Quarter of Irish billionaires ‘only Irish for tax purposes’ A quarter of the eight Irish billionaires listed on Forbes magazine’s billionaire list are former American citizens, who have received huge tax breaks as a result of adopting Irish citizenship, according to Workers’ Party councillor Éilis Ryan (North Inner city Dublin). Cllr Ryan was referring to [...]
There have been calls for An Bord Pleanála to examine a €1.5 million council levy exemption granted to developer consortium Natrium, at the planning appeals hearing of the controversial Clery's development which begins tomorrow (Monday). Workers’ Party councillor Éilis Ryan, who will address the appeal hearing tomorrow, will ask why the controversial development has been [...]
Home ownership figures released by the CSO today have been met with calls for the state to scale up investment in public, mixed-income housing. Reacting to the figures, Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party) said: The CSO figures prove that, for most middle income households, getting a mortgage to buy a home is an impossibity. [...]
The government’s ‘Help to Buy’ scheme has come under criticism for subsidising builders while failing to address the housing needs of most middle and low income households. Figures released by the Department of Finance show that the scheme is expected to come in well above budget, with an average take-up of €15,000 / household. Speaking [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan The Workers’ Party has called for the compulsory confiscation of assets from orders whose institutions contributed to the abuse of women, children and other vulnerable groups in the last century. Workers’ Party Dublin councillor Éilis Ryan said: “The time has for the kid gloves and niceties has long passed. The [...]
The Lord Mayor has come in for criticism for marking the death of the late, former Archbishop of Dublin, in the same moment as the council remembered those babies whose remains were discovered in Tuam last week. Speaking following the March monthly meeting of the city council, Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers Party), said: I spoke [...]
Banking policy amounts to ‘public handouts for bankers in hard times, profit privatisation in good times.’ Ryan calls for AIB to be kept in public ownership as a public investment bank. Government plans to re-privatise state-controlled bank AIB have been slammed as “public handouts for bankers in the hard times, and privatisation of profits in [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan The National Transport Authority (NTA) has faced accusations of favoring privatisation of transport following its comments yesterday (28/2) that private operators can adequately cover all but one Bus Éireann Expressway routes currently facing closure. Speaking in reaction to the NTA’s comments, Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, North Inner City) said: [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan Eilis Ryan, Workers’ Party Councillor for the North Inner City has blasted the Dublin North Inner City Taskforce Report for ignoring vital issues like housing and instead focusing on ‘narrative changing’. Cllr Ryan attacked the report, authored by Kieran Mulvey, for focusing on clichés over actual substance: “The focus in [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan Information has emerged that Kieran Mulvey’s report into tackling violence in Dublin’s north inner city will be launched this Thursday (16th February) - without any formal invitation or notification being issued to the North Inner City Community Coalition, the main community stakeholder in the area. The move has led to [...]
