or doesn’t work as the case tends to be! A look at local government. Back in 2009 when I first sat on Laois CDB, County Development Board, I received a briefing by a member of another county development board. This was my big step from community activist to representative so I was eager to understand … More How The System Works
A Direct Provision centre opened in Lisdoonvarna back in March. It was a turbulent start as seems to be the norm in response to the Reception and Integration Agency practises. They make deals behind closed doors with property owners and then tell the host community within weeks of completely transforming their population. That number was … More Drop and Run
This year International Epilepsy Day is February 12th. It just so happens I have an interview on Clare FM that morning to discuss the recent Climate Emergency Measures Bill that passed through the Dail last week. Here’s Brid Smith from People Before Profit talking about it. I was pondering how I might weave epilepsy into … More My Epilepsy & Me
Happy New Year all. It’s hard to believe it’s 2018. Here’s the agenda of the Economic SPC of Jan 8th. Agenda 8th January 2018 Minutes of meeting held on the 13thNovember and matters arising. Presentation by Mr. Vincent McCormack, GE Kinetics on Renewable Energy. Presentation on the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy for the Southern … More Report from Economic SPC Strategic Policy Committee meeting January 8th 2018
It’s almost the end of August, kids are back in school and I haven’t had time to post in the past couple of months. I never even got to share my submission to the Citizens assembly as per a previous post in June. The Citizens’ Assembly invited members of the public, representative groups and citizen organisations to make … More Citizens Assembly Submission
I think the main take home point from todays SPC meeting is that more people are happily engaged in part time work. 3 or 4 day weeks are suiting people as a work life balance kicks in. Great news 🙂 Todays agenda: So to the minutes of last months meeting which I never got to … More Economic Strategic Policy Committee July 17th 2017
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It’s all ahead of him What steps do you take when your child has a temperature? I usually monitor them for a day to see how they get on. If their temperature remains high I reach for the paracetamol to bring their temperature down because a…
Originally posted on Building Bridges between Policy and People:
Why are public bodies supporting exclusive back door policy opportunities? Where are the rural voices in Irelands energy space? Where are the “energy citizens” and local authorities in energy planning? I recently attended the Energy & Climate Conference in Dublin Castle. This time I decided to…
