A guest Post from Niall Crowley from Claiming Our Future CLAIMING OUR FUTURE ‘IDEAS’ – TACKLING INCOME INEQUALITY The International Monetary Fund says that it is needed to sustain economic growth. Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, authors of the Spirit Level, found that it leads to higher levels of life expectancy and educational attainment and […]
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I have had numerous periods in my life where I had poor mental health. Clinical depression, stress, feelings of not being able to cope, pick your euphenism. It’s not something I have talked about much until I was asked to write something for the Make a Ripple campaign and then forgot to do it. Poor […]
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The Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn has been making his inaugural speeches to the Teachers Union conferences this week. Yesterday he spoke at the TUI conference and raised the issue of lesbian and gay teachers and the possible impact of equality legislation protections regarding religious ethos. Before concluding I want to consider one further issue […]
If you are a lgbt teacher and feel like writing a letter about Section 37 of the Employment Equality Act, the Taoiseach may need a lesson in his own programme for government. The publicly identified bit in the programme for government may need a bit of editing too while you are at the suggesting! Labour […]
Attention photographers and film-makers! Claiming our Future are running a competition seeking 1 minute videos or photographs which represent the theme of Income Equality- Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor. Closing date is May 9th. All entries will be acknowledged and the best selection will be shown on May 28th in Galway at the […]
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