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In October 1979, two psychology students, Margaret Brehony and Kathy O’Grady teamed up with a philosophy student, Conall Mac Riocard and formed a group of volunteers. They started a twice weekly soup run to people who were sleeping rough in Galway. They made the soup and sandwiches at home and then they would do the run.
Monies paid into the ‘poor box’ by offenders at the direction of judges more than doubled last year to reach over €2.3m – the highest level in many years.
The judge said that shopkeepers have to be protected from shoplifting.
There are daily debates and discussions in our local media about what the future holds for Northern Ireland.
The Government are being urged to speed up the passage of the Eviction Ban bill. The issue was raised in the Dáil by Independent TD Thomas Pringle. The