Press Releases

It has come to my attention over the past week that a day of meetings took place in the West of Ireland recently attended by a senior Department of Agriculture…

Plans for a major 100 million Euro office and retail development at the Docks in Galway City are very welcome and should be supported. The development has the potential to…

I am very happy to support the anti-fracking legislation that is currently going through the oireachtas at the moment and it is a victory for the ordinary people who have…

The latest figures which show that 2,520 children are on a waiting list for an initial assessment for mental health services, and that of that huge figure 10% are waiting…

Farmers are totally frustrated and angry at the continued delays in the payments under the Glas scheme and Minister Michael Creed has fallen down badly in his responsibility in this…

Evidence of incompetence in almost every Government Department is growing with every passing day and it would appear that no one is ever held to account for any mistakes that…

It is essential that an extension to the farmers Knowledge Transfer Scheme is announced by the Minister as there are ongoing problems with the online system and it would not…

In light of the statement from Minister Coveney in the past week in relation to Ireland needing to clean up it’s act with regard to THM’s in the water supply,…

The letter published today from the Chairman of the Western Development Commission Paddy McGuinness to the WDC and Minister Michael Ring asking him not to re-appoint him to the position…

In light of the major meeting going on this week on the question of Brexit and how it might affect Irish farmers, I am calling on the main farming organisations…