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LAST UPDATE | 12 Jun 2024
ALL OF THE 949 council seats around the country are now filled. Here’s a list of everyone who’s secured a seat.
Carlow (7 seats):
Fintan Phelan (Fianna Fáil)
Andrea Dalton (Fianna Fáil)
Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)
John Cassin (Independent Ireland)
Paul Doogue (Fine Gael)
Ken Murnane (Fianna Fáil)
Adrienne-Wallace (People Before Profit – Solidarity)
Muinebeag (5 seats):
Thomas Kinsella (Fine Gael)
Willie Quinn (Labour)
Andy Gladney (Sinn Féin)
Daniel Pender (Fianna Fáil)
Michael Doran (Fine Gael)
Tullow (6 seats):
Charlie Murphy (Independent)
John Pender (Fianna Fáil)
Will Paton (Independent)
Ben Ward (Fine Gael)
Jim Deane (Sinn Féin)
Brian O’Donoghue (Fine Gael)
Bailieborough – Cootehill (6 seats):
Sarah O’Reilly (Aontú)
Carmel Brady (Fine Gael)
Stiofán Connaty (Sinn Féin)
Val Smith (Fine Gael)
Kelly Clifford (Fianna Fáil)
Niall Smith (Fianna Fáil)
Ballyjamesduff (6 seats):
Shane P O’Reilly (Independent Ireland)
Trevor Smith (Fine Gael)
Winston Bennett (Fine Gael)
Philip “Gunner” Brady (Fianna Fáil)
TP O’Reilly (Fine Gael)
Noel Connell (Sinn Féin)
Cavan – Belturbet (6 seats):
Áine Smith (Fianna Fáil)
Brendan Fay (Independent)
Damien Brady (Sinn Féin)
John Paul Feeley (Fianna Fáil)
Niamh Brady (Fine Gael)
Patricia Walsh (Fianna Fáil)
Ennis (7 seats):
Pat Daly (Fianna Fáil)
Mary Howard (Fine Gael)
Paul Murphy (Fine Gael)
Clare Colleran Molloy (Fianna Fáil)
Tommy Guilfoyle (Sinn Féin)
Antoinette Baker Bashua (Fianna Fáil)
Tom O’Callaghan (Fianna Fáil)
Ennistymon (4 seats):
Bill Slattery (Fine Gael)
Joe Garrihy (Fine Gael)
Shane Talty (Fianna Fáil)
Joe Killeen (Fianna Fáil)
Killaloe (5 seats):
Joe Cooney (Fine Gael)
Pat Hayes (Fianna Fáil)
Alan O’Callaghan (Fianna Fáil)
Tony O’Brien (Fianna Fáil)
Pat Burke (Fine Gael)
Kilrush (5 seats):
Dinny Gould (Independent)
Ian Lynch (Independent)
Rita McInerney (Fianna Fáil)
Michael Shannon (Fianna Fáil)
Gabriel Keating (Fine Gael)
Shannon (7 seats):
David Griffin (Fianna Fáil)
Donna McGettigan (Sinn Féin)
John Crowe (Fine Gael)
Rachel Hartigan (Fianna Fáil)
Michael Begley (Independent)
Tony Mulcahy (Fine Gael)
Pat O’Gorman (Fianna Fáil)
Cork City North East (6 seats):
John Maher (Labour)
Ken O’Flynn (Independent Ireland)
Margaret McDonnell (Fianna Fáil)
Joe Kavanagh (Fine Gael)
Ted Tynan (Worker’s Party)
Oliver Moran (Green Party)
Cork City North West (6 seats):
Damian Boylan (Fine Gael)
Tony Fitzgerald (Fianna Fáil)
John Sheehan (Fianna Fáil)
Kenneth Collins (Sinn Féin)
Michelle Gould (Sinn Féin)
Brian McCarthy (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Cork City South Central (6 seats):
Shane O’Callaghan (Fine Gael)
Seán Martin (Fianna Fáil)
Pádraig Rice (Social Democrats)
Dan Boyle (Green Party)
Paudie Dineen (Independent)
Fiona Kerins (Sinn Féin)
Cork City South East (6 seats):
Terry Shannon (Fianna Fáil)
Kieran McCarthy (Independent)
Mary Rose Desmond (Fianna Fáil)
Des Cahill (Fine Gael)
Honore Kamegni (Green Party)
Peter Horgan (Labour)
Cork City South West (7 seats):
Fergal Dennehy (Fianna Fáil)
Colm Kelleher (Fianna Fáil)
Terry Coleman (Fianna Fáil)
Joe Lynch (Sinn Féin)
Laura Harmon (Labour)
Garret Kelleher (Fine Gael)
Albert Deasy (Independent)
Bandon-Kinsale (6 seats):
Alan Coleman (Independent)
John Collins (Independent Ireland)
John Michael Foley (Fine Gael)
Ann Bambury (Social Democrats)
Gillian Coughlan (Fianna Fáil)
Marie O’Sullivan (Fine Gael)
Bantry-West Cork (4 seats):
Danny Collins (Independent Ireland)
Finbarr Harrington (Independent)
Caroline Cronin (Fine Gael)
Patrick Gerard Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
Carrigaline (6 seats):
Seamus McGrath (Fianna Fáil)
Ben Dalton-O’Sullivan (Independent)
Jack White (Fine Gael)
Audrey Buckley (Fianna Fáil)
Una McCarthy (Fine Gael)
Eoghan Fahy (Sinn Féin)
Cobh (6 seats):
Sheila O’Callaghan (Fianna Fáil)
Anthony Barry (Fine Gael)
Sinéad Sheppard (Fine Gael)
Cathal Rasmussen (Labour)
Ger Curley (Independent Ireland)
Dominic Finn (Fianna Fáil)
Fermoy (6 seats):
William O’Leary (Independent)
Noel McCarthy (Fine Gael)
Frank O’Flynn (Fianna Fáil)
Deirdre O’Brien (Fianna Fáil)
Nelius Cotter (Fianna Fáil)
Peter O’Donoghue (Independent)
Kanturk (4 seats):
Bernard Moynihan (Fianna Fáil)
John Paul O’Shea (Fine Gael)
Trish Murphy (Fine Gael)
Ian Doyle (Fianna Fáil)
Macroom (6 seats):
Gobnait Moynihan (Fianna Fáil)
Michael Creed (Fine Gael)
Michael Looney (Fianna Fáil)
Eileen Lynch (Fine Gael)
Ted Lucey (Fine Gael)
Martin Coughlan (Independent)
Mallow (5 seats):
Tony O’Shea (Fine Gael)
Liam Madden (Fine Gael)
Eoghan Kenny (Labour)
Gearoid Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
Pat Hayes (Fianna Fáil)
Midleton (7 seats):
Mary Linehan Foley (Independent)
Michael Hegarty (Fine Gael)
Patrick Mulcahy (Fianna Fáil)
Liam Quaide (Social Democrats)
Rory Cocking (Fine Gael)
Ann-Marie Ahern (Fianna Fáíl)
John Buckley (Independent)
Skibbereen-West Cork (5 seats):
