{"id":41133,"date":"2021-09-27T16:50:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=41133"},"modified":"2021-09-27T16:50:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:50:14","slug":"northside-today-voluntary-contributions-to-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=41133","title":{"rendered":"Northside Today:  Voluntary contributions to schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sinn Fein T.D. for Dublin Mid West Mark Ward talks to Donie Tarrant about how year on year, families are being crippled by requests for Voluntary contributions to schools  of very often well over \u20ac100 or \u20ac200 per child, and even as much as \u20ac300-400 in some cases. These are huge sums for families to be expected to pull together in a matter of weeks and puts serious strain on families\u2019 finances<\/p>\n<p>Web Link: donnchadh.olaoghaire@oir.ie<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4647\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-27-09-2021-03.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('4647','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-27-09-2021-03.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-27-09-2021-03.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=41133-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-27-09-2021-03.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-27-09-2021-03.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 11:44 &#8212; 16.1MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinn Fein T.D. for Dublin Mid West Mark Ward talks to Donie Tarrant about how year on year, families are being crippled by requests for Voluntary contributions to schools of very often well over \u20ac100 or \u20ac200 per child, and even as much as \u20ac300-400 in some cases. 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