activism

A VIEW FROM MOYROSS: The Government this week announced increased pay rates for early years educators. - SIPTU and childcare workers had said the sector was veering towards collapse - All welcomed the decision, but…

Writer and disability rights activist Sarah Fitzgerald writes about the impacts and inadequacies of disability services - and what needs to change.

•Jobs Club / LES protests in Dublin

Instagram is a vehicle for real change, writes CHLOE CAREY.

• A voluntary group set up last year to welcome asylum-seekers to West Clare welcomed the Department of Justice and Equality’s decision in August to close the emergency Direct Provision centre. • On August 12th - the day the closure was announced - the Miltown Malbay Welcome Group thanked Minister Helen McEntee for her prompt action. • Civil society voices who welcomed the move included Clare PPN’s Sarah Clancy, author Ruairi McKiernan, and human rights activist John Lannon.

What motivates you as a volunteer? I see too many young people from my community dying. We need to change policy, practice and legislation so that it includes and is led by the marginalised.

In advance of Donald Trump's arrival in Ireland, peaceful protests are being planned in Shannon.

At the World Community Development Conference in Maynooth, veteran activist Bernadette McAliskey told those gathered that, if we have nothing to say about wealth, funding and the rise of the right, it’s time to go home.