Noel O’Donovan (Fine Gael)
Joe Carroll (Fianna Fáil)
Isobel Towse (Social Democrats)
Daniel Sexton (Independent Ireland)
Deirdre Kelly (Fianna Fáil)
Buncrana (5 seats):
Joy Beard (100% Redress)
Jack Murray (Sinn Féin)
Paul Canning (Fianna Fáil)
Terry Crossan (Sinn Féin)
Fionán Bradley (Fianna Fáil)
Carndonagh (4 seats):
Ali Farren (100% Redress)
Martin McDermott (Fianna Fáil)
Albert Doherty (Sinn Féin)
Martin Farren (Labour)
Donegal (6 seats):
Jimmy Brogan (Independent)
Niamh Kennedy (Independent)
Manus Boyle (Fine Gael)
Michael McMahon (Sinn Féin)
Noel Jordan (Sinn Féin)
Michéal Naughton (Fianna Fáil)
Glenties (6 seats):
Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig (Independent)
Michael McClafferty (Independent)
Brian Carr (Sinn Féin)
John Shéamais Ó Fearraigh (Sinn Féin)
Denis McGee (100% Redress)
Anthony Molloy (Fianna Fáil)
Letterkenny (7 seats):
Donal ‘Mandy’ Kelly (Fianna Fáil)
Tomás Seán Devine (100% Redress)
Gerry McMonagle (Sinn Féin)
Ciaran Brogan (Fianna Fáil)
Jimmy Kavanagh (Fine Gael)
Michael McBride (Independent)
Donal Coyle (Fianna Fáil)
Lifford-Stranorlar (6 seats):
Gary Doherty (Sinn Féin)
Martin Scanlon (Independent)
Martin Harley (Fine Gael)
Frank McBrearty (Independent)
Patrick McGowan (Fianna Fáil)
Dakota Nic Mheanman (Sinn Féin)
Milford (3 seats):
Declan Meehan (Independent)
Pauric McGarvey (Independent)
Liam Blaney (Fianna Fáil)
Artane-Whitehall (6 seats):
Racheal Batten (Fianna Fáil)
Edel Moran (Sinn Féin)
John Lyons (Independent)
Declan Flanagan (Fine Gael)
Jesslyn Henry (Social Democrats)
Aishling Silke (Social Democrats)
Ballyfermot-Drimnagh (5 seats):
Daithí Doolan (Sinn Féin)
Vincent Jackson (Independent)
Hazel de Nortúin (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Philip Sutcliffe (Independent Ireland)
Ray Cunningham (Green Party)
Ballymun-Finglas (6 seats):
Keith Connolly (Fianna Fáil)
Gavin Pepper (Independent)
Conor Reddy (People Before Profit- Solidarity)
Anthony Connaghan (Sinn Féin)
Mary Callaghan (Social Democrats)
Leslie Kane (Sinn Féin)
Cabra-Glasnevin (7 seats):
Cieran Perry (Independent)
Feljin Jose (Green Party)
Séamus McGrattan (Sinn Féin)
John Stephens (Fianna Fáil)
Cat O’Driscoll (Social Democrats)
Gayle Ralph (Fine Gael)
Colm O’Rourke (Fine Gael)
Clontarf (6 seats):
Naoise Ó Muirí (Fine Gael)
Deirdre Heney (Fianna Fáil)
Barry Heneghan (Independent)
Catherine Stocker (Social Democrats)
Donna Cooney (Green Party)
Alison Field (Labour)
Donaghmede (5 seats):
Tom Brabazon (Fianna Fáil)
Daryl Barron (Fianna Fáil)
Paddy Monahan (Social Democrats)
Supriya Singh (Fine Gael)
Mícheál MacDonncha (Sinn Féin)
Kimmage-Rathmines (6 seats):
Pat Dunne (Right To Change)
Carolyn Moore (Green)
Fiona Connelly (Labour)
Punam Rane (Fine Gael)
Patrick Kinsella (Fine Gael)
Eoin Hayes (Social Democrats)
Pembroke (5 seats):
Hazel Chu (Green Party)
James Geoghegan (Fine Gael)
Emma Blain (Fine Gael)
Dermot Lacey (Labour)
Rory Hogan (Fianna Fáil)
North Inner City (7 seats):
Ray McAdam (Fine Gael)
Janet Horner (Green Party)
Christy Burke (Independent)
Malachy Steenson (Independent)
Nial Ring (Independent)
Janice Boylan (Sinn Féin)
Daniel Ennis (Social Democrats)
South West Inner City (5 seats):
Michael Pidgeon (Green Party)
Darragh Moriarty (Labour)
Jen Cummins (Social Democrats)
Anmar Ali (Fianna Fáil)
Máire Devine (Sinn Féin)
South East Inner City (5 seats):
Claire Byrne (Green Party)
Kourtney Kenny (Sinn Féin)
Danny Byrne (Fine Gael)
Cian Farrell (Social Democrats)
Mannix Flynn (Independent)
Blackrock (6 seats):
Marie Baker (Fine Gael)
Conor Dowling (Green Party)
Maurice Dockrell (Fine Gael)
Martha Fanning (Labour)
Dan Carson (Fine Gael)
Michael Clark (Fianna Fáil)
Dundrum (7 seats):
Sean McLoughlin (Independent)
Jim O’Leary (Fine Gael)
Shay Brennan (Fianna Fáil)
Anna Grainger (Fine Gael)
Peter O’Brien (Labour)
Robert Jones (Green Party)
Anne Colgan (Independent)
Dun Laoghaire (7 seats):
Lorraine Hall (Fine Gael)
Tom Kivlehan (Green Party)
Melissa Halpin (People Before Profit – Solidarity)
JP Durkan (Fine Gael)
Mary Fayne (Fine Gael)
Thomas Joseph (Labour)
Justin Moylan (Fianna Fáil)
Glencullen-Sandyford (7 seats):
Michael Fleming (Independent)
Lettie McCarthy (Labour)
Oisin O’Connor (Green Party)
Pierce Dargan (Fine Gael)
Kazi Ahmed (Fine Gael)
Tom Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
Kevin Daly (Independent)
Killiney-Shankill (7 seats):
Carrie Smyth (Labour)
Jim Gildea (Fine Gael)
Frank McNamara (Fine Gael)
Hugh Lewis (Independent)
Jacqueline Burke (Fine Gael)
Dave O’Keeffe (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Lauren Tuite (Green Party)
Stillorgan (6 seats):
Barry Saul (Fine Gael)
Maeve O’Connell (Fine Gael)
John Kennedy (Fine Gael)
Liam Dockery (Fianna Fáil)
Eva Elizabeth Dowling (Green Party)
John Hurley (Social Democrats)
Balbriggan (5 seats):
Tony Murphy (Independent)
Gráinne Maguire (Independent)
Brendan Ryan (Labour)
Tom O’Leary (Fine Gael)
Malachy Quinn (Sinn Féin)
Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart (5 seats)
