Concerns about continuity of care as Tusla changes 3,000 children’s social workers
“If you read any research with care-experienced voices – every piece of research talks about the importance of continuity of care.”
Paul McKeon says online English language teachers are one vector spreading the word among Brazilian students, who have created a Portuguese version of the slur.
Rialto residents want more for their local green space, taken over by construction of the children’s hospital for years, than the council is now proposing.
These “refuge islands” are a symptom of wider issues around pedestrian infrastructure, walking tour guides say.
A local councillor says she believes cuts are coming. The service says it’s going “to conduct a full review of all of its offices this year”, but no closures are planned just now.
The report lays out serious problems with how councils handle claims from people without Irish citizenship, and Travellers, that stops them from accessing shelter even when they are entitled to it.
Dublin city councillors held their monthly meeting on Monday night. Here’s some of what they discussed.
A team at University College Dublin has given sensors to households to track how much traffic goes past and how fast. The next step will be using that data to ask for changes.
Delivery cyclists say it nudges them to deliver to unsafe areas, and has undermined attempts to strike for better conditions. A spokesperson for Deliveroo said safety of riders is an “absolute priority” and it supports their right to express themselves by not working.
“Covid-19 pandemic, restrictions and related costs” have hurt viability, said the board in a statement. Councillors have called for it to be brought into public ownership.
Before 2018, the number of both private and charity-run beds grew. Since 2018, the trend has been different.
Meanwhile, at least six other homeless hostels in the city have no valid fire-safety certificates, once again prompting questions about standards and safety.
Hundreds of what are known as “EU treaty rights” applications are taking longer to process than the six months laid out in law.