29 March 2001 Edition

Filipino nurses' Dickensian housing

29 March 2001

An inquiry must be held into the reasons why 54 Filipino hospital staff working in Dublin were held in squalid conditions that breached safety regulations and ``violated their human dignity'', Dublin City Sinn Féin Councillor Christy Burke said on Wednesday, 28 March. Free article

Security company detains disturbed children

29 March 2001

Amazing revelations have come to light in the High Court this week concerning the detention of disturbed children by a private security firm, Secureways Ltd, at the behest of the Eastern Health Board. Free article

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Sligo Deputy Mayor criticised over speed ramps

29 March 2001

Sligo Sinn Féin Councillor Arthur Gibbons has launched a scathing attack on the Deputy Mayor of Sligo, Fianna Fáil's Tommy Cummins, over his refusal to allow a motion allocating £3,500 of Cllr Gibbons' own personal council expenses to provide for the installation of a series of speed ramps in Cartron estate in Sligo. Free article

Fógraí bháis

29 March 2001

Kathleen Madigan Free article


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