Breda Hanaphey (Sinn Féin)
Mary McCamley (Labour)
JK Onwumerah (Fianna Fáil)
John Burtchaell (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Patrick Quinlan (The National Party)
Castleknock (6 seats):
Ted Leddy (Fine Gael)
John Walsh (Labour)
Ruth Coppinger (People Before Profit – Solidarity)
Ellen Troy (Aontú)
Siobhan Shovlin (Fine Gael)
Eimear Carbone-Mangan (Fianna Fáil)
Howth-Malahide (7 seats):
Joan Hopkins (Social Democrats)
Aoibhinn Tormey (Fine Gael)
Cathal Haughey (Fianna Fáil)
Jimmy Guerin (Independent)
Brian McDonagh (Labour)
Eoghan O’Brien (Fianna Fáil)
David Healy (Green Party)
Ongar (5 seats):
Tania Doyle (Independent)
Angela Donnelly (Sinn Féin)
Kieran Dennison (Fine Gael)
Tom Kitt (Fianna Fáil)
Gerard Sheehan (Aontú)
Rush-Lusk (5 seats):
Robert O’Donoghue (Labour)
Corina Johnston (Labour)
Eoghan Dockrell (Fine Gael)
Paul Mulville (Social Democrats)
Cathal Boland (Independent)
Swords (7 seats):
Dean Mulligan (Independents 4 Change)
Darragh Butler (Fianna Fáil)
Luke Corkery (Fine Gael)
Joe Newman (Independent)
James Humphreys (Labour)
Darren Jack Kelly (Independent)
Marian Buckley (Sinn Féin)
Galway City Central (6 seats):
Mike Cubbard (Independent)
Eddie Hoare (Fine Gael)
Frank Fahy (Fine Gael)
John McDonagh (Labour)
Eibhlín Seoighthe (Social Democrats)
Josie Forde (Fianna Fáil)
Galway City East (6 seats):
Alan Cheevers (Fianna Fáil)
Declan McDonnell (Independent)
Terry O’Flaherty (Independent)
Helen Ogbu (Labour)
Aisling Burke (Sinn Féin)
Shane Forde (Fine Gael)
Galway City West (6 seats):
Donal Lyons (Independent)
Clodagh Higgins (Fine Gael)
Alan Curran (Social Democrats)
John Connolly (Fianna Fáil)
Peter Keane (Fianna Fáil)
Níall McNelis (Labour)
Athenry-Oranmore (7 seats):
Albert Dolan (Fianna Fáil)
Tomas Grealish (Independent)
David Collins (Fine Gael)
James Charity (Independent)
Peter Feeney (Fine Gael)
Cillian Keane (Fianna Fáil)
Louis O’Hara (Sinn Féin)
Ballinasloe (6 seats):
Michael Connolly (Fianna Fáil)
Declan Geraghty (Independent Ireland)
Alan Harney (Fine Gael)
Evelyn Parons (Independent)
Dermot Connolly (Sinn Féin)
Peter Keaveney (Fine Gael)
Conamara North (4 seats):
Thomas Welby (Independent)
Seamus Walsh (Independent Ireland)
Eileen Mannion (Fine Gael)
Gerry King (Fianna Fáil)
Conamara South (5 seats):
Noel Thomas (Independent Ireland)
Pádraig Mac An Iomaire (Fine Gael)
Tomas Ó Curraoín (Independent)
Michael Leainde (Independent Ireland)
Máirtín Le (Fianna Fáil)
Gort-Kinvara (5 seats):
P.J. Murphy (Fine Gael)
Martina Kinane (Fianna Fáil)
Geraldine Donohue (Independent)
Paul Killilea (Fine Gael)
Gerry Finnerty (Fianna Fáil)
Loughrea (5 seats):
Shane Curley (Fianna Fáil)
Jimmy McClean (Fine Gael)
Declan Kelly (Independent Ireland)
Michael Maher (Fine Gael)
Ivan Canning (Fianna Fáil)
Tuam (7 seats):
Andrew Reddington (Fine Gael)
Pete Roche (Fine Gael)
Mary Hoade (Fianna Fáil)
Shaun Cuniffe (Independent Ireland)
Ollie Turner (Fine Gael)
Donagh Mark Killilea (Fianna Fáil)
Karey McHugh Farag (Independent)
Corca Dhuibhne (3 seats):
Tommy Griffin (Fine Gael)
Robert Brosnan (Sinn Féin)
Breandán Fitzgerald (Fianna Fáil)
Castleisland (4 seats):
Jackie Healy-Rae (Independent)
Charlie Farrelly (Independent)
Fionnán Fitzgerald (Fianna Fáil)
Bobby O’Connell (Fine Gael)
Kenmare (6 seats):
Johnny Healy-Rae (Independent)
Michael Cahill (Fianna Fáil)
Norma Moriarty (Fianna Fáil)
Podge Foley (Independent)
Dan McCarthy (Independent)
Teddy O’Sullivan Casey (Fine Gael)
Killarney (7 seats):
Maura Healy-Rae (Independent)
Martin Grady (Independent)
John O’Donoghue (Kerry Independent Alliance)
Brendan Cronin (Independent)
Niall Kelleher (Fianna Fáil)
Niall Botty O’Callaghan (Independent)
Marie Moloney (Labour)
Listowel (6 seats):
Mike Kennelly (Fine Gael)
Liam Nolan (Independent)
Michael Foley (Fine Gael)
Michael Leane (Fianna Fáil)
Tom Barry (Sinn Féin)
Jimmy Moloney (Fianna Fáil)
Tralee (7 seats):
Mikey Sheehy (Fianna Fáil)
Terry O’Brien (Labour)
Deirdre Ferris (Sinn Féin)
Sam Locke (Independent)
Paul Daly (Sinn Féin)
Anne O’Sullivan (Fianna Fáil)
Angie Baily (Fine Gael)
Athy (5 seats):
Aoife Breslin (Labour)
Ivan Keatley (Fine Gael)
Brian Dooley (Fianna Fáil)
Veralouise Behan (Fianna Fáil)
Mark Leigh (Labour)
Celbridge (4 seats):
David Trost (Fianna Fáil)
Claire O’Rourke (Social Democrats)
Rupert Heather (Labour)
Lumi Panaite Fahey (Fine Gael)
Clane (5 seats):
Brendan Wyse (Fine Gael)
Pádraig McEvoy (Independent)
Aidan Farrelly (Social Democrats)
William Durkan (Fine Gael)
Daragh Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fáil)
Kildare (5 seats):
Suzanne Doyle (Fianna Fáil)
Kevin Duffy (Fine Gael)
Brian O’Loughlin (Fianna Fáil)
Pat Balfe (Social Democrats)
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (Sinn Féin)
Leixlip (3 seats):
Joe Neville (Fine Gael)
Nuala Killeen (Social Democrats)
Bernard Caldwell (Fianna Fáil)
Maynooth (5 seats):
Naoise Ó Cearúil (Fianna Fáil)
Tim Durkan (Fine Gael)
Peter Melrose (Social Democrats)
