TDs & Councillors Archives - Social Democrats

10 October 2022

Cllr Joan Hopkins secures support for motion on Fingal apprenticeships

Fingal County Council has been instructed to run an apprenticeship scheme to improve the number of badly needed skilled tradespeople in the county. The scheme was proposed in a motion in the name of Social Democrats councillor Joan Hopkins, who was unanimously supported by her fellow council members at their most recent meeting. Cllr Hopkins […]

24 January 2022

South Dublin County Cllr. Eoin Ó Broin Joins The Social Democrats

Eoin’s decision to join the Social Democrats is further evidence that the party is continuing to grow Social Democrats co-leaders Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall have welcomed the decision of Independent South Dublin County Councillor Eoin Ó Broin to join the Social Democrats. Cllr. Ó Broin said: “My primary goal in politics is delivering change […]

11 October 2021

Keegan’s Condescending Comments To Students Must Be Addressed by DCC

To see the crisis go unaddressed for a decade, while the Taoiseach flippantly states the issue cannot be addressed overnight, is deplorable Social Democrats Councillors on Dublin City Council have called for a special meeting of the local authority to be convened to address dismissive and condescending comments, made by Chief Executive Owen Keegan to […]

2 June 2021

Sarah Durcan To Contest Dublin Bay South By-Election

In this by-election, the people of Dublin Bay South can send a powerful message The Dublin Bay South by-election is about housing and the quality of all of our lives as we emerge from lockdown, according to Social Democrats candidate Sarah Durcan. “This by-election is not only a referendum on this government, but on a […]

15 January 2021

Mother and Baby Homes report needs to be as accessible as possible

Cllr Chris Pender has called on the Government to make the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation report available to survivors in the most accessible ways possible. Earlier this week, the commission reported on the harrowing deaths of over 9,000 babies in institutions across Ireland. Following on from the State apology, Newbridge based Social […]

24 October 2019

Edenderry to Dublin bus route gets new operator from December

Go-Ahead Ireland is to begin operations of the 120 Edenderry to Dublin bus route from December 1st 2019. The operator has also confirmed to Councillor Aidan Farrelly today that the first eight journeys of the day will be served by double-decker buses travelling to Dublin, with the aim of ensuring capacity for the in-demand service. […]

8 September 2018

Taoiseach’s Budget gimmickry amounts to an election stunt

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