city. 

Contractors moved on to the Ellis’s yard site in Ballyvolane yesterday to clean the area and it's expected aound 200 tonnes of waste will have to be removed. 

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There are calls for the government to act and cut the levy on commercial radio.

Three years ago, former Taoiseach Enda Kenny promised to abolish the charge, which funds the BAI, however that hasn't happened yet.

Last night, commercial radio bosses met TD's over their inaction on the subject.
 

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