Angela Feeney (Labour)
Paul Ward (Fianna Fáil)
Naas (7 seats):
Bill Clear (Social Democrats)
Fintan Brett (Fine Gael)
Evie Sammon (Fine Gael)
Seamie Moore (Independent)
Anne Breen (Labour)
Carmel Kelly (Fianna Fáil)
Ger Dunne (Independent Ireland)
Newbridge (6 seats):
Tracey O’Dwyer (Fine Gael)
Peggy O’Dwyer (Fine Gael)
Chris Pender (Social Democrats)
Noel Heavey (Fianna Fáil)
Tom McDonnell (Independent)
Rob Power (Fianna Fáil)
Callan-Thomastown (6 seats):
Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere (Fianna Fáil)
Joe Sheridan (Fianna Fáil)
Joe Lyons (Fine Gael)
Michael Doyle (Fine Gael)
Deirdre Cullen (Fianna Fáil)
Stephanie Doheny (Sinn Féin)
Castlecomer (6 seats):
Pat Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fáil)
Mary Hilda Cavanagh (Fine Gael)
Michael McCarthy (Fianna Fáil)
John Brennan (Fine Gael)
Maurice Shortall (Independent)
Michael Delaney (Fianna Fáil)
Kilkenny (7 seats):
Andrew McGuinness (Fianna Fáil)
David FitzGerald (Fine Gael)
Eugene McGuinness (Independent)
Joe Malone (Fianna Fáil)
Seán Ó hArgáin (Labour)
John Coonan (Fianna Fáil)
Maria Dollard (Green Party)
Piltown (5 seats):
Patrick Dunphy (Fine Gael)
Tomás Breathnach (Labour)
Ger Frisby (Fianna Fáil)
Fidelis Doherty (Fine Gael)
Jenny Catt Slattery (Fianna Fáil)
Borris-in-Ossory-Mountmellick (6 seats):
Conor Bergin (Fine Gael)
James Kelly (Independent)
Paddy Bracken (Fianna Fáil)
John King (Fine Gael)
Ollie Clooney (Independent)
Seamus McDonald (Fianna Fáil)
Graiguecullen-Portarlington (6 seats):
Aidan Mullins (Sinn Féin)
Paschal McEvoy (Fianna Fáil)
Ben Brennan (Independent)
Padraig Fleming (Fianna Fáil)
Aisling Moran (Independent)
Vivienne Phelan (Fine Gael)
Portlaoise (7 seats):
Willie Aird (Fine Gael)
Caroline Dwane Stanley (Sinn Féin)
Tommy Mulligan (Independent)
John Joe Fennelly (Fianna Fáil)
Catherine Fitzgerald (Fianna Fáil)
Marie Tuohy (Labour)
Barry Walsh (Fine Gael)
Ballinamore (6 seats):
Paddy O’Rourke (Fianna Fáil)
Enda McGloin (Fine Gael)
Brendan Barry (Sinn Féin)
Ita Reynolds Flynn (Fine Gael)
Garry Prior (Fianna Fáil)
Róisin Kenny (Sinn Féin)
Carrick-on-Shannon (6 seats):
Enda Stenson (Independent)
Maeve Reynolds (Fine Gael)
Des Guckian (Independent)
Sean McGowan (Fianna Fáil)
Paddy Farrell (Fianna Fáil)
Cormac Flynn (Sinn Féin)
Manorhamilton (6 seats):
James Gilmartin (Independent)
Mary Bohan (Fianna Fáil)
Felim Gurn (Independent)
Padraig Fallon (Sinn Féin)
Justin Warnock (Fianna Fáil)
Eddie Mitchell (Independent)
Adare-Rathkeale (6 seats):
Stephen Keary (Fine Gael)
Adam Teskey (Fine Gael)
Bridie Collins (Fianna Fáil)
John O’Donoghue (Independent Ireland)
Tommy Hartigan (Independent Ireland)
Ger Ward (Fianna Fáil)
Cappamore-Kilmallock (7 seats)
Brigid Teefy (Independent)
Martin Ryan (Fianna Fáil)
Eddie Ryan (Independent)
Noreen Stokes (Fine Gael)
George Conway (Fine Gael)
P.J. Carey (Sinn Féin)
Tommy O’Sullivan (Fine Gael)
Limerick City West (7 seats):
Daniel Butler (Fine Gael)
Dan McSweeney (Fine Gael)
Joe Leddin (Labour)
Maria Donoghue (Independent)
Fergus Kilcoyne (Fianna Fáil)
Elisa O’Donovan (Social Democrats)
Abul Kalam Azad Talukder (Fianna Fáil)
Limerick City North (7 seats):
Connor Sheehan (Labour)
Frankie Daly (Independent)
Kieran O’Hanlon (Fianna Fáil)
Olivia O’Sullivan (Fine Gael)
Sarah Beasley (Aontú)
Sharon Benson (Sinn Féín)
Shane Hickey-O’Mara (Social Democrats)
Limerick City East (7 seats):
Sarah Kiely (Fine Gael)
Catherine Slattery (Fianna Fáil)
Peter Doyle (Fine Gael)
Joe Pond (Fianna Fáil)
Elena Secas (Labour)
Ursula Gavin (Sinn Féin)
Sean Hartigan (Green Party)
Newcastle West (6 seats):
Jerome Scanlan (Independent)
Liam Galvin (Fine Gael)
Michael Collins (Fianna Fáíl)
Tom Ruddle (Fine Gael)
Francis Foley (Fianna Fáil)
John Sheahan (Fine Gael)
Ballymahon (6 seats):
Paul Ross (Fine Gael)
Mick Cahill (Fianna Fáil)
Pat O’Toole (Fianna Fáil)
Sean Mimagh (Fianna Fáil)
Mark Casey (Independent)
Martin Skelly (Fine Gael)
Granard (5 seats):
Garry Murtagh (Fine Gael)
Turlough McGovern (Independent)
Paraic Brady (Fine Gael)
David Cassidy (Fianna Fáil)
Pádraig McNamara (Fine Gael)
Longford (7 seats):
Gerry Hagan (Fine Gael)
Martin Monaghan (Fianna Fáil)
Seamus Butler (Fianna Fáil)
Peggy Nolan (Fine Gael)
Niall Gannon (Fine Gael)
Uruemu Adejinmi (Fianna Fáil)
Kevin Hussey (Fianna Fáil)
Ardee (6 seats):
Jim Tenanty (Independent)
Dolores Minogue (Fine Gael)
John Sheriden (Fianna Fáil)
Bernie Conlon (Independent)
Paula Butterly (Fine Gael)
Pearse McGeough (Sinn Féin)
Drogheda Urban (6 seats):
Pio Smith (Labour)
Joanna Byrne (Sinn Féin)
Kevin Callan (Independent)
Paddy McQuillan (Independent)
Ejiro O’Hare Stratton (Fine Gael)
James Byrne (Fianna Fáil)
Drogheda Rural (4 seats):
Michelle Hall (Labour)
Anne-Marie Ford (Fine Gael)
Declan Power (Independent)
Eric Donovan (Sinn Féin)
Dundalk-Carlingford (6 seats):
Seán Kelly (Fianna Fáil)
Antóin Watters (Sinn Féin)
Fiona Mhic Conchoille (Sinn Féin)
Ciarán Fisher (Independent)
John Reilly (Fine Gael)
Andrea McKevitt (Fianna Fáil)
