No one wants to bite the bullet, and that will be the death of some clubs,” she says. “They go to Italian playgroups, enrol their children in Italian courses. “Earlier Italian migrants had to respond to an idea of Italy that was acceptable, so they created an Italian identity and cuisine that was palatable to non-Italian-Australians. Now every Thursday, I teach [people] how to make them.” “When I was young, I wanted Arnott’s biscuits like my friends, not mum’s homemade crostoli. “It was a strange land with different food and customs, a language many didn’t understand.” [338,624 Italian migrants between 1951 and 1972](https://coasitsa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Italian-Migration-Full-Version-7-pages.pdf) – but they have been increasing in recent years. “The people running these places are now often in their 80s. Someone needs to host a forum so we can work out how to take our clubs into the 21st century. Like any new migrant community they stuck together, setting up their own businesses and social clubs, creating a sense of home. Vignali and Sanna belong to the wave of young Italians who have moved to Australia since the early 2000s, some permanently, others temporarily, many motivated by Europe’s current economic woes. Across Lygon Street at cafe Brunetti Classico, gluttons devour dolci to the sounds of singer-songwriter Jovanotti, while a few doors down at DOC Delicatessen – where giant wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano gleam behind the window – regulars pick up their prosciutto di San Daniele, thinly sliced, per favore.

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Series of comedy gigs coming to popular East Cork venue next month (Echo Live)

The hugely successful Alter Ego Comedy Club makes a return to the scenic East Cork venue from Thursday, April 20 with an impressive line-up of ...

Eleanor Tiernan is also part of the Friday line-up, as is Cork native Ross Browne, who has travelled the world as a stand up comedian, writer, actor and presenter. Continuing with a host of top-class acts on the Saturday night, Sea Church plays host to Laura O’Mahoney, particularly well-known to Cork audiences as one third of the comedy troupe CCCahoots. Thursday’s line-up features award-winning comic, Martin Angolo, a regular at comedy clubs and festivals all over Ireland and the UK; Andrew Ryan, a master storyteller and one of the most in demand acts on the contemporary comedy scene and Ger Staunton, described as “one of the best comedy writers in Ireland”.

Bacik calls for delivery of 1m homes over next 10 years (RTE.ie)

Labour leader Ivana Bacik has called for the delivery of one million homes over the next ten years, to be provided by both new builds and refurbishments.

We absolutely have to be successful to give people that choice." He contended that the next election can't be defined by an electoral choice between "... He argued that Labour needs to ensure "... "Our ambition is for one million homes in ten years, starting now. "This is personal for me. I had a grandfather from Bohemia, a grandmother in Co Clare. "Struggling with internal dissent, they are driven by compromise, not conviction. The party called for a quicker pathway to the living wage to ensure people have dignity at work and that work pays. Mr Nash said: "We will not have the skilled workers we require to sustainably develop the economy and to build the homes we need, if we continue to pay poverty wages to apprentices." It is hard to see how that serves their constituents' interests in the midst of a housing crisis." She said that immigration is a story of friendship, not fear and that it will shape Ireland positively for decades to come. In her first party conference speech as Labour leader, Ms Bacik accused the coalition of presiding over a "housing disaster" and she called for a major scaling up of housing targets.

Ivana Bacik pledges to deliver one million homes over next decade ... (Independent.ie)

In her first party conference speech as leader, Ms Bacik told the gathering in Cork yesterday she wants to achieve a “left-led green red government” after the ...

Lots of parents in England are increasingly being asked to contribute more and more to their children’s education,” she told the Sunday Independent. Asked what lessons UK Labour could offer Ms Bacik on rebuilding a party after electoral defeat, Ms Phillipson said Keir Starmer had united Labour post-Jeremy Corbyn. The Labour MP, whose grandparents are Irish, has been on a fact-finding mission as she devises her own party’s childcare policy. He said Fine Gael councillors are “quite happy” voting against social housing and Traveller accommodation, which he and his colleagues had never done. Earlier, Labour was forced to defend itself against accusations from Fine Gael that it had objected to more than 10,000 new homes in Dublin. “In a strong economy with financial surpluses, we can do this.”

We need to provide a million homes in next 10 years, says Bacik (Business Post)

Labour Party leader says 50000 newbuilds and 50000 refurbs must come on stream every year for a decade, while she pledges that her party would run a ...

Labour leader Ivana Bacik calls for one million homes to be built in ... (Irish Mirror)

During her speech at the Labour Party conference in Cork on Saturday evening, leader Ivana Bacik was sharply critical of the Government's record on housing ...

The party tabled its first motion of no confidence in a Government for over 20 years last week. “In a strong economy with financial surpluses, we can do this. Ms Bacik said that the Government is “out of ideas and out of time” and that there must be a “temporary extension of the eviction ban” that would “provide breathing space to increase housing supply”. The Government subsequently tabled a confidence motion in itself that will be debated in the Dáil on Wednesday morning. “The State can - and we must - deliver 50,000 new builds and 50,000 refurbished homes a year for the next decade. “Under this Government – we have seen a catastrophic failure to deliver on housing.

The perks involved as search on to find next Cork Rose for Tralee ... (Cork Beo)

The search is on to find the next person to fly the Cork flag at the 2023 Rose of Tralee Festival. Planning for the big event is already underway and today ...

It’s high time the Rebel County did it again!” The Cork Rose Centre coordinators Katie Connolly and Heather Mulcahy will also be playing their part - with a big event lined up on May 19th to announce the selection. The search is on to find the next person to fly the Cork flag at the 2023 Rose of Tralee Festival.

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