Madam, It is good to see that some of the thousands of empty, unsold houses around the country may finally be made available to those on growing local authority housing lists. But it is also incontestable, as councillor Mannix Flynn said (Home News, September 22nd), that the housing sector needs “a fundamental overhaul.” He reminded his more...
Delivering Housing Solutions for a New Era Irish Council for Social Housing Biennial National Social Housing Conference 2009 Sheraton Hotel, Athlone, Co. Westmeath Good evening everyone. Thank you for your invitation to address your very timely conference. I now know what it is like to be the “warming up” act before The Late Late – not more...
Invitation to Tender Document a declaration by the state that it is opting out of caring for the very poor and the most marginalized Voluntary bodies urged not to tender or become complicit in assisting the state in off-loading its responsibilities through a cynical cost saving exercise The plan by the Minister for Housing to privatize or outsource more...
President Mary McAleese visited TRUST on the 14th of September, 2009 for a first hand briefing about the nature of homelessness in Ireland today. From top left to right with President McAleese Dr. Maurice Guéret, Chairman of TRUST, Matthew Geoghegan, Care Worker, TRUST John Leahy, Drugs Education Officer, HSE, Alice Leahy, Director & Co-Founder, more...
