Kildare Focus 22.12.21

Kildare Focus

Wednesday, 22 December 2021 - 40 minutes

Eoin O’Broin
Sinn Fein TD for Dublin Mid-West and Party Spokesperson on Housing
• Number of people ‘trapped’ in direct provision due to rental crisis increases by 60%

Lorraine Rowan
CEO, Teach Tearmainn
• Reminding listeners that their services will be in operation over the festive period

John Carmody
Animal Rights Action Network
• Animal testing has halved in Ireland since the EU directive, but activists say the number is still too high

Dr. Conor O’Mahony
Special Rapporteur on Child Protection & Senior Lecturer, School of Law, UCC
• Says fostering within the family needs support, resources and regulation

Gillian Bird
Head of Education & Media at Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA)
• Foods not to feed your pets this Christmas