Passport Office chief executive Paul Pugh - who will be questioned next week by MPs on the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee - said there had been "exceptional" summer demand but that extra staff had been brought in to handle applications.
As the slow-moving debacle over the suspected noncitizen voter probe moves forward with the governor's blessing, naturalized citizens across the state are left wondering if their voter registrations will be questioned before the next election deadline on April 6.
Both independent experts will be questioned and cross-examined during the next sitting of the court on Saturday.
Ireland's achievement in winning back-to-back Six Nations titles cannot be underestimated but, with Leinster out of the Champions Cup and Munster now all but gone, there will be questions about the quality of their next generation.
Under the parallel investigation instigated by the Swiss attorney general into the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, 10 current members of the Fifa executive committee will also be questioned over the next 48 hours.
But the management structure remains mainly unaltered, and Mr Eddington's position will be increasingly questioned over the next 12 months if he fails to start turning around the airline.
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The question becomes: Who will be next to get thrown overboard to try and right the ship?
EBay's baby steps also leave open the question of who will be next to go to the digital download well.
"My question is whether adults will be next to them all the time," he said.
The question now is: Who will be next on the big pharma hit list?
