Tag: poverty
Richard Boyd Barrett: Government’s Social Housing Announcement Just Another Recycled Accountancy Trick
In a statement this morning, Richard Boyd Barrett TD, slammed the government on their latest social housing statement which is totally bogus and just a repeat of last years announcement of the same investment. An allocation of €1.5 billion is precisely what the Minister announced in the Social Housing Strategy 2020 document in November 2014…
The Economy Growns, but so Does Poverty
By Ed Harper People Before Profit Alliance (West Cork Branch) This government is renowned for its lying, but the explanation for why Kenny and crew claim there is growth and yet the signs of increasing poverty multiply is very straightforward. The purpose of the austerity policy which has been oppressing the whole of the EU…
Opinion: Austerity Cuts That Directly Affect Women and Children Have Been Piled on by This Government
Reposted from thejournal.ie. By Elizabeth Madden Over two weeks ago, a video clip emerged of a female protestor who banged on the bonnet of Taoiseach Enda Kennys car and shouted “out, out, out”. Without hesitation, three members of the Garda Síochána picked the woman up and threw her against a bollard. The woman in question…
Do We Need Economic Experts?
By Michael O’Sullivan We are bombarded daily on our televisions and radio by economists lecturing us about what ‘we’ need to do to solve the economic crisis here and in Europe but should we listen to them? While we are encouraged to believe that economic matters due to their complexity can only be understood and…
