I’m currently reading a new publication from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) on A Social Portrait of Disabilities in Ireland. The authors Dorothy Watson and Brian Nolan are the leading experts in examining the statistics on poverty in Ireland and both of them have examined disability statistics for many years. Their publication is […]
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Campaign buses, poster trucks and samba bands are being reported the last few days as operations swing into gear and nominations are confirmed. This pic was sent to me of the Mary Davis bus spotted over the weekend. Those buses don’t come cheap. So Mary has taken to her kitchen to look for […]
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The next national Claiming Our Future event will take place on November 5 in Cork. An Economy for Society is the theme for this event which is organised by Claiming Our Future in association with PlanBetter (part of IEN the Irish Environmental Network). It is a one day discussion on our economic system. Individuals and […]
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Think it’s time to start the campaign diary entries again. Thanks to Rick O’Shea for the first poster find from the ploughing (where all the candidates tweeted that they had a marvellous time but I’m not sure how much ploughing they saw!) Martin McGuinness declared on Sunday morning and lo and behold the campaign posters […]
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Following reports of the issue being raised at last weeks closed meeting of the Parliamentary Party in Tullow, Labour Party TD’s are now issuing press statements questioning the way in which JobBridge positions are being screened. Ged Nash TD (Louth) this afternoon has called exploitation of unemployed people on the scheme ‘shameless’. He called on […]
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