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Free lunchtime next Wednesday?

In Limerick?

MASI (Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland) will hold a local election hustings on Direct Provision at Central Buildings at 51 O’Connell St in Limerick city from 1.05pm to 1.55pm.

MASI write:

“Find out where the political parties stand on Direct Provision at this lunchtime event in Central Buildings Limerick. Each party will be given a chance to outline their party’s position, and we will have time for questions at the end.”

Meanwhile…

In Cork.

Next Thursday, May 16, at 7.30pm in the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs.

The Irish Examiner will hold a debate involving the South candidates for the European Election on May 24.

The event will be moderated by Daniel McConnell, Irish Examiner Policial Editor, and Michael Clifford, Irish Examiner Special Correspondent.

Tickets for the event can be booked here

LE 2019 – Lunchtime Hustings on Direct Provision (Facebook)

This morning.

At the Mansion House in Dublin.

Social Justice Ireland and Trócaire hosted a European Election hustings with several of the Dublin candidates.

The candidates taking part included Fianna Fáil’s Barry Andrews, Sinn Féin MEP Lynne Boylan, Independents 4 Change TD Clare Daly, Labour’s Alex White, Green Party’s Ciaran Cuffe, Fine Gael’s Frances Fitzgerald, Mark Durkan, running for Fine Gael, Gary Gannon, of Social Democrats, Independent Senator Alice Mary Higgins and Éilis Ryan, of the Workers’ Party.

How’d it go?

Green Party EU candidate @CiaranCuffe says we are “still the bad boys in Europe” when it comes to tax reform and questions why Google can pay less tax in Ireland than small companies #iestaff

— Elaine Loughlin (@Elaine_Loughlin) May 8, 2019

Sinn Féin’s @LNBDublin tells those at the Social Justice Ireland hustings that Fine Gael are “fuelling racism” and it is only a matter of time before the far right emerge in Ireland #iestaff pic.twitter.com/v9e1bOp9BS

— Elaine Loughlin (@Elaine_Loughlin) May 8, 2019

Durkan says he supported a bill similar to the Occupied Territories Bill when he was an MP and describes it as a “sensible sort of approach”.

The party he is running for is blocking it from becoming law

— Hugh O’Connell (@oconnellhugh) May 8, 2019

.@markdurkan – “I’ve a record in Westminster of being a very strong of the rights of the Palestinian people” @trocaire #standforjustice #socialjusticematters “I would not trust the EU with a universal taxation policy”

— Social Justice Ireland (@SocialJusticeI) May 8, 2019

Clare Daly says there is no reason that Occupied Territories Bill can’t become law, Sinn Féin activist in the audience whispers “hear, hear”.

Definitely a lot of crossover between Boylan and Daly here today #ep2019

— Hugh O’Connell (@oconnellhugh) May 8, 2019

Fitzgerald comes back in with a general point to remind people about how much “communism and extreme socialism has failed”.

A small bit of laughter from the audience behind me, one man whispering: “Wrong crowd, Frances, wrong crowd.”

— Hugh O’Connell (@oconnellhugh) May 8, 2019

Gary Gannon says he supports the 12.5pc corporation tax rate and will fight to maintain it in the European Parliament

— Hugh O’Connell (@oconnellhugh) May 8, 2019

Audience member Paul Sweeney from Tasc asks candidates if they will give the same speeches they gave today at Ibec next week.

— Hugh O’Connell (@oconnellhugh) May 8, 2019

.@ClareDalyTD – “my appearance at the @ibec_irl hustings will be the highlight of my campaign 🤣
And I’ll be telling them the same things I’m telling you!”

“The EU has been too often devalued to just an excuse to implement neoliberal policies” #standforjustice @trocaire

— Social Justice Ireland (@SocialJusticeI) May 8, 2019