Una Mullally: Why did CMAT have to sell out the 3Arena before she could get proper exposure on Irish radio?
We need to amplify Irish artists on Irish radio – not from a position of territorialism or nationalism, but from one of support and pride
Spot on👇
There are small few stations who are trying- RTÉ, Cork’s Red fm, Midwest
But they are far too many who don’t
Working with the brilliant Linda Coogan Byrne of WhyNotHer we produced legislation in 2022 to ensure gender diversity in broadcasting.
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21.07.2025 13:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
'Life-saving' 100-bed addiction rehabilitation facility running at half capacity due to funding gap
The Dublin Simon Community, which runs the facility, said it not only saves lives, but taxpayer money.
State spends €36m on brand new 100 bed building
But no money to open almost half the beds🙄
128 homeless persons died in 2021- vast majority had substance abuse history. Most of the deaths- preventable.
I raised it in Dáil on Wed.
This saves lives👇
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23.05.2025 19:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We just don’t join the dots here in this country
📍25% delay visiting GP cause of costs
📍GP shortages mean some can’t get GP,others wait ages for appointment
And then INMO trolley figures today showed worst Feb on record..since 2004
We need more 🛌 &more👩⚕️ but lack of primary care is also reason
04.03.2025 18:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Meta says it is killing off its third-party fact-checking programme 'starting in the US'
The programme is to be replaced with X’s model of Community Notes.
Meta is playing with people’s lives and democracy here.
For years, they argued content moderators were the great defence against the worst impacts of their recommender systems.
This sets Meta on collision course with EU’s digital services act.
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07.01.2025 20:45 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Mother and baby home campaigner who threatened to set the dogs on nuns passes away
Galway native Rosie McKinney, who has passed away aged 86, was one of the youngest women to enter the Tuam mother and baby home when she was just 15 years old
Theirs was a fight for over 25 years for the thousands of young women wronged in our country.
Very sad that Rosie McKinney has left our world and our hearts go out to her daughter, our beloved Mags.
She was indomitable in spirit right to the end.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
02.01.2025 22:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
‘We have never run out this early’: People ‘distraught’ after missing out on Capuchin Christmas food parcel tickets
People ‘distraught’ on missing out after all 3,000 parcels are distributed by shortly after 9.30am
In an Ireland of surpluses in the public finances, this is our heartbreaking reality 👇
It’s shocking
But we shouldn’t be shocked.
So many struggling in silence out there. Huge credit to Capuchins and others for giving people some dignity.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
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