Cork North Central Workers’ Party candidate councillor Ted Tynan has condemned the government decision to introduce “Pay by Weight” charges for domestic refuse and says the move will be completely counterproductive. He also accused the government of keeping quiet about the new rules which will cause refuse charges to rocket upwards once the election is [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that the shocking levels of fuel poverty revealed in the Unite union study published today exposes the true misery of Christmas for a huge number of families in Cork and across the state. Cllr. Tynan said that the Unite report had utterly destroyed [...]
Cork Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has accused the Bank of Ireland of introducing an apartheid banking system which would see its counter services all but closed off to working class people. Cllr. Ted Tynan Cllr. Tynan said the bank’s decision to ban counter withdrawals of less than €700 and lodgements under €3,000 [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan Cork Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has called on garda Chief Superintendent Michael Finn to stand down the newly established water protest unit established in the city this week. Cllr. Tynan, who is a member of the Cork City Council Policing Forum has said he will be raising the matter at [...]
Cork Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that the proposed merger of Cork City and County Councils would be a disaster for the city and would not be positive for the county either. Cllr. Tynan said that proposed merger made no sense from either a social, urban development, or good governance perspective. He said [...]
The Government’s cut to the One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) takes money from the pockets of many one parent families, exacerbating the already severe child poverty crisis. Already, 12% of children in the State are experiencing deprivation and are at risk of poverty. Single parent families are one of the most vulnerable groups in Ireland [...]