11 “Producers and retailers should lead the way and start phasing out now all packaging that can’t be recycled in Ireland – we have the technology and there is a clear demand from consumers to cut out non-recyclable plastics from our lives.” Social...
00 “We need to see buy-in from the highest level, both politically and among the senior ranks of the force, to get moving on these challenging reforms, and also a clear commitment to implement them by the target deadline of 2022.” The Social Democrats have...
21 “The Government needs to intervene now to stop rents sky-rocketing any further. We have to end this exploitation of renters and those priced out of the housing market. That objective should start with an inescapable nationwide rent freeze now.” The Social...
21 “The experience of daily suffering behind these waiting list numbers is appalling – the longer people wait for procedures, the more their health deteriorates, and the end result is extra cost to the health service when people have to resort to emergency...
10 “It’s bad enough that Fine Gael propose to effectively give away vast chunks of state land to private developers, but then asking people to pay €320,000 for a home and calling it affordable is a slap in the face.” Social Democrats Political Director and...
00 ““I’m delighted that my fellow councillors supported my motion to block the sale of the Magdalene Laundry site at Sean McDermott Street. This Laundry is a site of national historical importance and its sale to the Tokyo Inn hotel chain would have been an act of...
