First Annual Clontarf Community Games - Meeting

First Annual Clontarf Community Games:

Parents and volunteers from the Clontarf area met with a representative from the Community Games on the 15th March in St. Gabriel's Parish Centre to discuss the possibility of organising an Annual Community Games Event in Clontarf.

The Community Games is an independent voluntary organisation providing opportunities for children and young people to grow and develop in a positive and healthy way while experiencing a wide range of sporting and cultural activities. The Games have over 200,000 participants and over 10,000 volunteers in Ireland and it would be a fantastic addition to the Clontarf area if we succeed in establishing an annual event here.

A follow up meeting will be held on Wednesday 30th March at 8pm in St. Gabriel's Parish Centre for anyone interested in getting involved.

Cllr. Jane Horgan-Jones to Replace Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD on Dublin City Council

Cllr. Jane Horgan-Jones to Replace

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD on Dublin City Council

The following information will be of interest to you:

As a result of my election to Dáil Éireann, Jane Horgan-Jones has been co-opted to replace me as the Labour Party Councillor for the Clontarf Electoral Ward on Dublin City Council.

Jane will be working closely with me over the coming months and years to provide the best possible representation for the residents of Fairview, Marino, Donnycarney, Artane, St Anne's, Clontarf and Killester.

She can be contacted at 086-8375219 and horganjones.jane@gmail.com.

Thank you again for your support in the recent election and be assured of the Labour Party's continuing commitment to you and your community.

Kind Regards

Aodhán

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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD
Labour Party, Dublin North Central
086-8190336

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!

Hi,

A quick note to thank all those residents in Dublin North Central who have trusted me with their support.

This is a massive challenge but one with I am determined to rise to, and to deliver for those individuals and families who are hurting so much.

If you need to contact me at any time, for any reason, please feel free to do so.

Kind Regards

Aodhán

Protest Against Dublin Bus Cuts

Labour Party Dublin North Central Protest Against Northside Bus Cuts:

I was delighted to organise today's protest against Dublin Bus Plans to Re-Route & Downgrade essential Northside Bus Services such as the 20B, 27B, 42B, 27X, 123 and 130.

Thank you so much to the residents who supported our demonstration. Please be assured that our campaign will continue until these proposals are reversed.

LABOUR TO END TWO TIER SYSTEM THROUGH UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE

The Labour Party is today (Tuesday February 8th, 2011) launching its 'Plan for Fair Health Care' which timetables how Ireland can make a genuine shift towards primary care through the introduction of Universal Health Insurance. Labour in Government will introduce Universal Primary Care Insurance for every citizen by 2014. At the same time Labour will end the two-tier system in hospital care so that everyone has the same access to treatment through a Universal Hospital Care Insurance system by 2016.

Universal Primary Care Insurance for every citizen, which covers upfront GP fees, will cost an additional €389 million, will be phased in over four years, and will be funded by savings in the health care budget.

Under Labour's plans people will pay for Universal Hospital Care Insurance as they do now, through Exchequer funding and an insurance premium. People will be able to choose an insurance provider, but the insurance package offered must include a guaranteed basket of care: semi-private accommodation and consultant-provided care.

Labour's Universal Health Insurance policy is costed, planned and timetabled. Labour has based its costings on published Irish research, including extensive research by Trinity College and the Adelaide Hospital Society, and the Expert Group on Resource Allocation and Financing in the Health Sector.

In the Universal Hospital Care Insurance system by 2016 everyone will have a choice of insurer - public or private. Insurers will purchase care from hospitals, which will compete to supply care. HSE-owned hospitals will become independent, not-for-profit foundations or trusts.

The only way to begin to fix a broken system is to begin by incentivising people to seek treatment in the primary care sector, where delivering that care is cheaper, and where it can be more effective.

Many people do not go to the doctor when they are ill because they cannot afford GPs' fees. The high cost of attending a GP pushes too many people towards treatment in the acute hospital system or makes them defer seeking care until their needs are acute. Under Labour's plan for Universal Health Insurance, everyone will have access to care in public and private hospitals on the same basis as the privately insured have now. It will be paid for much the same way as we pay for healthcare now: through Exchequer funding, and insurance premia, which are subsidised for those currently eligible for medical cards and low-income earners.

ENDS

A full copy of the document is available at: http://labr.ie/eyf77K

Dublin Bus Consultation - Labour Party Rally

Dublin Bus Consultation on Bus Route Changes:

27B / 42B

Northside Shopping Centre: Friday February 4^th 2pm-8pm

Dublin Bus representatives will be available to answer questions

Labour Protest and presentation of petition (over 2000 names) at 4pm.

20B

Not being discussed until Monday February 21^st

Artane Castle 2-8pm

Protest planned for same venue at 4pm.

50 DAYS TO CHANGE IRELAND: IT’S TIME TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK

This is our chance for change. See Eamon Gilmore's statement below on the General Election. Your support will make that change a reality.

STATEMENT BY EAMON GILMORE TD
Leader of the Labour Party
Thursday, 20 January 2011

50 DAYS TO CHANGE IRELAND: IT’S TIME TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK

At last we know. The Election will be held on Friday 11^th March – 50 days from now.

Now its up to us. We have 50 days to bring real change to our country. To elect a Government that will go to work on behalf of the Irish people.

Ireland has many difficulties, but our capacities are far greater than our problems. This is a great country, and our people are more than equal to the task we face. Of building a better future for our children. Of ensuring that our best days are still to come.

From today, we have 50 days to make sure that the energy and commitment and patriotism and sheer gut decency of the Irish people, can be unleashed again.

We have 50 days to rid ourselves of cronyism and insider Government. We have 50 days to elect a Government that will go to work every day to create jobs and build a sustainable economic recovery.

We have 50 days to do what has never been done before – to elect a Labour-led Government. A Government that is driven by the concerns of the many, not the insider-few.

We have 50 days to bring about real change.

Its time to take our country back.

Today we begin to part with the past and to forge the future.

We urge the public to join with us in these efforts.