The Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare have been asked by the Minister for Social Protection to include issues pertaining to Disability Allowance and Domiciliary Care Allowance. In Budget 2012 the Minister proposed cutting the rate of payment for those under 22 to that payable to able bodied young people in training and removing [...]
Advisory Group seek submissions on Disability Payments
February 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Disability
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Guest Cluck: Responding to Tony Humphreys
February 5th, 2012 · 30 Comments · Disability, Irish Media
On Friday an article was published in the Irish Examiner by clinical pyschologist Tony Humphreys. It is one of the most inflamatory pieces of pseudo science I’ve read ever. As someone who works with people living with autism and knows many families who have family members diagnosed I know how dangerous and misguided the views [...]
A state with 557* citizens does not need an Irish Embassy
February 2nd, 2012 · 6 Comments · Irish Politics
As of December 31st 2005, there were 557, persons having the Vatican citizenship, of which 58 Cardinals, 293 of the Clergy having status as members of the Pontifical Representations, 62 other members of the Clergy, 101 members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard and 43 other lay persons. The persons authorized to reside in the Vatican [...]
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Seven Irish MEP’s bothered, Five to go
January 26th, 2012 · 3 Comments · European Union, Irish Politics, LGBT
ILGA Europe (International Lesbian and Gay Association) are running a campaign aimed at members of the European Parliament to seek their commitment on LGBT rights. So far seven Irish MEP’s have signed the 10 point pledge on LGBT rights issues. So Liam Aylward, Mairead McGuinness, Gay Mitchell (remember him?), Pat (The Cope) Gallagher, Brian Crowley, [...]
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The Irish Bailout
January 24th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
The self flagellation approved no doubt by whomever wrote yesterdays editorial in the Irish Times.
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The dry Ard Fheis
January 21st, 2012 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics
Update: It seems this may well be a cruel joke that is being played on some members of Fianna Fáil. Some who may have to buy me a pint as I await final verification. Take with strong pinch of salt – it is a great chance to replay the David Davin Power zombie video though [...]
Plan B
January 20th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy
From today’s Irish Times (I am one of the signatories) Wanted: emergency budget Sir, – It is now clear that austerity policies are not working. The domestic economy will remain recession this year. The Government has accepted that employment, consumer spending and investment will fall again. We are experiencing a worrying rise in income inequality, [...]
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Not Our Debt
January 18th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy
Launched today a new campaigning network of local and global justice organisations, Debt Justice Action. Next week we via our government are paying €1.25 billion in the latest payment of an unsecured Anglo bond. This will be followed by numerous other payments. Repayments not of home loans or debts that the general public ran up [...]
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Domestic abuse in relationships between women
January 12th, 2012 · 8 Comments · LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships, Social Policy
If you watch one thing this week? More on this fabulous European campaign and the organisations behind it. My experience in Ireland has been that many lesbians are involved in work in the area of domestic violence but refuse to work on or acknowledge domestic violence in same sex relationships. But no all lesbians want [...]
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Fake email from Tourism Ireland ends up as spam
January 11th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Social Media
“Tourism Ireland has always strived to be at the cutting edge of e-marketing and we have worked hard to strengthen our social media presence.” So says Vera Stedman, Tourism Ireland’s deputy head of Great Britain, when she accepted the award for Best Use of Social Media’ category at the UK travel industry’s Travolution awards in [...]
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