It has come to my attention this week that a number of farmers who have applied to be included in the Glas Scheme have been told that their applications have…
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Under the next Government there should be a full cabinet Minister with responsibility for Rural Affairs Despite the economy picking up, there is a huge imbalance between the improvement on…
A lack of decision making is affecting the Government and the authorities in tackling the housing crisis that we have at present……. There is a lack of decision making on…
The news today that up to 30,000 submissions have been lodged with Westmeath County Council on the plans to take part of South County Roscommon and put it into Westmeath…
The standard of mobile coverage particularly in rural areas seems to be declining all the time and ComReg, who are the body charged with overseeing the industry are not doing…
Despite all the fine words that we have heard from Minister Varadkar and the HSE in the past couple of months the fact remains that there is a huge vacuum…
The news that 9 million Euro has been awarded to the Sacred Heart Home in Roscommon, 15.75 million Euro for St Patrick’s Hospital in Carrick on Shannon and 850,000 Euro…
I had a meeting on Monday of this week with Irish Water in relation to the North East Roscommon Water Supply Scheme and it was confirmed to me that testing…
Apprenticeships will play a major role in the future economy of the country and rural Ireland in particular. You may recall that I introduced a detailed policy document on Apprenticeships…
Rules and Regulations,many of which come from Europe are crippling rural Ireland and I will continue to oppose the ever increasing number of laws which makes life more difficult for…