When The Ditch published a story about Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins on 19 April, other media and politicians were slow to follow up – stoking suspicions.
“Lack of consultation”, the “price of property” and “lack of resources” were all screamed at local politicians at the mere suggestion of a Traveller site in the area.
It’s below the PUP, the minimum wage, the living wage. Is someone with a disability that substantially restricts their ability to work worth less than others?
Forget multiculturalism, the way forward is “interculturalism” – and the government should adopt this more inclusive, egalitarian approach in its new migrant integration strategy.
There have been government interventions. But work on vacant homes has been muddled because vacancy is far more complicated than our current understanding captures.
Instead of producing housing where need is greatest, our housing system is producing – by a multiple of three – development on the periphery of settlements.
“This sense of loss is one that we all share … But while we are all connected and equal in bereavement, some groups face it much sooner, and more often than others.”
