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Thousands of lives are being devastated by the ongoing homelessness crisis, according to Social Democrats housing spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “When this government was formed in June 2020, there were 8,699 people in homeless emergency accommodation, 2,653 of them children. “There are now 14,966 people living in homeless emergency accommodation. “Shockingly, 4,645 of these are children […]

We cannot afford to re-elect the outgoing government if we want to meaningfully tackle the crises in housing, health, childcare and disability services, according to Social Democrats deputy leader Cian O’Callaghan. “Since this campaign began, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have been acting as if they had the election all sewn up. However, their arrogance […]

The Social Democrats have confirmed that implementation of Sláintecare within the next five years will be a red line issue for the party in any forthcoming programme for government negotiations. The party set out their position at the launch of their Health and Social Care policy today, which was attended by health spokesperson Róisín Shortall, […]

The Social Democrats today published their general election manifesto. The party’s deputy leader Cian O’Callaghan said: “The Civil War parties are now the Phoney War parties. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are trying to derail this election by engaging in relentless bickering. “This focus on petty rivalry suits the outgoing coalition partners – because instead […]