Dublin People

Monday, February 20, 2012 12:00

Minister urged to rethink CE Scheme plan

• Local Sinn Fein activists with Dublin North West TD, Dessie Ellis, pictured outside Leinster House during a recent protest against CE cuts

A NORTHSIDE community employment scheme has pleaded with Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton to take a less number crunching approach to the implementation of cuts to CE schemes. Heidi Bedell, a spokesperson for Donaghmede-based Trinity Adult Resource Group for Education and Training (TARGET), made her appeal following Minister Burton’s Dail speech in which she reiterated her intention to implement €27. More...

Monday, February 20, 2012 12:00

Priory Hall residents grateful for support

• PROTEST: Michael Kelly pictured during a demonstration held in Donaghmede in support of Priory Hall residents. Mr Kelly's daughter owns an apartment in the complex. PHOTO BY DARREN KINSELLA

MORE than 600 people turned out in support of the displaced Priory Hall residents in a demonstration held last Sunday week at Donaghmede Shopping Centre. Some of the 285 residents who were forced to leave their homes last October carried placards with the slogan: ‘Refugees in Our Own Country’. More...

Monday, February 20, 2012 12:00

Dublin historian brings cemeteries to life

• WAKING THE DEAD: Senator David Norris pictured with author and historian Shane MacThomais at the launch of Dead Interesting in Glasnevin Cemetery.

EVER wondered where the phrase a ‘dead ringer’ comes from, why we wear black to a funeral or who was the first person to be killed in the Easter Rising? A new book titled Dead Interesting by author, historian and proud Northsider Shane MacThomais has all the answers. More...

Monday, February 20, 2012 12:00

Campaigner demands funds for missing children’s hotline

• Tom Brown protesting outside the EU offices on Molesworth Street last week. Photo by Darren Kinsella

A SOUTHSIDER who has tirelessly campaigned for the establishment of a hotline for missing children has called on the Government to provide the funds required to establish and operate the service without delay. More...

Monday, February 20, 2012 12:00

Local drug units may be scrapped

FEARS are growing that drug dealers will be able to ply their trade on Northside streets without repercussions should local Garda drugs units be disbanded. Speculation is rife that several dedicated local drugs units will be scrapped over the coming weeks as part of a major reshuffle in An Garda Siochana. More...