Dundalk South (7 seats):
Maeve Yore (Independent)
Robert Nash (Fine Gael)
Emma Coffey (Fianna Fáil)
Kevin Meenan (Sinn Féin)
Sionainn McCann (Sinn Féin)
Shane McGuinness (Fianna Fáil)
Marianne Butler (Green Party)
Ballina (6 seats):
Mark Duffy (Independent)
John O’Hara (Fine Gael)
Joe Faughnan (Independent)
Michael Loftus (Fianna Fáil)
Jarlath Munnelly (Fine Gael)
Annie-May Reape (Fianna Fáil)
Belmullet (3 seats):
Paul McNamara (Fianna Fáil)
Gerry Coyle (Fine Gael)
Sean Carey (Fianna Fáil)
Castlebar (7 seats):
Ger Deere (Fine Gael)
Michael Kilcoyne (Independent)
Blackie K Gavin (Fianna Fáil)
Al McDonnell (Fianna Fáil)
Cyril Burke (Fine Gael)
Donna Sheridan (Fine Gael)
Harry Barrett (Independent)
Claremorris (6 seats):
Patsy O’Brien (Independent)
Richard Finn (Independent)
Damien Ryan (Fianna Fáil)
Alma Gallagher (Fine Gael)
Michael Burke (Fine Gael)
Paul Lawless (Aontú)
Swinford (4 seats):
Gerry Murray (Sinn Féin)
Adrian Forkan (Fianna Fáil)
John Caulfield (Fianna Fáil)
Neil Cruise (Fine Gael)
Westport (4 seats):
Chris Maxwell (Independent Ireland)
Peter Flynn (Fine Gael)
John O’Malley (Independent)
Brendan Mulroy (Fianna Fáil)
Ashbourne (6 seats):
Joe Bonner (Independent)
Amanda Smith (Independent)
Alan Tobin (Fine Gael)
Suzanne Jamal (Fine Gael)
Helen Meyer (Sinn Féin)
Conor Tormey (Fianna Fáil)
Kells (7 seats):
Sarah Reilly (Fine Gael)
Eugene Cassidy (Fine Gael)
Sean Drew (Fianna Fáil)
Mike Bray (Fianna Fáil)
Peter Caffrey (Sinn Féin)
Michael Gallagher (Sinn Féin)
David Gilroy (Independent)
Laytown-Bettystown (7 seats):
Sharon Tolan (Fine Gael)
Paddy Meade (Fine Gael)
Geraldine Keogan (Independent)
Stephen McKee (Fianna Fáil)
Wayne Harding (Fianna Fáil)
Maria White (Sinn Féin)
Carol Lennon (Independent)
Navan (7 seats):
Eddie Fennessy (Sinn Féin)
Emer Tóibín (Aontú)
Franics Deane (Independent)
Yemi Adenuga (Fine Gael)
Pádraig Fitzsimons (Fianna Fáil)
Alan Lawes (Independent)
Linda Nelson Murray (Fine Gael)
Ratoath (7 seats):
Gillian Toole (Independent)
Maria Murphy (Fine Gael)
Brian Fitzgerald (Independent)
Caroline O’Reilly (Fianna Fáil)
Nick Killian (Independent)
Fionnan Blake (Sinn Féin)
Gerry O’Connor (Fine Gael)
Trim (6 seats):
Noel French (Independent)
Joe Fox (Fine Gael)
Dave Boyne (Aontú)
Padraig Coffey (Fianna Fáil)
Aisling Dempsey (Fianna Fáil)
Ronan Moore (Social Democrats)
Ballybay-Clones (5 seats):
Seamus Coyle (Fianna Fáil)
Richard Truell (Fine Gael)
Seán Gilland (Fine Gael)
Sinéad Flynn (Sinn Féin)
Pat Treanor (Sinn Féin)
Carrickmacross-Castleblayney (6 seats):
P.J. O’Hanlon (Fianna Fáil)
Aidan Campbell (Fine Gael)
Colm Carthy (Sinn Féin)
Noel Keelan (Sinn Féin)
Peter Conlon (Fine Gael)
Paul Gibbons (Sinn Féin)
Monaghan (7 seats):
Cathy Bennett (Sinn Féin)
Seamus Treanor (Independent)
Seán Conlon (Sinn Féin)
Raymond Aughey (Fianna Fáil)
Pauric Clerkin (Fine Gael)
Bronagh McAree (Sinn Féin)
David Maxwell (Fine Gael)
Birr (6 seats):
Peter Ormond (Fianna Fáil)
John Leahy (Independent)
John Clendennen (Fine Gael)
Hugh Egan (Fine Gael)
Audrey Hennessy-Kennedy (Fianna Fáil)
Sean Maher (Sinn Féin)
Edenderry (6 seats):
Eddie Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fáil)
Fergus McDonnell (Independent Ireland)
Claire Murray (Fianna Fáil)
Liam Quinn (Fine Gael)
Noel Cribbin (Fine Gael)
Claire Murray (Sinn Féin)
Tullamore (7 seats):
Neil Feighery (Fine Gael)
Frank Moran (Fianna Fáil)
Aoife Masterson (Sinn Féin)
Tony McCormack (Fianna Fáil)
Sean O’Brien (Independent)
Ollie Bryant (Fianna Fáil)
Declan Harvey (Fianna Fáil)
Athlone (6 seats):
Emer Kelly (Independent)
John Naughten (Fine Gael)
Tony Ward (Independent)
Laurence Fallon (Independent)
John Keogh (Fianna Fáil)
Domnick Connolly (Fine Gael)
Boyle (6 seats)
Valerie Byrne (Independent)
Leah Cull (Sinn Féin)
Micheál Frain (Independent)
Liam Callaghan (Fine Gael)
Tom Crosby (Independent)
Sean Moylan (Fianna Fáil)
Roscommon (6 seats):
Paschal Fitzmaurice (Fianna Fáil)
Marty McDermott (Fianna Fáil)
Anthony Waldron (Independent)
Nigel Dineen (Independent Ireland)
Larry Brennan (Fianna Fáil)
Gareth Scahill (Fine Gael)
Ballymote-Tubbercurry (7 seats):
Michael Clarke (Independent)
Paul Taylor (Fianna Fáil)
Joseph Queenan (Independent)
Liam Brennan (Fianna Fáil)
Barry Gallagher (Fianna Fáil)
Gerard Mullaney (Fine Gael)
Dara Mulvey (Fine Gael)
Sligo-Drumcliffe (5 seats):
Thomas Walsh (Fine Gael)
Edel McSharry (Fianna Fáil)
Thomas Healy (Sinn Féin)
Dónal Gilroy (Fianna Fáil)
Marie Casserly (Independent)
Sligo-Strandhill (6 seats):
Declan Bree (Independent)
Tom MacSharry (Fianna Fáil)
Fergal Nealon (Fine Gael)
Arthur Gibbons (Sinn Féin)
Gino O’Boyle (People Before Profit – Solidarity)
Nessa Cosgrove (Labour)
Clondalkin (7 seats):
Francis Timmons (Independent)
William Carey (Sinn Féin)
Darragh Adelaide (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Eoin Ó Broin (Social Democrats)
Shirley O’Hara (Fine Gael)
Linda De Courcy (Independent Ireland)
Trevor Gilligan (Fianna Fáil)
Firhouse-Bohernabreena (5 seats):
Alan Edge (Independent)
