Impact of Cost of Living Issues on Young People in Ireland: Motion
Seanad Éireann — 2022-09-28
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Tom Clonan (IND), University of Dublin

I grew up in Finglas. I was the first person in my family to go to Trinity. I do not consider myself as having come from a disadvantaged background but I certainly went to school with boys who did and who went on to become senior gardaí. I was in Vienna this week with a boy from Finglas who I sat next to in school. He is one of our senior police officers and is heading up the organised crime and drugs task force in this Republic. That is because in 1972 when this country did not have a pot to - I will not complete that sentence-----

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Sitting date: 2022-09-28