by Deirdre Clune | Dec 18, 2018 | Political News
Christmas can be a plastic-heavy time with toy packaging, selection boxes and Christmas crackers. I urge people to remember to recycle plastic, waste cardboard and paper and other items over the Christmas period. There are many items that we use at Christmas time that...
by Deirdre Clune | Dec 11, 2018 | Political News
The European Commission has published a new call for proposals under the European Solidarity Corps. More than €96 million is being made available to support solidarity activities for young people in 2019. Solidarity activities include helping rebuild communities...
by Deirdre Clune | Dec 6, 2018 | Political News
Irish people are now able to shop online without unjustified geo-blocking wherever they are in the EU. The new rules came into force on 3rd December this week. Geo-blocking is the practice of using territorial licensing restrictions in online and offline transactions...
by Deirdre Clune | Dec 4, 2018 | Political News
The additional services to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities on the Irish rail network does not match the proposals voted by at the European Parliament. Although it is welcome that more is being done to help people with disabilities who use the rail...
by Deirdre Clune | Nov 28, 2018 | Political News
The European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee have adopted changes to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) from 2021 onwards. One of the major changes of the new version of this fund is that workers who are made redundant in...