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Entries Tagged as 'Social Policy'

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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Towards a Second Republic – Giveaway/Review

November 28th, 2011 · 17 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Social Policy

Towards a Second Republic: Irish Politics after the Celtic Tiger, by Peadar Kirby and Mary P. Murphy was published earlier this month and is surely to become a key text for students of Irish Politics and the broader social sciences. The book initially examines the impact of the Celtic Tiger both it’s development and operation [...]

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‘Sad News’ A Labour Party response to closures and silencing

November 27th, 2011 · 10 Comments · Feminism, Irish Politics, Social Policy

As the voices of accountability and concern are silenced under the fog of austerity, the Labour Party stand silently by. SAFE Ireland who support the development of services to women and children affected by domestic violence, count and document the numbers using the services and analyse the responses and need, lost their core funding and [...]

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Shatter responds to Prison Visiting Committee report

November 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Social Policy

Further to the publication of the Prison Visiting Committee reports 2010 last week, the Minister for Justice and Law Reform answered questions on the matter in the Dáil yesterday. Deputies Clare Daly (Socialist Party) and Jonathan O’Brien (Sinn Fein) raised matters arising during the Topical issues time (a new procedure in the Dáil to raise… [...]

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The Dangers of kite flying

November 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics, Social Policy

All together now. I wish I meant to be so humorous. The weeks before a budget divide and scare people and cause huge hatred and myth making in the media and amongst the general public. Some people have nobody to fly kites for them or stop the flight path. Last week Eamon Gilmore said that [...]

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The Dochas Centre and treatment of prisoners

November 19th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Social Policy

It is with regret that this committee notes a distinct shift from the ethos on which the success of Dochas was built and the committee express concerns over future direction of the prison. Dochas Prison Visiting Committee Report I have visited the Dochas Centre (in a personal/unpaid capacity) on a number of occasions over the [...]

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National Association of Widows

November 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Recession, Social Policy

The stuff to give Labour and Fine Gael backbenchers bad dreams. Another thought is how rarely we see older women in the media.

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Taxing the wealth, for the common good

November 10th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy

- Ireland has the second highest number of millionaires in the EU. – The 300 richest people in Ireland are worth close to €50bn. – Excluding housing values the top 1% control 34% of Ireland’s wealth. – The government plans to cut expenditure, services and infrastructure twice as much as they plan to raise in [...]

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ESRI paper on Active Labour Market Policies released

November 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Recession, Social Policy

Today the ESRI releases the first paper in a new series on Renewal. The study reviews international and national evidence on Active Labour Market Policies and their impact on getting those who are unemployed back into work. What Can Active Labour Market Policies Do, by Dr Elish Kelly, Dr Seamus McGuinness and Dr Philip O’Connell [...]

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JobBridge an update

November 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy

In a written answer to a question about the use of social media in highlighting training opporutnities from Dominic Hannigan, Ciaran Cannon replied that I believe that, in general, education and training providers should bear in mind the potential for using, where feasible, social media to assist job seekers and those seeking further training and [...]

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