Author: News Desk

There are only 50 more frontline gardaí in place now compared to this time last year, despite recruitment campaigns, new figures show.The garda strength stands at 14,074, as at the end of October, including 11,178 rank and file gardaí.It marks a reduction on the previous month and continues the up-and-down trend throughout this year, with numbers struggling to push past the 14,000 mark.The latest figures, contained in the Garda Commissioner’s November report to the Policing Authority, compares to a garda strength of 13,940 in October 2023. This included 11,127 rank and file gardaí, which means there are only 51 more…

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Traffic accident on the A-30 highway towards Cartagena, near the Corvera airport exit, on October 22.Marcial Guillén (EFE)Highways and urban roads claimed five fatalities a day last year, according to the Annual Road Accident Report of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT). A total of 1,806 people died in the 101,306 traffic accidents recorded throughout Spain. This represents a 3% increase in deaths, in a year in which the historical record for long-distance trips was broken, with 438.78 million, 2% more than in 2022. Motorcyclists and accidents on the roads interurban roads are at the head of the black list…

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More money? Yes, please. Negotiate? Um, I’d rather not. A negotiation researcher explains why we would rather sell ourselves short than seek conflict with the boss – and how we can overcome this dilemma. Salary negotiations: Seven steps to a better salary

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A bus carrying 46 passengers and a driver crashed near a ski resort in the southern French Pyrenees on Sunday, killing two people and injuring several others. The Spanish bus originated from L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, outside Barcelona, Spain, Catalonia’s emergency services said on X, formerly Twitter.

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