Anti-Poverty

Tenant In Situ Scheme Ends Meaning Eviction and Homelessness, Cllr Adrienne Wallace

People Before Profit Councillor Adrienne Wallace condemns end of tenant-in-situ scheme in Carlow. Says this comes when there are 131 people in some form of emergency accommodation in Carlow.

Rachel Martin of Equality in Education Raises Alarm at New Special Education School Places Crisis

Councillor Conor Reddy says parents are sceptical about plans to increase size of special education classes. Paul Murphy calls for government to ensure all children have appropriate school places for September.

'Almost half of people in Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard regularly miss meals due to a lack of money': Cllr Hazel De Nortúin

Says poverty is a policy choice that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael choose to continue at every budget. Calls for food price caps to end food poverty.