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Real consultation with people before the Bus Connects plan can go any further
Dublin Bus In spite of current criticisms of Dublin Bus, for example, people getting on in the outer suburbs a...
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Community Employment (CE) Suitability with Childcare Roles
There is absolutely no question about the need for quality training for people who are working in child care....
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Inner City “Mulvey” report; Need for action not words
I questioned the Taoiseach about the Inner City report as compiled by Kieran Mulvey; the report fell short of...
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Many concerned Re: social implications of 8,000 students accommodated in one area of the North Inner City
At community meetings concerns have been raised about the social implications of the huge number of students w...
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Murders bring about legislation to tackle the Drug Crisis
Last night the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 was debated in the Dáil which aims to bring certain subst...
At least one person died every day in 2017 due to a drug overdose according to the most up-to-date figures. 218 more deaths than due to car accidents. As a result of legislation relating to... Read more
Dublin Bus In spite of current criticisms of Dublin Bus, for example, people getting on in the outer suburbs and there being not enough room on the buses by the time they come to the inner s... Read more
There is absolutely no question about the need for quality training for people who are working in child care. But some community child care facilities were reliant on members from community... Read more
Inner City “Mulvey” report; Need for action not words
I questioned the Taoiseach about the Inner City report as compiled by Kieran Mulvey; the report fell short of expectations, as it was strong on what needs to be done but less so on how and w... Read more
At community meetings concerns have been raised about the social implications of the huge number of students who are to be accommodated in one particular part of the north inner city. Studen... Read more
Last night the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016 was debated in the Dáil which aims to bring certain substances which are open to misuse and known to be traded on the illicit market unde... Read more
It was really disappointing to see that the Government ignored the 15 amendments submitted to the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015, in particular the three I ca... Read more
Good Government, Bad Government.
When Tony was first elected in 1982, he restored the faith in politics that many people had lost. Since the recession began that faith has definitely been tested many times over. This post i... Read more
Leaders Question – Addicts in recovery being mixed with addicts still active in drug use
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