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Most kids in children’s homes left without voice in consultation on services Children who live in homes run by private companies and charities are not included in the HIQA consultation because HIQA doesn’t inspect those services.

Most kids in children’s homes are to be left without a voice in a consultation on services. Children who live in homes run by private companies and charities are not included in the HIQA consultation, because HIQA doesn’t inspect those services.

Luxembourg-based investment fund evicts families in Ireland The LRC Group fund issues some of the highest volume of eviction notices in the country through a ‘legal loophole’

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Concerns over autonomy of Confidential Recipient Office The Confidential Recipient Office - which examines concerns about HSE-run services - should remain independent, according to Safeguarding Ireland.

The Confidential Recipient Office - which examines concerns about HSE-run services - should remain independent, according to Safeguarding Ireland

Live your life in such a way that you can generally trust strangers to feed you.

I know there's a massive amount going on but the government amending the arbitration act to sign us up to CETA needs serious coverage and the risks of corporate courts need to be spelled out.

Ageing parents of children with disabilities 'run ragged full-time caring have to be lobbyists too’ With nobody to represent them, people with intellectual disabilities may never leave for-profit emergency placements far from home, writes Cianan Brennan

“With nobody to represent them, people with intellectual disabilities may never leave for-profit emergency placements far from home”

#Disability #HighSupportNeeds #Speirgorm

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Who gets paid €270m to home children in Tusla’s care – and how do they perform? Three quarters of the children placed in residential care in Ireland live in commercial accommodation. Investors have entered this growing industry, where inspections of the largest owners’ children’s homes show a mixed record.

Who gets paid €270m to home children in Tusla’s care – and how do they perform? Three quarters of the children placed in residential care in Ireland live in commercial accommodation. Inspections of the largest owners’ children’s homes show a mixed record. (w/ The Currency)

How often do people in emergency accommodation refuse a home? Analysis of housing data from 16 local authorities shows refusals account for around one in ten offers nationally suggesting that while refusals occur, they are not a major factor in people remaining ...

Our analysis of housing data from 16 local authorities suggests refusals are not a major factor in people remaining in homelessness. www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."

Palantir uses medical records to target people for ICE in the US – will the UK be next? | Good Law Project Deadly ICE raids in the US rely on Palantir tools that mine health records to produce real-time data on people’s location – a chilling prospect for the NHS

Deadly ICE raids in the US rely on Palantir tools that mine health records to produce real-time data on people’s location – a chilling prospect for the NHS:
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Consequences of 'might is right' now clear - President President Catherine Connolly has warned that "the consequences of a 'might is right' mentality are now "crystal clear before our eyes" amid a period where "countries can be invaded at will, or threate...

President Catherine Connolly has warned that "the consequences of a 'might is right' mentality are now "crystal clear before our eyes" amid a period where "countries can be invaded at will, or threatened with invasion"

If your neighbour sets their house on fire for 4 years & then puts the fire out for 4 years & then sets their house on fire again for 4 more years, you probably shouldn't be making long term plans that rely on your neighbour's house not being on fire, even if they manage to put out the fire again.

WHY NAZIS WANT GREENLAND --Sunday Dispatch, 25 May 1941

1941

An excellent read 👇🏻

Older adults becoming homeless a 'growing crisis' A report by the Simon Community has highlighted what it calls the "growing crisis" in the number of older adults becoming homeless.

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Former Connolly campaign manager to run in Galway West Sheila Garrity, a former campaign manager for President Catherine Connolly, is to stand in the Galway West by-election.

Sheila Garrity, a former campaign manager for President Catherine Connolly, is to stand in the Galway West by-election

Today, President Connolly officially launched the Simon Communities of Ireland ‘Older Adult Homelessness in Ireland’ report on older people retiring into homelessness, at the University of Galway

📸 Mike Shaughnessy

Carmel was in her 60s when she suddenly found herself homeless Rent has ‘skyrocketed’ completely out of range of people on a pension

Simon Community report "states that of the 11,376 adults now experiencing homelessness, 27.2 per cent are aged 45 to 64, and 2.3 per cent are 65 or older."

Strong statements in report.

Pic is Ber Grogan, Executive Director of Simon

#SpéirGhorm

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The Maud Coffey tragedy must be a turning point for mental health policy in Ireland. When warnings are raised, when distress is visible, and when loved ones ask for help, our systems must be capable of listening, responding and adapting.
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Opinion: My heart sank when I saw the laughter in the Oval Office about our housing crisis Sylvia Power says for many of who live on the front lines of the Irish housing crisis, the banter in the Oval Office this week didn’t inspire confidence.

Opinion: My heart sank when I saw the laughter in the Oval Office about our housing crisis #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6649185

Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”

@kyivindependent.com

Zelensky will go down in history as a man who gave his all to stop the march of Fascism across Europe. Will he succeed? Not if we scroll past what’s happening.

BREAKING: There has just been a huge argument between Zelenskyy, Trump & Vance in the Oval Office.

Trump calls Zelenskyy disrespectful and says he “is no position to dictate” to the US.

Trump raises his voice to Zelenskyy. He can’t stand someone standing up to him.

This is unbelievable.

An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, due to meet Trump on St Patrick's Day, is due to be interviewed on The Late Late Show. Not the most combative environment, but it should be interesting nevertheless...

Press release from Irish Cancer Society- Public cancer patients left behind in two-tier health system - Leading oncologist’s first question is now “Do you have health insurance?” www.cancer.ie/about-us/new...

Techno-Fascism Comes to America The historic parallels that help explain Elon Musk’s rampage on the federal government.

In the second Trump Administration, a class of Silicon Valley leaders is insinuating itself into politics. For one historian, it’s reminiscent of the élite bureaucrats who seized political power and drove Japan into the Second World War.