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Money, money everywhere but not for proper homes

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Money, money everywhere but not for proper homes

Last Friday I spoke off the air to a landlord who lets out short stay apartments, purchased and renovated last year for this purpose. He's been housing three homeless families, funded by Community Welfare Officers at a rate of €100 per family per night, since they were all asked to leave hotel rooms over the October [...]

2018-12-01T09:52:41+00:00 December 11th, 2017|Categories: Print|Tags: Cllr Mick Finn, Cork City Council, Drinan Street, HAP, homelessness, hotels, housing, housing policy, Irish Examiner, landlords, Noel Baker, RAS, rent|

Women and work… and Leo Varadkar

Leo Varadkar TD at a Fine Gael press conference during the 2011 General Election Campaign. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A straw poll of friends and colleagues a recently revealed that many of the women I know are the primary – or the only – breadwinners in their families. The recession has caused a huge amount [...]

2013-03-28T14:33:00+00:00 March 28th, 2013|Categories: Opinion|Tags: bank bailout, childcare, Enda Kenny, feminism, Fine Gael, Frances Fitzgerald, gender pay gap, Irish Examiner, Leo Varadkar, maternity leave, Michelle Mulherin, mortgage defaults, personal insolvency, troika, women, work|