Archive for May, 2009

26 May, 2009 Mr. Michael Finneran TD Minister for Housing, Urban Renewal & Developing Areas Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government Customs House Dublin 1 Re: Submission – Proposed tender for the provision of support services and housing for people who are homeless. Dear Minister Thank you for meeting me and my colleagues more...

Irish Times, by Mary Minihan. “Many drank to blot out the pain of living.” Alice Leahy LONG-TERM EFFECTS: THE SURVIVORS of institutional child abuse continue to be victimised in today’s society, according to the director of the homeless charity Trust, Alice Leahy. She said the State was now off-loading its responsibility to cater for people more...

07 May

Need for Public Showers

Posted by TRUST 07 May 09 Categories: Letters to the Irish Times, News and Press

Madam, – Joe Stynes (Letters, April 30th) identified the failure to provide shower facilities in office blocks as the biggest hindrance to cyclists, and called for their mandatory provision as part of all planning permissions. We have been lobbying for some time for the provision of public shower facilities in Dublin to help prevent people becoming more...