Kildare Focus 19.05.22

Kildare Focus

Thursday, 19 May 2022 - 31 minutes

Barry Grant
Chief Executive, Extern Problem Gambling
• Problem gambling is twice as common in 15 and 16 year-olds as it is in adults
• Approx. 3,500 teens are engaged in problem gambling

Eoghan Corry
Travel and Aviation Journalist, Ardclough resident
• Irish tourists warned of heatwave conditions in Spain etc. during summer months

Ned O’Hara
General Secretary, Irish Postmasters Union
• The Irish Postmasters Union will tell TD's and Senators that €12 million in annual funding's needed to prevent "large scale" closures
• 873 of the 918 branches across the country are run by self-employed postmasters.

Jean O’Dowd
Regional Officer, Unite – Trade Union
• Calling for minimum wage increase to €12.50
• Living wage for Ireland – calculated last year – was €12.90