Brian Lawlor (Fine Gael)
Emma Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
Sarah Barnes (Fine Gael)
Róisín Mannion (Sinn Féin)
Lucan (5 seats):
Paul Gogarty (Independent)
Vikki Casserly (Fine Gael)
Liona O’Toole (Independent)
Joanna Tuffy (Labour)
Caroline Brady (Fine Gael)
Palmerstown-Fonthill (5 seats):
Shane Moynihan (Fianna Fáil)
Alan Hayes (Independent)
Niamh Fennel (Sinn Féin)
Glen Moore (Irish Freedom Party)
Madeleine Johansson (People Before Profit – Solidarity)
Rathfarnham-Templeogue (7 seats):
Ronan McMahon (Independent)
Pamela Kearns (Labour)
Ciarán Ahern (Labour)
Yvonne Collins (Fianna Fáil)
Lynn McCrave (Fine Gael)
David McManus (Fine Gael)
Justin Sinnott (Social Democrats)
Tallaght South (5 seats):
Patrick Pearse Holohan (Independent)
Baby Pereppadan (Fine Gael)
Dermot Richardson (Independent)
Kay Keane (People Before Profit-Solidarity)
Louise Dunne (Sinn Féin)
Tallaght Central (6 seats):
Mick Duff (Independent)
Teresa Costello (Fianna Fáil)
Britto Pereppadan (Fine Gael)
Niamh Whelan (Sinn Féin)
Jess Spear (People Before Profit- Solidarity)
Cahir (4 seats):
Máirín McGrath (Independent)
Andy Moloney (Independent)
Marie Murphy (Fine Gael)
Micheál Anglim (Fianna Fáil)
Carrick-on-Suir (5 seats):
Imelda Goldsboro (Fianna Fáil)
David Dunne (Sinn Féin)
Michael ‘Chicken’ Brennan (Labour)
Kieran Bourke (Fianna Fáil)
Mark FitzGerald (Fine Gael)
Cashel-Tipperary (7 seats):
John O’Heney (Independent)
Declan Burgess (Fine Gael)
Liam Browne (Independent)
Hanna Mary Hourigan (Fine Gael)
Roger Kennedy (Fianna Fáil)
John Crosse (Fine Gael)
Annemarie Ryan (Shiner) (Sinn Féin)
Clonmel (6 seats):
Michael Murphy (Fine Gael)
Pat English (Workers and Unemployed Action/WUA)
Siobhán Ambrose (Fianna Fáil)
John Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)
Richie Molloy (Independent)
Niall P Dennehy (Independent)
Nenagh (5 seats):
Joe Hannigan (Independent)
Michael O’Meara (Independent)
Ryan O’Meara (Fianna Fáil)
Louise Morgan Walsh (Labour)
Seamus Morris (Independent)
Newport (4 seats):
Fiona Bonfield (Labour)
Pamela Quirke O’Meara (Independent)
Phyll Bugler (Fine Gael)
John Carroll (Fianna Fáil)
Roscrea-Templemore (4 seats):
Michael Smith (Fianna Fáil)
Shane Lee (Independent)
Eddie Moran (Independent)
William Kennedy (Fine Gael)
Thurles (5 seats):
Jim Ryan (Independent)
Micheál Lowry (Independent)
Sean Ryan (Fianna Fáil)
Kay Cahill Skehan (Fianna Fáil)
Peggy Ryan (Fine Gael)
Dungarvan (6 seats):
Damien Geoghegan (Fine Gael)
Conor D McGuinness (Sinn Féin)
Tom Cronin (Fianna Fáil)
Pat Nugent (Fine Gael)
Thomas Phelan (Labour)
Joe O’Riordan (Independent)
Lismore (3 seats):
Niamh O’Donovan (Fine Gael)
John Pratt (Labour)
Donnchadh Mulcahy (Sinn Féin)
Portlaw-Kilmachthomas (5 seats):
Liam Brazil (Fine Gael)
Seánie Power (Fine Gael)
John O’Leary (Fianna Fáil)
Declan Clune (Independent)
Catherine Burke (Sinn Féin)
Tramore-Waterford City West (6 seats):
Lola O’Sullivan (Fine Gael)
Joe Kelly (Independent)
Joe Conway (Independent)
Jim Griffin (Sinn Féin)
Blaise Hannigan (Independent)
Eamon Quinlan (Fianna Fáil)
Waterford City East (6 seats):
David Daniels (Independent)
Declan Barry (Independent)
Pat Fitzgerald (Sinn Féin)
Adam Wyse (Fianna Fáil)
Jim D’Arcy (Fine Gael)
Mary Roche (Social Democrats)
Waterford City South (6 seats):
Donal Barry (Independent)
John Hearne (Sinn Féin)
Jason Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
Joeanne Bailey (Sinn Féin)
Frank Quinlan (Fine Gael)
Seamus Ryan (Labour)
Athlone (Westmeath) (5 seats):
Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran (Independent)
Frankie Keena (Fianna Fáil)
Aengus O’Rourke (Fianna Fáil)
John Dolan (Fine Gael)
Paul Hogan (Independent Ireland)
Kinnegad (5 seats):
Denis Leonard (Labour)
David Jones (Sinn Féin)
Alfie Devine (Fianna Fáil)
Emily Wallace (Fine Gael)
Niall Gaffney (Fianna Fáil)
Moate (4 seats):
Thomas Farrell (Fine Gael)
Vinny McCormack (Fianna Fáil)
Liam McDaniel (Fianna Fáil)
Johnnie Penrose (Labour)
Mullingar (6 seats):
Mick Dollard (Independent)
Ken Glynn (Fianna Fáil)
Andrew Duncan (Fine Gael)
Aoife Davitt (Fianna Fáil)
Bill Collentine (Fianna Fáil)
Julie McCourt (Sinn Féin)
Enniscorthy (6 seats):
Cathal Byrne (Fine Gael)
Aidan Brown (Fianna Fáil)
Pat Kehoe (Fine Gael)
Barbara-Anne Murphy (Fianna Fáil)
John O’Rourke (Independent), Jackser Owens (Independent)
Gorey (6 seats):
Donal Kenny (Fianna Fáil)
Nicky Boland (Independent)
Darragh McDonald (Fine Gael)
Joe Sullivan (Fianna Fáil)
Anthony Donohue (Fine Gael)
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Sinn Féin)
Rosslare (5 seats):
Jim Codd (Aontú)
Ger Carthy (Independent)
Frank Staples (Fine Gael)
Lisa McDonald (Fianna Fáil)
Aoife Rose O’Brien (Sinn Féin)
Kilmuckridge (4 seats):
Mary Farrell (Independent)
Pip Breen (Fianna Fáil)
Oliver Walsh (Fine Gael)
Paddy Kavanagh (Independent)
New Ross (6 seats):
Pat Barden (Independent)
Michael Sheehan (Fianna Fáil)
Marty Murphy (Independent Alliance)
Bridin Murphy (Fine Gael)
John Dwyer (Independent)
