Tesco last week received planning permission to open an outlet in the NAMA held building on Smithfield Square currently occupied by the Complex theatre and arts space. Franc Myles talks to Eadaoin O'Sullivan about the campaign to preserve one of the few remaining cultural spaces in the north inner city.
Last week, supermarket behemoth Tesco was granted planning permission to open an outlet in the units currently occupied by the Complex arts and theatre space in Smithfield.
The cap on the number of Special Needs Assistants and cuts to resource teaching hours in schools have been described as unacceptable by the Dáil's Technical Group and parents. By Bernard O'Rourke.
Government cuts to education are going to have a detrimental effect on special needs pupils at primary school level, say parents and TDs.
Rory McIlroy's inclusive approach to success recalls US thinker John Rawls on the quest for justice and fairness, writes Vincent Browne.
The joy over Rory McIlroy's victory in the US Open was not just that an Irishman had achieved so much or that so many of us were all delighted he had recovered so spectacularly from the psychological meltdown in the US Masters.
The Croke Park Agreement’s first annual report found considerable ‘savings’ in expenditure on public services: €289 million was saved on the pay bill due mainly to 5,000 less jobs, while a further €308 million was saved in non-pay costs. Even so, Ministers are warning that they will need more, much more. In fact, we’re going to get four more years of Croke Park ‘savings’. If the Agreement is any more successful we will end up with a third-tier, under-funded, anaemic public service.
New proposals on economic governance, including the Euro Plus Pact, are an attempt to institutionalise austerity policies at the heart of the EU, writes Paul Murphy, MEP.
Over the past number of years, and in a more accelerated manner in recent times, one of the most significant topics being touted in the Parliament and the institutions of the European Union is that of economic governance.
Think-tank TASC yesterday launched a new report on health inequalities in Ireland. Authored by Sinéad Pentony and Sara Burke, with input from the TASC Health Inequalities Advisory Group, chaired by Prof Joe Barry, ‘Eliminating Health Inequalities – A Matter of Life and Death' outlines the interrelationship between economic inequality and inequality of health outcomes.
Speaking at the launch, Prof Barry said:
A new initiative led by the US government’s ‘Voice of America’ (VOA) group and social media company CitizenGlobal, attempts to fight back against the alarming number of rapes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, writes John Holden.
Hundreds of thousands of women and girls have been raped and tortured during the conflict between rebel soldiers and government in Congo over the last 15 years.
It is actually a tactic used by the rebels to force acquiescence upon the local population.
There is plenty of wealth in Ireland, more than in most European countries, in fact. By Michael Taft.
The issue of wealth in Ireland is certainly hotting up – at least in the Irish Times. Last week we had a strong intervention by Fintan O’Toole, claiming that Ireland is an extremely wealth country, a fact that contradicts the austerity narrative we are being subject to.
If Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton gets his way, will become a day of low wages and exploitation, says Michael Taft.
A rainy Sunday morning; it brings many thoughts – of outdoor activities cancelled, indoor DIY projects advanced, no football and letting Garibaldy go through the Sunday Independent so that we don’t have to suffer that fate (save for Gene Kerrigan who should always be read in print or on-line).
The National Women’s Council of Ireland has expressed deep concern that the Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD, has not heeded its requests to meet with him to discuss his proposed changes to Joint Labour Committees (JLCs).