Press Releases

I have said many times in the past that EU land designation is putting a huge burden on farmers and land owners, and letters being sent out by banks to…

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…

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 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…

There are so many glaring omissions from the Draft National Planning Framework published on Thursday last and it is a document that pays little or no heed to rural Ireland…

A points system whereby people on the housing list would be allocated a house in an area where they may not want to live initially but would move there, and…

The EPA report on our waste water services this week shows just how much money is required to put these vital services into acceptable working order in the coming years….

The situation wherby vulture funds are increasingly targetting family farms around the country is a very worrying development and it is something that may need the introduction of emergency legislation….

The news that all family farm transactions are to be protected from the recent new rules on stamp duty as the age limit of 67 is to be removed is…