John Fleming (Fianna Fáil)
Wexford (7 seats):
George Lawlor (Labour)
Robbie Staples (Fine Gael)
Garry Laffan (Fianna Fáil)
Leonard Kelly (Independent)
Raymond Shannon (Independent Alliance)
Catherine Biddy Walsh (Labour)
Tom Forde (Sinn Féin)
Arklow (6 seats):
Pat Kennedy (Fianna Fáil)
Peir Leonard (Independent)
Sylvester Bourke (Fine Gael)
Pat Fitzgerald (Fianna Fáil)
Miriam Murphy (Ind)
Warren O’Toole (Sinn Féin)
Baltinglass (6 seats):
Gerry O’Neill (Independent)
Edward Timmins (Fine Gael)
Peter Stapleton (Fine Gael)
Jason Mulhall (Independent)
Avril Cronin (Fine Gael)
Patsy Glennon (Fianna Fáil)
Bray East (4 seats):
Aoife Flynn Kennedy (Fine Gael)
Erika Doyle (Green)
Ian Neary (Independent Ireland)
Malachaí Duddy (Independent)
Bray West (4 seats):
Joe Behan (Independent)
Melanie Corrigan (Fine Gael)
Dermot ‘Daisy’ O’Brien (Sinn Féin)
Caroline Winstanley (Social Democrats)
Greystones (6 seats):
Stephen Stokes (Independent)
Tom Fortune (Independent)
Orla Finn (Independent)
Louise Fenelon Gaskin (Fine Gael)
Mark Barry (Social Democrats)
Lourda Scott (Green Party)
Wicklow (6 seats):
John Snell (Independent)
Danny Alvey (Social Democrats)
Gail Dunne (Fianna Fáil)
Shane Langrelle (Fine Gael)
Paul O’Brien (Labour)
Graham Richmond (Fine Gael)
Reporting by Diarmuid Pepper, Nicky Ryan, Stephen Conneely, Orla Ryan, Maisie Mould, Ayushmaan Pandey, Joshua McCormack, Bill Breathnach, Alessia Micalizzi, Shane Carroll and Niamh Murphy.
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I work in admin/clerical and companies the sector I work in no longer employ people they are getting interns instead. These are companies who can well afford to hire but choosing interns. Very disheartening when you are looking out for a job or knowing that your boss knows he could replace you with an intern.
Yeah LinkedIn were looking for people on Jobbridge a couple of months ago. Big MNCs like them should not be allowed employ people on the scheme as they can more than afford to pay people are proper wage.
Job bridge is a complete scam which allows the abuse of an unemployed person for 9 months , the companies profiting from this scheme should be named shamed and boycotted . The other thing it contributes to is keeping skilled and educated people out of work by filling the position with a €50 euro a week worker .
Absolutely, it’s forcing skilled workers into underpaid, non unionised labour by threatening to cut their dole entirely.
Why the hell would companies hire full time workers when they get paid to take in interns for free! It’s a scam.
Not a huge fan of JobBridge myself Fiona, but I haven’t heard of a single case where someone was told that they had to do an internship or their SW payment would be cut off entirely. I don’t think that would even be legally possible. Care to expand?
I could be wrong, it might have been a different scheme as he was interviewed separate from the job he ended up working in, and then given a list of what he’d be interested in doing and then one was chosen for him, but I had a friend who was told that if he didn’t come for the interview he would be cut off, unless he could give a legitimate reason for not working.
Have a look at the story above about the DAA profits they also looked for jobbridge staff , very disappointing to see this another failed labour policy allowing the right to abuse workers .
3 out of 5 interns secured paid employment. . in australia.
I completed a 9month Internship in September I am still unemployed and it was a form of slave labour.
have to agree with u sarah..im still on job bridge and its a complete slave labour scheme.. only thing i like about it is i can say i worked for my money and at this stage it beats sitting at home. joan burton needs to enforce employment after a certain period of time. fellas i work with on it 3 years now and no sign of employment..
It was only launched in late Summer 2011. Someone couldn’t be on it for three years.
@Rory. There was already a Work Placement programme in place, its actually still going as well, main difference is you dont get an extra 50euro.
I’ve completed 6 out of 9 months of my internship & they have made at least 30% (probably more) of the workforce in the company redundant in that time. Not a chance I’ll be kept on. I really think that only companies that are willing to actually hire the intern after their 6/9 month placement should be allowed participate. I’m worried I’ll find myself in the same position as SarahB81 come August. Minimum experience for most jobs in this field is two years & I’ll only have 9 months.
Diarmuid Jobbridge has a max 9 month internship and then the employer cannot use the scheme again for a further 12 months. It must be a different scheme you were on for 3 years.
sorry john ur right ..its community employment scheme.. kinda the same thing tho!!!!!!
No it’s not
Can we get a list of the 15 companies so as informed consumers we can choose to take our business elsewhere?
