The announcement made this week by the Government that Vodaphone and the ESB are to be involved in a 450 million Euro project that will see high speed broadband rolled…
The situation with regard to dental health care at primary school level is very unsatisfactory. There is no programme of dental hygiene at all for younger children which is a…
The news that nurses, who are working at the acute psychiatric unit at University College Hospital in Galway, have voted with a 90% majority for industrial action on the twin…
The admission by a senior consultant at Roscommon county hospital this week, Mr Liam McMullen, that the HSE had failed to provide the people of County Roscommon with a safe…
I am very disappointed to learn today that funding for the Safe Link service for county Roscommon has been withdrawn by Tusla. The service, based in Boyle, and which has…
There are various proposals being discussed over the past few weeks about how most members of the public would be able to share in the economic recovery. While pay restoration…
The issue of health services locally and the situation at Roscommon county hospital continues to be a matter of the utmost urgency for me as a local public representative. With…
The new suckler grant scheme allocation is very welcome but the apple is too high on the tree so to speak, and the terms and conditions are turning a lot…
I have been working with a group of farmers for the past four to five months who have been penalised under the land eligibility rules and regulations. These farmers took…
Any suggestion that the Civil Debt Procedures Bill currently being discussed by the cabinet might lead to landlords demanding a three month deposit for property rental is very worrying for…