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		<title>Fresh Perspectives: New TDs on the development of a more social Europe &#8211; Mick Wallace TD</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of a series blogs by new TDs to encourage an active debate between political representatives, EAPN Ireland members, and the broader public on the future of the European Social Agenda, and the role of the new Dáil in debate on Europe. Mick Wallace is an Independent TD for Wexford. He was elected for the first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eapnireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7085659&amp;post=208&amp;subd=eapnireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh Perspectives: New TDs on the development of a more social Europe &#8211; Simon Harris TD</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Communicating Europe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of a series blogs by new TDs to encourage an active debate between political representatives, EAPN Ireland members, and the broader public on the future of the European Social Agenda, and the role of the new Dáil in debate on Europe. Simon Harris is a Fine Gael TD for Wicklow and was elected to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eapnireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7085659&amp;post=200&amp;subd=eapnireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh Perspectives: New TDs on the development of a more social Europe &#8211; Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of a series blogs by new TDs to encourage an active debate between political representatives, EAPN Ireland members, and the broader public on the future of the European Social Agenda, and the role of the new Dáil in debate on Europe. Pádraig Mac Lochlainn is a Sinn Féin TD for Donegal North East. He was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eapnireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7085659&amp;post=191&amp;subd=eapnireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Widening the Boundaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most commentators agree that the economic situation we find ourselves in will bring decades of debt and unthinkable social misery.  EAPN Ireland member Aiden Lloyd says we will remain where we are unless we widen the boundaries of discussion and analysis. It is quite difficult to comprehend the credibility granted to the economic establishment in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eapnireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7085659&amp;post=176&amp;subd=eapnireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Arts, Who Benefits? A New Pact Conversation on the Arts, Inclusion, Equality and Human Rights.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following piece was written by Ed Carroll, a Director of Blue Drum and Project Leader who works with others in an imaginary space where culture, politics and community collide. He was part of the Civil Arts Inquiry team established by City Arts, Dublin (2003-2007) and Chair of Kaunas Biennial (2009). In 2010 he received [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eapnireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7085659&amp;post=169&amp;subd=eapnireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Establishment of a High Pay Commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Income]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Aine Walsh, Communications Worker with EAPN Ireland Recent studies (Wilkinson and Pickett, 2009) have highlighted the negative effects of unequal societies on both our health and psychological welfare: the wider the gap between high and low earners the greater the prevalence of social unrest and disenchantment in a society.  The net result of that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eapnireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7085659&amp;post=159&amp;subd=eapnireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Greater Income Equality</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unequal societies are detrimental to our economy, to society in general and to our individual health and psychological welfare.[1] The wider the gap that exists between high and low earners the greater the prevalence of these negative effects. As Irish levels of income inequality are increasing[2] it is important that we take a comprehensive look [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eapnireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7085659&amp;post=154&amp;subd=eapnireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Claiming our Future &#8211; Converting Popular Movements into Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claiming Our Future – the task now is to convert an aspiration for equality and sustainability into tangible social change Aiden Lloyd is coordinator with the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland and a member of Is Feidir Linn The Claiming Our Future event held last Saturday in the RDS in Dublin, which brought over 1,000 people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eapnireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7085659&amp;post=146&amp;subd=eapnireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are One Parent Families the Undeserving Poor?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frances Byrne is CEO of OPEN. A former board member of the European Anti-poverty Network (Ireland) and past Deputy Chairwoman of the National Women’s Council of Ireland, Frances has worked in OPEN since 1999 and has represented one-parent families in national and international fora. In the 1990s she worked for a local partnership company and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eapnireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7085659&amp;post=148&amp;subd=eapnireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Event Notice: Nationwide Skills Seminars on Influencing EU Policy and Identifying Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Communicating Europe Initiative, the European Anti Poverty Network Ireland will organise a series of skills seminars for community and voluntary organisations in November 2010. The seminars will include inputs from a range of experts on influencing and connecting with European policy and politics. The seminars will also provide expert advice on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eapnireland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7085659&amp;post=137&amp;subd=eapnireland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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