Anyone who looked at the image of that 3 year old refugee boy lying dead on a beach in Turkey couldn’t but be moved by it and I am in…
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I am once again today calling on Minister Varadkar and the HSE to take seriously the massive problems facing our health service before the situation becomes so chaotic that it…
Once again this week we have seen the absolute futility and waste of time that is the Banking Inquiry. This Inquiry will achieve absolutely nothing. It has afforded a chance…
With regard to the milk price controversy, I am aware that the big co-ops are sending representatives around to farmers informing them that they must join up with the An…
The report published by the Higher Education Authority today which says that there is a shortage of 25,000 beds for third level students around the country backs up the proposal…
I have to say that I am astonished that a number of national media outlets have insinuated that there is a rural bias in the awarding of grants for third…
As thousands of our young people head off to start College life this week I am thinking of the part apprenticeships can play in providing some of our young people…
It is now clear that the problem of rural crime is growing with every passing week and as more and more people are suffering at the hands of thieves and…
It has come to my attention that earlier this week two ambulances from Longford attended calls in county Roscommon because of lack of resources there. That meant that Longford was…
Minister Simon Coveney is still in denial on the problems facing the milk sector and the problems surrounding the falling prices being offered to farmers. During the week Minister Coveney…