Questions must be asked as to why successive Ministers for Local Government refuse to commence Section 212 of the Local Government Act 2001 that would give effect to independent public inquiries of local authorities considered necessary in the wake of the Flood + Mahon tribunals.
Local authorities have taken more than 60 planning enforcement actions against developers for failing to comply with their social housing obligations since 2020.
In one case, a developer sold a house a council was attempting to acquire for social housing
https://t.co/5DhPdk0qbk
Fiona has to be applauded for her work in highlighting this corruption, She kept working on this for years even though the state agencies were giving her a hard time. She is a loss to politics in this country.
Four men, including a father and son, have appeared in court charged with more than 170 offences arising from a “large-scale” investigation into alleged corrupt practices at the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board. - @MaryCarolanIT
The four include Seán Ashe, the former chief executive of KWETB, and his son John Ashe.
https://t.co/a6XNrYtplN
Good to see, as often with Village articles, a criminal trial resulting — here about the Kildare and Wicklow Education Training Board, albeit a decade after the issue was flagged
https://t.co/RwFSIbcCrj
https://t.co/kdBli4hasw
My thanks for the messages of support as news broke of the charging of 4 people in connection with the #kwetb Raising concerns while on the Board was near impossible . There is much to be learned-from before, during and after the investigation started https://t.co/5OPR0k5x8G
Questions must be asked as to why successive Ministers for Local Government refuse to commence Section 212 of the Local Government Act 2001 that would give effect to independent public inquiries of local authorities considered necessary in the wake of the Flood + Mahon tribunals.
That there isn’t one woman in any of these pictures is depressing. Are there any women on the Limerick consultative forum or is it business as usual for the boys club?
I really hope we aren't sleepwalking our way into a catastrophe in this year's presidential election.
We know a far-right candidate has little chance of winning but we would do well to remember just how personality-based these campaigns are.
We are going to see an unprecedented (for Ireland) overseas interference campaign orchestrated through this social media platform and others.
Are we just going to wait and see? Hope for the best? How's that working out elsewhere?
@AerLingus trying to switch flights to fly to London at earlier time of 12 tomorrow, keep getting PNR error after I confirm change of booking fee. I’m running out of time. Must be in London for 3 tomorrow. Can you help please?
“Never before in history has a large community like this been savaged by bombs and missiles and then denied the means to repair itself.”
“The citizens of Palestine are treated more like animals than like human beings.”
Jimmy Carter when he visited Gaza.
In 2009.