Posts Tagged ‘Evening Echo Article’
This article was published in the Evening Echo on Wednesday 20th October 2010 The current unemployment crisis among people who have recently graduated means that emigration once again haunts the dreams of people across Ireland. As a nation we run the risk of being the victim of a brain drain as thousands of our best [...]
Thu21Oct2010
THE number of Gardaí stationed in Cork city and county have risen slightly since 2008 despite the ban on recruitment.
Tue1Jun2010
NAMA is a €54 billion bailout. It will use taxpayers’ money to overpay the banks for toxic loans. Bankers and developers who gambled on the property market and lost will gain at the expense of Irish taxpayers.
Thu24Sep2009
Public Transport in Cork will be a target for cutbacks in the months to come. The social, financial and environmental benefits of public transport are in danger of being ignored.
Wed19Aug2009
Children have been targeted by a number of cuts including the canellation of the cervical cancer vaccine, cuts at Crumlin Hospital, reduced supports for Special Needs Children, increased pupil/teacher ratios, the withdrawl of the Early Childcare Supplement and changes to Child Benefit next year.
Thu2Jul2009
What we needed was a Budget designed to stimulate the economy, protect and create jobs and reform our whole system. What we got was a vicious attack on low and middle income families. There is an alternative.
Wed15Apr2009
Fine Gael’s policy to reform the higher education sector includes an alternative to the Government’s plans to reintroduce third level fees. This would see the abolition of registration fees and the introducation of a deferred contribution system where new students would pay 30% of the cost of their education after graduation.
Tue31Mar2009
The Government’s attitude to education is an act of national sabotage that will do long term damage to our country
Tue17Feb2009
The Government consider investment in Education not as the key to getting out of the recession but as an area where cuts can be made.
Tue17Feb2009
The time has come to enhance consumer rights and reduce the cost of living and Fine Gael has set out its proposals in our Finding Real Value policy.
Wed11Feb2009
Latest News Categories
My news section includes press releases and other official material but you can view all my personal comments here:
Personal Comments >>
Get updates by email - enter your email address:
Latest Comments
- CE Schemes Vital to Local Communities - Clune.
- Michael Dowd: Hi deirdre you are right…
- Clune Welcomes HSE 'Get More Active' Campaign.
- Michael Dowd: Hi deirdre happy new year…
- Dáil Debate on TB Outbreak in Cork
- tv amr: Just my two cents, however…
- Speaking in the Seanad on the issue of flood cover by insurance companies in Cork
- Michael Dowd: Hi deirdre if people can…
- Retention of Passage Garda Station Welcomed - Clune
- Michael Dowd: Hi deirdre this is good…
- Clune Welcomes Minster's Realisation that toll on Lee tunnel will not work.
- Michael Dowd: Hi deidre i agree with…
- Graffiti epidemic in Douglas needs to be tackled now
- Michael Dowd: Hi deirdre is there plans…