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Inner City Helping Homeless writes:

‘Light the Liffey’ is a yearly awareness campaign lead by Inner City Helping Homeless, highlighting and bringing together all of those who are trapped in homelessness.

With over 3,000 children and over 5,000 adults now in emergency accommodation across the country ‘Light the Liffey’ aims to bring the city together standing in solidarity on the housing/homeless crisis.

Inner City helping Homeless are teaming with the #MyNameIs campaign this year to continue raising awareness surrounding #homelessness.

Inner City Helping Homelessness (Facebook)



This morning.

The Davenport Hotel, Dublin 2

The launch of Sinn Féin’s alternative budget proposals . To wit:

Sinn Féin has proposed €2 billion worth of tax increases, from increasing the special VAT rate for hotels to a 7 per cent levy on incomes above €100,000, in its alternative budget.

….increases include a second home tax of €400; increasing the VAT rate for hotels from 9 per cent back to 13.5 per cent ; increases in betting tax and the bank levy; a rise in commercial stamp duty from 2 per cent to 4 per cent as well as an extra 5.75 per cent rate on employers PRSI on salaries of over €100,000…

Top, from left: Sinn Fein Finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty with Deputy Leader Mary Lou McDonald and Party President Gerry Adams .

Sinn Féin proposes €400 second home tax, 7% levy on incomes above €100,000 (irish Times)

Rollingnews

Sky News reports:

Catalans are taking part in a general strike called after a police crackdown during Sunday’s controversial independence referendum.

In Barcelona, metro stations were closed, main roads were blocked by pickets and civil servants walked out.

Tens of thousands took to the streets in protest to Spain’s response to the vote, which was deemed illegal by Madrid.

Mass walkout in Catalonia after police violence during independence referendum (Sky News)

Pic/Video: Javier Pascual

Yesterday.

Ha’penny Bridge, Dublin 1

Orla Jennings (Belle) and Chris Corroon (The Beast) at the launch of the 2017 Christmas Pantomime, Beauty and the Beast at the Helix Theatre [DCU, Collins Avenue, Dublin 9, Ireland].

Irish tenor, Paul Byrom, will play the role of, Gaston, in the musical which will begin an eight week run from November 24-January 21.

Don’t fancy yours much.

A tale as old as time.

FIGHT!

Bookings here

Rollingnews