7 January 2016 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City (Anti Austerity Alliance) Councillor Mick Barry this morning slammed Junior Health Minister Kathleen Lynch (Labour) and the Government for failing to deliver one-third of the 300 new hospital beds promised in the Autumn. His criticism came as the Irish Independent reports that 473 patients were left... Read More
5 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance Councillor Mick Barry this morning said that flood relief schemes in this country would be completely undermined if Irish governments continue with their poor record on reducing carbon emissions in the state. Cllr Barry said that it was embarrassing to watch Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s performance... Read More
4 January 2016 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance councillor Mick Barry this morning said that NAMA should be directed to organise a u-turn and to start prioritising the provision of affordable housing across the state. His call came after daft.ie released its latest report showing a 13.1% jump in house prices outside of... Read More
14 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance Cork City Cllr Mick Barry this morning said that the introduction of a loans scheme for third level students in Ireland would put hundreds of thousands of people into financial difficulty and create a generation living in the shadow of debt. His comments came after... Read More
4 December 2015 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The last meeting of 2015 for the Cork City Joint Policing Committee Will take place on Monday (7th December 2015) at 2 pm in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Cork. The JPC is a forum where Senior Gardai interact with elected City Councillors. Routine reports presented include a... Read More
18 November 2015, 7am By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance councillor Mick Barry will launch a new initiative this morning aimed at highlighting what he describes as “rent scandals” in Cork. The initiative takes the form of a new facebook page titled Rent Rip Off Cork which will invite tenants to send in stories... Read More
5 November 2015, 10am By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The Cork branch of the Anti Austerity Alliance – a political party – will hold the second in a series of protests this morning (11am) aimed at highlighting the rents scandal in Cork city and making the case for rent controls. This morning’s protest will highlight... Read More
19 October 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Half of all families who became homeless in Dublin in August did so because of high rents according to reports in this morning’s Irish Times and Cork City Anti Austerity Alliance Cllr Mick Barry (pictured above) this morning said that the report underlines the need for strong rent... Read More
8 September 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork City Council yesterday set September 29th as the date for its statutory meeting to consider adjustments to the Local Property Tax (LPT) rate for 2016. The three Anti Austerity Alliance (AAA) Councillors this morning said that they would be proposing that the tax rate be cut... Read More
18 August 2015 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Anti Austerity Alliance councillor Mick Barry this morning said that there is a clear conflict of interest between the State’s 41 TDs who are landlords and legislative action that is necessary to tackle the growing rents/accommodation crisis. His comments came as Daft.ie released information which shows that rents... Read More
21 July 2015 By Bryan T. Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie 69% of Irish workers surveyed went into work even when sick at some stage in the last year according to Atomik Research who surveyed 1000 workers nationwide in a study commissioned by gift card company One4all. The results, published in this morning’s IRISH INDEPENDENT, also showed 25%... Read More
13 July 2015 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Cork City Anti Austerity Alliance councillor Mick Barry has welcomed the removal of nearly 6000 obsolete laws from the statute books – but has criticised the State’s reliance on JobBridge internships for the research that preceded the removal. The 1533 proclamation banning criticism of the marriage of Henry... Read More
