Politics

The Lacey Report

The Lacey Report

Recently NewsFour caught up with Cllr Dermot Lacey and talked to him about his vision for a better Dublin.

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Enacting Equality Laws for Local Communities

Enacting Equality Laws for Local Communities

My Bill sought to add a further ground to these nine, namely the disadvantaged socioeconomic ground. Under the Bill people could not be discriminated against because of their disadvantaged socioeconomic status,

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Meet Dublin Bay South, and Ireland’s Newest TD – Ivana Bacik

Eoin Meegan Intro: Ireland’s latest Dáil Deputy, Ivana Bacik has long been committed to social justice and change. Since 1996 she has held the Reid Chair of Criminal Law at Trinity College, Dublin, a position previously held by both Mary […]

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Political visionary or ‘divorced from reality’ – Eoghan Murphy exits the Irish political scene

Dermot Carmody April 27th this year saw the surprise resignation from Dail Eireann of Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay South and former Minister For Housing, Eoghan Murphy. Not least as a result of holding the latter post, Murphy evoked […]

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Images OF Tents On The Dodder Pose Questions About Homelessness

Dermot Carmody A year of staying at home has been a huge challenge for everybody, but for one section of our community the constraints and vicissitudes of Covid19 have added a new layer of difficulty to an already fraught set […]

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John Hume: Peacemaker

Beibhinn Byrne There has been an outpouring of tributes for the late John Hume, the former SDLP founder and leader, architect of the Peace Process and co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize alongside David Trimble in 1998. He died over […]

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NEWSfour’s guide to General Election Local candidates

Sarah Durcan – Social Democrats Sarah is the Associate Director of Science Gallery International, bringing science, art, technology and design together to deliver a world-class educational and cultural experience for young people. Her background is in theatre, having served on […]

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Sunday Service of a different kind

Paddy Cullivan and Larissa Nolan will be joined by our editor Beibhinn Byrne together with Sunday Business Post journalist Richie Oakley on Sunday 24th November at Tailor’s Hall 12pm (opposite Christchurch Cathedral) to rustle through print fresh Sunday papers and […]

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Say No to Hate

Around 200 protesters marched yesterday afternoon from Irishtown Garda station over Ringsend Bridge towards Google Headquarters in Barrow Street. For the past three weeks, members of ACI, (AntiCorruption Ireland) the group founded by Gemma O’Doherty have been staging their protest […]

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Local Election Candidates

By Eoin Meegan With the upcoming local elections this May, NewsFour invited all of the area’s declared and potential candidates to respond to the same set of questions regarding being your representative and responses to specific questions regarding the community […]

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