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New €200m scheme to support manufacturing sector jobs granted approval by EU Commission

Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has welcomed the decision of the European Commission to approve a €200 million Irish Government scheme to support the economy and jobs during the Covid-19 crisis. Kelleher was speaking following the granting of an...

02 Apr 2020 at 14:43

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MEPs call on Greek government to drop charges against Irish search and rescue volunteer

Irish MEPs are calling on the Greek government to drop criminal charges levied against a search and rescue volunteer from Ireland. MEPs Ciarán Cuffe and Grace O'Sullivan were joined by Amnesty International at a protest in Brussels yesterday...

17 Nov 2021 at 13:43

Business

Carers save €35m per year for State

Carers across the county save the State at least €35m per year, according to north/west MEP Marian Harkin (Ind). The local MEP was speaking in the aftermath of the cut to the Carers Respite Grant in last week’s budget – a cut which she...

13 Dec 2012 at 17:00

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Minister issued with warning over GLAS

...proposed by the Minister will be rejected by farmers and will question his commitment to low income farmers.â€ Last week, MEP Marian Harkin said the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine was â€œdeliberatelyâ€ making the terms and conditions...

04 Dec 2014 at 12:00

Local news

Carbon tax will have ‘detrimental impact’ on vulnerable Longford families

...Election - ‘Every little hurts’. Unfortunately it seems that to the Labour party it was just that - a slogan.” Independent MEP Marian Harkin accused the government of bringing austerity measures to a new punitive level especially for the poorest in...

04 May 2014 at 16:11

Elections

Midlands North West MEP Matt Carthy hits out at deeply cynical advertisement

...times over the past five years. For him then to use disingenuous and misleading information pertaining to one aspect of a MEPs workload is not only deceptive, it is personally hurtful to me. I am more than happy to stand over my record of work in the...

21 Apr 2019 at 19:00

National News

'Simon Coveney must restore Defence Forces Naval Service to full operational capacity'

Ireland South MEP Billy Kelleher has called on the Irish Government to reach out to other EU member states with a view to securing support in policing Irish fishing waters. The Renew Europe MEP was responding to concerns from the Irish South...

14 Aug 2020 at 18:22

Local news

Gleann Riada tax exemption call

Independent MEP Marian Harkin has called on the Government to impose a similar property tax exemption to the Gleann Riada estate as that imposed on pyrite homes across the country. Ms Harkin was speaking following the news that homes suffering from...

19 Dec 2012 at 11:34

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Longford/Westmeath TD defends Apple stance

...corporation tax because that is what Europe is really digging at,” he said. Meanwhile, Sinn Fein and Midlands North West MEP Matt Carthy described the Government's appeal as “an act of betrayal” on the taxpaying public. “How dare this Cabinet refuse...

08 Sept 2016 at 10:00

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IFA rally in Carrick-on-Shannon

...handicaps. “Farmers are being invited from the north-west and border areas,” added Mr Joyce who then pointed out that MEPs for the region had also been invited to attend. “The ANC payment is of vital importance to thousands of farmers in the west...

30 Nov 2016 at 19:00

Local News

Election profiles: Smith to focus on a number of key issues

...his extensive ministerial and parliamentary experience, and that he also knows the issues that need to be addressed. As an MEP, Deputy Smith said he will fight to “protect the Good Friday Agreement and help the region withstand the impact of Brexit;...

07 May 2019 at 18:00

Local news

Return of bus services sought

... which was held in Rooskey Community Centre, was attended by Mr Rory Leahy, Northwest Regional Manager of Bus Éireann; MEP Marian Harkin; Oireachtas members; members of Rooskey and Dromod Action group and Mayor of Roscommon, Cllr Tom Crosby. Cllr...

01 May 2013 at 17:00

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