Month: October 2013

Nightly Water Restrictions to apply to all areas of Dublin this Week

Due to a serious production problem at Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant, Dublin City Council, on behalf of the four Dublin Local Authorities, is urging consumers all over the Dublin region to conserve water, in an effort to… Read More

Mary Mitchell O’Connor: System is letting down women – and their children

The best possible nutritional option for a child in the first 1,000 days of their life is breast milk. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Department of Health both recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months… Read More

Mary Mitchell O’Connor welcomes row-back from Facebook on beheading video

Social Network site’s policy on violent content still open to question Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire Deputy, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has today (Wednesday) welcomed the decision by Facebook to remove a beheading video from the site and said the… Read More

Fair City storyline helping to lift the lid on domestic violence

Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire Deputy, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has today (Thursday) said the storyline being carried on popular Irish soap opera, Fair City, which centres around domestic violence in the Bishop family home, while difficult to watch, sends… Read More

Facebook allows decapitation videos while banning certain breastfeeding images

Social media giant needs to explain rational behind prohibition policy Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire Deputy, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has today (Tuesday) called on the social media giant, Facebook, to clarify the thinking behind the company’s strategy where the… Read More

Mitchell O’Connor calls on other telephone service providers to follow Digiweb’s lead after Budget 2014

Telephone service provider offers monthly credits to those affected by Budget discontinuation of telephone grant Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire Deputy, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has called on other telephone service providers to follow the example set by independent telecommunications… Read More

Mary Mitchell O’Connor thanks local business community for engagement on Budget 2014

Submissions made at local level were invaluable in feeding into Advisory Group for Small Business. Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire Deputy, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has welcomed the engagement made by small and medium business community in Dun Laoghaire in… Read More

Great news in Education as fee-charging school funding and pupil teacher ratios maintained

Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire Deputy, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the news that funding for fee-charging schools has been maintained in Budget 2014. Deputy Mitchell O’Connor, who is the chair of the Fine Gael Internal Committee… Read More

Parents should not be penalised for sending children to fee-paying schools

As we head into the budget next week, all eyes are on the possible changes that may be made to allow for an adjustment of somewhere in the region of €2.5 billion. As a former principal in a… Read More

Our Constitution must not pigeon hole women

Fine Gael Dun Laoghaire TD, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, has said that our Constitution must not pigeon hole women into a particular role. Deputy Mitchell O’Connor was speaking in the Dáil this week on the recommendations put forward by… Read More

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