Speaking before his final ‘Convention in Your Classroom’ initiative in Mercy College Secondary School in Coolock, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, outlined the success of the project, and the need to engage more with young people about politics, and about issues that affect them. “I started this initiative in October, and over the last few months […]
I am campaigning that the forthcoming levy on online betting will not go to the horse and Greyhound Racing Fund and can go towards a more worthy cause. This is an issue of Tax Justice. In November 2011 I spoke in the Dáil about this issue: http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2011/11/09/00026.asp I followed this up in July : http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0730/1224321085804.html […]
Endless commentary since the economic crisis began in 2008 has centred on the concept that the rich must pay. This seems to be a uniting call amongst commentators. Of course where they all deviate is on their definition of what is and is not ‘rich’. The key to establishing a better, fairer, way is to […]
