Stellar idea, lads. Let's have civil servants with no clinical background, sitting at their desks, deciding if kids are disabled. Then, and only then, will they see actual medical professionals. What could go wrong.
(See them in the High Court, I suppose.)
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Most kids in children’s homes are to be left without a voice in a consultation on services. Children who live in homes run by private companies and charities are not included in the HIQA consultation, because HIQA doesn’t inspect those services.
The Confidential Recipient Office - which examines concerns about HSE-run services - should remain independent, according to Safeguarding Ireland
Live your life in such a way that you can generally trust strangers to feed you.
I know there's a massive amount going on but the government amending the arbitration act to sign us up to CETA needs serious coverage and the risks of corporate courts need to be spelled out.
“With nobody to represent them, people with intellectual disabilities may never leave for-profit emergency placements far from home”
#Disability #HighSupportNeeds #Speirgorm
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Who gets paid €270m to home children in Tusla’s care – and how do they perform? Three quarters of the children placed in residential care in Ireland live in commercial accommodation. Inspections of the largest owners’ children’s homes show a mixed record. (w/ The Currency)
Our analysis of housing data from 16 local authorities suggests refusals are not a major factor in people remaining in homelessness. www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
Deadly ICE raids in the US rely on Palantir tools that mine health records to produce real-time data on people’s location – a chilling prospect for the NHS:
https://goodlaw.social/ym7q
President Catherine Connolly has warned that "the consequences of a 'might is right' mentality are now "crystal clear before our eyes" amid a period where "countries can be invaded at will, or threatened with invasion"
If your neighbour sets their house on fire for 4 years & then puts the fire out for 4 years & then sets their house on fire again for 4 more years, you probably shouldn't be making long term plans that rely on your neighbour's house not being on fire, even if they manage to put out the fire again.
WHY NAZIS WANT GREENLAND --Sunday Dispatch, 25 May 1941
1941
An excellent read 👇🏻
Sheila Garrity, a former campaign manager for President Catherine Connolly, is to stand in the Galway West by-election
Today, President Connolly officially launched the Simon Communities of Ireland ‘Older Adult Homelessness in Ireland’ report on older people retiring into homelessness, at the University of Galway
📸 Mike Shaughnessy
Simon Community report "states that of the 11,376 adults now experiencing homelessness, 27.2 per cent are aged 45 to 64, and 2.3 per cent are 65 or older."
Strong statements in report.
Pic is Ber Grogan, Executive Director of Simon
#SpéirGhorm
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The Maud Coffey tragedy must be a turning point for mental health policy in Ireland. When warnings are raised, when distress is visible, and when loved ones ask for help, our systems must be capable of listening, responding and adapting.
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Opinion: My heart sank when I saw the laughter in the Oval Office about our housing crisis #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6649185
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Zelensky will go down in history as a man who gave his all to stop the march of Fascism across Europe. Will he succeed? Not if we scroll past what’s happening.
BREAKING: There has just been a huge argument between Zelenskyy, Trump & Vance in the Oval Office.
Trump calls Zelenskyy disrespectful and says he “is no position to dictate” to the US.
Trump raises his voice to Zelenskyy. He can’t stand someone standing up to him.
This is unbelievable.
An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, due to meet Trump on St Patrick's Day, is due to be interviewed on The Late Late Show. Not the most combative environment, but it should be interesting nevertheless...
