Councillors not showing bravery

Lone parent Hugh Mellerick returned from a protest at ECB headquarters for an anti-household charge protest in Cork

A no uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a yes merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble, said Gandhi.

My name is Hugh Mellerick. I am a single parent, of one beautiful boy, living in Mallow, Co Cork, and living on lone parent’s allowance of €217.80 per week. I am currently exempt from paying the household charge.