I’ve shouted at the radio a lot today and been absolutely horrified at what I heard from Kerry, sometime mid-morning I knew it was time to find something positive to do. So I suggested that if anyone had a bit of spare money that they usually give to a group at this time of year […]
Tags:Crime·Ireland·Rape·Sexual abuse·Sexual assault·Support Groups·Violence and Abuse
Today’s Wicklow Times is reporting that Senator Deirdre de Burca is packing her bags and heading for Brussels to work in the cabinet of Ireland’s new European Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn . Now you may remember the last time Senator de Burca hitched the parachute to her back and flew. This time she is going further […]
While unions, government and the private sector bicker over pay cuts, higher taxation and ‘you earn more than I do’, communities across the land are being decimated by cuts, amalgamations and the steamroller that is the politics of bulldozing the oppressed. The cuts in services in the field of anti-poverty projects, community childcare, community health, […]
Tags:Community development·Disability·Drug rehabilitation·Government·Ireland·Poverty·Society and Culture
There is a nasty little spat underway between the Church of Ireland and the Department of Education over the funding of Protestant schools. Dr. John Neill, the Bishop of Dublin and Glendalough, has spoken last night about how Protestant schools will be forced out of business due to last years education cuts. He asserts the […]
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Civil Partnership. No not Dermot, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform who published the Civil Partnership Bill earlier this year but our Dear Iar-Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. As you may have noticed Bertie has a book out and has been on the book tour trail both here and abroad and has been enthralling interviewers with […]
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