You may remember that Pat Rabbitte and Dermot Ahern went head to head before Christmas on the cutting of the budget of the Equality Authority. Last night Labour’s Spokesperson on Justice released a statement in reaction to the resignation of 5 members of the authority. Today’s resignation of five more directors of the Equality Authority […]
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Political Reaction to Equality Authority Board Crisis
January 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Equality, Equality Authority, Irish Politics
Tags:Dermot Ahern·Equality Authority·Labour·Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform
Five More Equality Authority Board Members Resign
January 19th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics
Five more members of the board of the Equality Authority have resigned. David Joyce from ICTU, Louise McDonnell a senior official in IMPACT (Public sector trade union) and Frank Goodwin from the Carers Association have informed the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern that the authority can no longer fulfill it’s core […]
Tags:Dermot Ahern·Equality·Equality Authority·Irish Congress of Trade Unions·Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform·Public sector·Trade union