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A Laois councillor has slammed as an "outrage" the loss of €600,000 allocated to the council for adapting council houses for tenants with mobilit...

Both mothers and children who are victims of domestic violence are struggling to find permanent homes. There is a long-term waiting list on Housing Section 8. Victims are temporarily staying in shelters or on the street, because frequently shelters are full and they turn families away.

The issue of illegal dumping in Enniscorthy was raised at this months meeting of the local authority with particular concern being raised over the ongoing nature of the problem. Cllr Aidan Browne highlighted one area of concern, Marconi Park, where a house that is vacant as a result of a fire is now being used as a dumping ground. There is a massive amount of dumping in it, he said. Its like a dumpsite. The issue of a site where a house is due to be built and where consistent dumping is taking ...

Madison in the Sixties – December, 1963 – Shirley Abrahamson helps Madison make civil rights history. In 1963, racial discrimination in housing was perfectly legal in Wisconsin, and very real; only about 27% of the city’s rental units, and 12% of the houses for-sale, were available to nonwhites. The city didn’t even have a meaningful board or commission working for civil rights. Instead, there was the Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights (MCHR), which the Council created in 1952 as a po...

€1m investment for six new social houses in Roscommon is a bright star at end of a difficult year says Senator Murphy Elphin  ); Fianna Fáil Senator, Eugene Murphy said the investment of €1m in the development of six new social houses in Elphin is a bright star at the end of a difficult year. Roscommon County Council made the application and is being approved for four, 2-bedroom and two 3-bedroom homes on the Windmill Road in Elphin. Senator Eugene Murphy who was informed of the developme...

Administrator bolden. i just had on john bolten. a japanese eating champ in hot water. did you know there is such a thing as major league eating. and the champion of it is in big, big trouble. accused of losing his cool when he was forced to sit outs the annual cone yesterday island --y island competition. we heard firey allegations from j. christian adams at todays hearing on possible discrimination at the department of justice. now the civil rights commission is set to hand out more subpoenas ...