by Deirdre Clune | Mar 12, 2018 | Political News
Last week in Brussels, I officially launched the European Dying to Work Campaign at the European Parliament, Brussels. Terminally ill workers should be granted a protected employment status under EU law, similar to pregnant workers, in order to prevent unfair...
by Deirdre Clune | Feb 9, 2018 | Political News
Geo-blocking is the practice whereby consumers are blocked from accessing and buying a product or service from a website based in another EU member state. The Commission estimates that almost 65% of websites in the EU engage in this discriminatory practice....
by Deirdre Clune | Jan 24, 2018 | People
Recently, the Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment recommended that this amendment should be repealed and amongst other recommendations that termination of a pregnancy should be available without restriction up to 12 weeks. The Oireachtas is currently...
by Deirdre Clune | Jan 17, 2018 | Political News
The battle to protect our blue planet received a boost yesterday, as the European Commission launched the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy. Plastic production is 20 times higher now than in the 1960s and is set to quadruple again by 2050. We...
by Deirdre Clune | Jan 6, 2018 | Political News
EU-Funded FEAD programme channels non-perishable food through FoodCloud Hubs to those most in need. Under an European Programme, social enterprise FoodCloud Hubs and the Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection are working together to provide food to...
