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Burke urges Longford businesses to engage with Valuation Office over rate changes
The Chartered Accountant says he has been meeting with businesses all week who are highly concerned about the affordability of the new rates: “Letters were issued last week to all businesses across Westmeath, Longford and Roscommon and there has ...
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Longford Community Alert groups encouraged to apply for funding
Longford Community Text Alert groups have been encouraged to apply for Government funding, a Fine Gael Deputy has said. The Department of Justice and equality has announced it will be providing additional financial support to these ...
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Longford / Westmeath TD Peter Burke highly critical of ‘opportunistic and populist’ Fianna Fáil
Welcoming the increases from March to all those in receipt social welfare payments, Deputy Burke said he is happy that his party held firm against the Fianna Fáil calls to only increase payments to pensioners from January. He ...
Farming
Longford farmers to reap benefits from proposed changes to Fair Deal Scheme – Deputy Peter Burke
Longford farm families are set to save thousands of euro in nursing home fees under a new proposal that would protect their assets. That’s according to Peter Burke, Longford Westmeath Fine Gael TD and Chartered Accountant ...
Longford sport
Deputy Burke urges Longford sports organisations to register for Sports Capital Grants
"Sports Capital Grants provide a great source of investment and support for local sports organisations throughout the country, however big or small," Deputy Burke said. "I tabled a Parliamentary Question ...