Dessie Ellis intervened in an attempted eviction of a woman and her daughter from their council house in north Dublin after a dispute over rent arrears.
The Taoiseach has expressed little sympathy over the elderly Dublin’s circumstances, saying that it was “peculiar” that they did not arrange somewhere else to stay.
Campaigners were able to stop Lee Wellstead from being evicted last month but the 47-year-old is today homeless after the sheriff made a successful second eviction attempt yesterday.
There is an increasing amount of gibberish masquerading as legal fact about things like the household charge, writes Fergal Crehan. It’s dangerous and it needs to end.
Many of the people living in barracks who are “overholders” will be moved on, Minister Alan Shatter has said. He also noted that people living in Defence Forces accommodation are not liable for the household charge.
Staff at the George’s St pub are to keep their regular opening hours but sleep, shower and eat in the premises in order to prevent it being closed before 31 January. A high court eviction order has been served on the tenants.
Nine things to know this Sunday morning including €500 All Ireland tickets, the latest in the race for the Áras, and Dale Farm travellers brace for eviction…
The call was made as Dale Farm supporters and residents plan events in the coming days to protest against the eviction of hundreds of Irish travellers.
YESTERDAY THE HIGH Court ruled against a mother who refused to allow her five-year-old son to get his MMR and 4-in-one vaccinations, saying he must now receive the jabs, the Irish Examiner reports.
While this case was a dispute between the boy’s parents and not the merits of vaccination, it is not the first time that a parent has expressed opposition to vaccines for their children.
Concerns about the side-effects of early vaccinations have been raised by parents in Ireland, particularly about the possibility of a link to autism, though a US study has claimed there is no connection and with recent outbreaks of measles, the importance of these booster shots has been emphasised.
However, just last year, a report found that a swine flu vaccination was the cause of unique narcolepsy disorder in 54 people in Ireland, including several children.
So we want to know: Should vaccinations be compulsory for children?
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