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The children of St Fintan’s National School in Taghmon have sang their hearts out for charity as part of a fundraising activity organised by local musician Shane Murphy. The Big Busk saw pupils from each of the classes sing with Shane, who is also a parent at the school, in aid of homeless charity Focus Ireland. As a result of their efforts an impressive €610 was raised for the organisation, money which will help those facing homelessness across the country.

A dozen southern Worcester County towns collaborate on creating vaccination site in Uxbridge to administer 750 daily doses MassLive.com 3/15/2021 Michael Bonner, masslive.com © Michael Bonner | mbonner@masslive.com/masslive.com/TNS A dozen communities in southern Worcester county collaborated to open a vaccination site at McCloskey Middle School in Uxbridge. Erected in 1952, in the decades since, the Uxbridge Veterans Memorial located on the town’s middle school campus has housed countless events. Banners inside the gymnasium reflect athletic greatness. But its scars al...

A $15 minimum wage still won't be a living wage for many families, MIT and CNBC analysis says insider@insider.com (Juliana Kaplan) © Provided by Business Insider A protestor holds a sign in Upper Senate Park during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, to push for a raise to the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Al Drago/CQ Roll Call A CNBC analysis of cost-of-living data looked at how minimum wages compare to living wages. For families, the proposed $15-per-hour minimum wage still falls short of a living wage. For single adults, the $15 wage would bri...