A serious debate must take place in Ireland on the future after Brexit as we cannot trust the EU to do a deal on our behalf given the special ties…
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I warmly welcome the local grants announced under the Creative Ireland programme this week. A grant of 276,615 Euro will be given to Roscommon Arts Centre for improvements. The centre…
With regard to the forthcoming inquiry to be conducted by Supreme Court Judge Peter Charleton I am calling today for the Comissioner of the Garda Siochana Noirin O’Sullivan, to step…
Late last week it came to my attention that the European Investment Bank was backing a venture with Finland based Venture Capital firm Dasos Capital to invest in Forestry in…
Underperforming managers in the HSE will have to be removed from the positions to allow people in who can do their job properly as part of the solution to the…
The latest figures on how Single Farm Payments are distributed ( for the year 2015) show the inequity in the system and a root and brach review is required as…
The infrastructural needs of the country would be solved if our National Debt was restructured and a loan taken out of the entire amount at a reasonable rate of interest….
Despite many assurances from Minister Simon Harris the chaotic situation at our A and E units across the country is getting worse, and this week the Irish Association for Emergency…
Those who critisised me and others for constantly banging the drum for rural Ireland and for highlighting the level of rural decline, and the need for serious and realistically funded…
Proposals this week which include an increase in carbon taxes by 50% do not take into account people living in rural areas. And, some of the other proposals announced yesterday…