26/02/2020
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Ministers’ visit to Longford needs to be more than photo ops and lip service
Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy has warned that the visit by a number of Ministers to the midlands region today, November 11, needs to be more than photo opportunities and paying lip service to ESB and Bord na Móna ...
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VIDEO: Time to safeguard our post office network says Eugene Murphy TD
Speaking during Questions to the Taoiseach during the Dáil this week, Deputy Murphy said that the vital post office service is in danger of collapsing and the Government is sitting on its hands and doing nothing .“The elderly and disabled people ...
News
TD attends second Orkambi protest organised by Longford native Jillian McNulty
Deputy Murphy was speaking this week following his attendance at the second Orkambi protest at Leinster House which was organised by Longford native Jillian McNulty. “I want to commend Jillian, a Longford woman, and indeed a former colleague of ...
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Local FF TD accuses Josepha Madigan (FG) of being disingenuous
Deputy Murphy was responding to recent comments in the national media by the Dublin-Rathdown TD when she claimed that householders in south County Dublin were being disproportionately hit and could be in line for tax hikes in November 2019 ...
Motoring
Vital upgrading of N5 needed to address accident blackspots
Deputy Murphy raised the urgent need to upgrade the N5 with the Minister for Transport Shane Ross under the Topical Issues section of Dáil business this week. “Numerous accidents have occurred along this stretch of road from Tarmonbarry ...
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Roscommon/Galway TD presses for time frame on upgrading of N4 and N5
Deputy Murphy raised the matter with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during Questions on Promised Legislation in the Dáil earlier this week. Speaking in the Dáil chamber this week, Deputy Murphy said: “In the programme for Government, there ...
Local news
Businesses and festivals on the brink due to crippling insurance costs
Many businesses, festivals and community events and sporting clubs are on the brink due to crippling insurance costs and every tool must be used to try to bring down insurance premiums. The warning came from Fianna Fáil TD for ...
Business
Government must protect jobs and exporters affected by a hard Brexit – Murphy
“We need to maintain our ‘special relationship’ that the British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks of between Ireland and the UK and the high levels of exports that we currently supply. The Government must take ...
News
Community consultation must be at the heart of Mount Dillon solar farm project - Murphy
Deputy Murphy was reacting to the announcement by the Minister for Communications Denis Naughten in relation to a new joint initiative by Bord na Móna and ESB to build four large solar farms in the Midlands ...
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