Slave labour with a new face
Some one should inform the Pope about this JOBBRIDGE, he seems to have come out strongly against ‘slave labour’ and capitalism
“Bangladesh ‘slave labour’ condemned by Pope” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22370487#TWEET741265
The HSE abusing JobBridge. How are the people meant to get full time employment there after the 9 month period when there’s an employment embargo
Government sanctioned slave labour. Have a look on their site. They were looking for a “warehouse operative” intern and a “fish filleter” intern last week. I wish I was joking because if it were not so sad it would be hilarious
It is a pure scam! Have a read of some of the stories on http://www.scambridge.ie
Saw an internship for stockperson in an off licence. What exactly will you learn doing that job?
Ill admit there are some good internships but there is also a lot of companies looking to save money by hiring slave labour.
Zachary
You can’t argue with the sixty per cent and the Companies banned from the scheme which clearly shows its being managed properly.
Actually I can and the above example is a perfect indication of what some employers think of the internship program. Not all mind but some
I was one of those 3 that got a paid job at the end of my internship.
Job bridge is a joke. Loads of firms who would otherwise be hiring graduates for paid employment are churning through interns for 50 squid a week instead.
Christian the employer doesn’t even pay €50 a week.SW gives every Intern an extra €50 on top of there benefit a week to take up these positions.
Shocking
The tax payer pays that €50 the company pays zero.
wonder what percentage of newly unemployed have lost their jobs due to Joanies little slaves being brought into their workplace.
How many resources in the economy are we diverting to this quango??
If you lowered taxes and regulations on small business, you’d achieve much better results.
The broken glass fallacy is in the spotlight again…
I’ve seen spin but this beats all.
Do you even know what the term quango means or are you just saying it because it sounds fun? JobBridge is not a quango – it’s a scheme administered by the Department of Social Protection.
Propaganda wheel spinning on behalf of the Joan and Enda circus,
Delighted to say I am happily in fulltime employment with the company I spent my 9month placement with seems they are few and far between!!
This is pure lies I know for a fact it is pure lies. I work for a company that hired many but kept none and I know of many large companies that have done similar.
FG propaganda as usual.
It skews the live register in the governments favour also. Since interns and those in Solis courses aren’t documented under the live register, they can say that their keeping the unemployment rates steady but the true numbers are far higher than the 14% that they’re saying.
saw one on it a while ago offering..i shit you not”experience in the preparation of fuel,and bagging of same and customer service/sales”
yep,you guessed it,selling blocks door to door.
That’s another fine MESS you got us into Enda…….
I wonder how the full time employees who list their jobs to interns feel?
Another Astroturfing story.
I know a place where they had an Health & Safety position,a mate got the internship for 9 months and at end was told thank you very much and good luck…….now 4 weeks later they are looking for another intern in same dept,to do same job…..this company is a huge multi national,another advertisement I seen recently was for a forecourt attendant in a petrol station.
absolute bullshit from joan burton. i work with about 5 fellas on it.not one of us has got a job from it and some have served 3 years and have been told time is up soon that they will be gone.. 4 years down the drain to be unemployed again..sad to say but my advise to any1 is stay at home this is a scam unless u can really find a sound boss who is actually genuine enough to keep u on
Again Diarmuid the max length of a jobbridge internship is 9 months and the employer cannot re-apply to take a new intern on for a further 12 months. Maybe you are on another scheme. I hope you find work soon. It’s certainly tough out there.
thanks john ..I replied to ur other reply there ur ight..community employment scheme.. kinda the same thing.. thank you for your well wishes
Did nine months. Still looking for work. It’s a joke.
When an employer employs an intern full time after the internship is up that employer does not have to pay prsi for the first year, so after this year is up the employer can let the employee go and take on another intern for a internship then employ them for a year then let that one go and it keeps going.
The FAI had an intern job bridge vacancy not so long ago on jobs.ie!! THE FAI!!
as a student made recently redundant(can’t draw dole) job bridge really pisses me off! i am more than qualified for half these “internships”,have over 10 years retail experience.But! because im not on the dole- i can’t do them.i am really struggling financially now and finding a job is becoming but a bitter distant memory. Its a disgrace that some of these companies could offer a decent wage/ job security but they go for the cheap option with no job security for those involved- the mind boggles.
The multinationals would have hired them anyway.
Unlike in the Public Sector …….
The private sector examines minutely what good you are doing in the job.
Love to have those standards in Irish public sector!
Half of Irish public sector workers would be sacked by the standards of Intel.
@Peter what would you do if you did not have the public sector to moan about? It seems like the only people capable of doing a good days work is the private sector….who we are bailing out for their greedy mistakes of the past! ! Do you think Boucher is doing a good job on 843k a year and the bank loosing 2bn. Something not right here…..
slavebrige is alive and well wonder would edna, happy gilmore and the gang in power go on jobs bridge
This research is based on a survey of interns and host organisations, with no objective assessment of the quality of internships on offer. There’s nothing wrong with surveys, but the lack of any other research means that the report doesn’t address the problem that companies are converting what were traditionally unskilled or low-skilled jobs (e.g. caretaking, cleaning, waitressing, shelf stacking, etc.) to “internships”. Regardless of whether these internships do eventally get people into employment, surely the question needs to be asked: do we want to create a situation in which people can’t get a job in Tesco unless they intern for nine months first? That seems crazy to me.
Also, the report mentions (but doesn’t highlight) that 55% of those going into employment after an internship were going into temp work. So it’s more than likely that they’ll be back on the live register within six to twelve months.
I think, it is a good idea – but the €50 is paltry. There needs to be a ‘cash’ commitment from the Employer and one that reflects the type of work undertaken and or the Travel expenses incurred. I know Business’s need help, but they can’t have it all their own way! So now they are going to extend the amount of placements – and in mid 2013 they will give 25% wages rebate to employers who take people off the live register.
Our intern finished last week and was offered full time work with us, when she started her internship we had no position for someone at her skill level but during her time we continually trained and up-skilled her so she could take a position. I feel like we’re one of the very few using the scheme correctly. When the scheme is not abused its fantastic, great for the employer and the employee.
Local FG TD had his pre-election position up on jobs bridge locally – if that doesn’t stink I don’t know what does
Some perhaps relevent information, although I am confused as to when the report was released, it seems to me that a preliminary report was released in Oct 2012, because no link was provided with todays article it is hard to tell if this is just the ‘final’ part of that report. Anyhow here is what one guy thought of the OCT 2012 report
http://irisheconthoughts.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/indecons-interim-evaluation-of-jobbridge/
The report published in October was an interim (draft) report. The report published today is the final version.
Thanks for the link, it’s an interesting post!
I reckon the thinking behind it is to give people experience so they have a better chance of getting a job abroad and off they go emmigrate and the live register stats look a little healthier, then come the self congratulations.
This is one of the biggest balls of shit that the government is trying to push down the road and now they are trying to manipulate the media to justify it. Piss the fupp off Ends and co.
What’s the story with job bridge and mortgage protection, technically your not employed your up skilling apparently, and still paid by social welfare even though your hidden off the unemployment register?
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