Buckley calling for support for party’s housing motion
Sinn Féin will use the first private members business slot of the new Dáil term to debate a motion on affordable housing and local TD Pat...
Sherlock demands Government review maternity leave
Cork East TD Seán Sherlock strongly demanded the Government review the extension of maternity leave on Tuesday evening in the Dáil and dismissed the...
Moloney calls for quicker housing turnover of local authority stock
A housing motion before the Tipperary County Council at this month’s meeting led to great debate in the chambers.
A motion to approve €4.1 million to...
O’Leary elected Leas Cathaoirleach for Northern Committee
Cllr William O’Leary was elected unopposed, as Leas Cathaoirleach of Cork County Council’s Northern Committee this week.
The appointment took place at the Committee’s Annual...
It’s really simple: if you want a pint, buy a substantial...
Spare a thought for bar-restaurant staff up and down the country, currently spending half their working days explaining that they are not legislators, virologists,...
Parents of children with disabilities feel ‘forgotten’
A funding package for organisations like St Joseph’s Foundation and COPE needs to happen, as parents of children with disabilities feel like forgotten people.
This...
Money-where-your-mouth-is time for the Vatican
The Papal Nuncio says the Vatican supports giving the Tuam Babies a Christian burial. Fair play. Will Pope Francis be getting out his chequebook?
Two...
Sharpening our ancestors’ bones: the racist meme of ‘Irish slaves’
The notion that the Irish were America’s first slaves is a lie beloved of Donald Trump’s white supremacist supporters, and it was born in...
“For homeless people, rape is a constant fear”
Cork Penny Dinners co-ordinator Catriona Twomey has spoken out against sexual assaults against homeless people on the streets of Cork City, something she says...
You’d have to wonder at the Department of Justice’s priorities
In Cork, asylum seekers are terrified of Coronavirus as new residents arrive at the Glenvera Direct Provision Centre without having to quarantine. In Dublin,...
