It is well past time that the issue of rural crime was tackled in a realistic way to prevent people living alone being terrified in their own homes especially during…
I have been very disappointed with the lack of support from the two main parties to amendments I and others brought forward to the Finance Bill as it relates to…
I have been contacted by various farming groups over the past couple of weeks about the severe shortage of fodder eespecially in several parts of the West of Ireland and…
The revelations in last weeks’ documentary about standards in the private rental sector were shocking, but the policiy of the Government under the recently published National Planning Framework Draft will…
It has come to my attention in the last few days that agricultural planners around the country are facing problems with regard to drawing down funds in relation to Glas…
With regard to the recommendations from the Citizen’s Assembly on climate change over the weekend I will be seeking clarification as to the membership of the Assembly and how many…
I listened with disbelief to the views put forward at the Citizens Assembly over the weekend that farmers should be made to pay for the greenhouse gasses that their activities…
In light of the decision not to allow the appeal into the decision to grant Apple planning permission for their data centre in Athenry I hope that the company goes…
It is disappointing but not surprising to learn this week that the ambulance response times in the Western Region of Roscommon, Galway and Mayo, are the slowest in the country…
It was heartening to sit down with the FCI, PAC, IFA, ICSA, ICMSA, and Teagasc today on the issue of the controversial tractor test legislation and everyone had one aim…