On Monday 9th November, Joe Duffy got a call from a Kathleen O'Neill in Kilbarrack CDP about the proposed changes to the CDP programme. Once it got started, more people started ringing in including:
Mary Catherine Heanue from Inishturk Development Office
Ursula McKenna from Dochas for Women, Monaghan
Bray Traveller's CDP's Jim O'Brien,
Maurice McConville from Le Chéile CDP,
Martin Hamilton from Kilmore West CDP,
Mary McClorey from Southside CDP in Drogheda,
Harry Murphy from Crumlin CDP and
Liz Riches from Ballybeg CDP in Waterford.
Joe Duffy and the RTE listeners got the low down on what CDPs do for their communities around the country
Listen to the CDP discussion on Liveline. (mp3 file)
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Looked very bad that it was all staff who rang in - are we not about empowering volunteers etc?
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