We know there is a relationship between homelessness and addiction. Organisations working with people in Dublin would say that as many as 72% of those who are homeless are so because of thei... Read more
I hope the commitment to separate those actively using drugs and those who are drug free will be upheld by the government in recognition of my Leaders Question covered by both Joe Duffy and... Read more
Gardaí in Trim, Co Meath, are investigating claims of a breach of legislation outlawing the hunting of stags, Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed. She told Independent TD M... Read more
Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan has accused Ministers, Dublin City Council and the Health Service Executive of a “serious breach of duty of care” in undermining drug-free accommodation for... Read more
Here comes Maureen. For the worthy stuff. She looks out for the people who don’t usually get a look-in. Unless one of them inconveniently dies on a doorstep opposite Leinster House, or somet... Read more
Maureen O’Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) The Technical Group wishes to express how appalled it is at the atrocity in Pakistan, which is particularly horrendous in the way it ta... Read more
If a social impact analysis had been done, the Government would have realised that not enough credit is available to many families to cover the proposed charge. We could have learned other l... Read more
I had the opportunity to attend the Housing Forum called by Minister Alan Kelly in The Department of the Environment yesterday afternoon. I would have to say it was a good meeting, the Minis... Read more
From the forced 100% repayment to reckless banks and bondholders who gambled and lost but who really did not lose at all, to the cost to the Irish people that was foisted on them, without th... Read more
