PAUL Lawless says Mayo is not getting vital EU funding – because the government FAILED to apply for Ten-T funding which is badly needed and which Mayo is entitled to for development and transport. The @AontúIE candidate says Mayo is being let down by the political parties and change must come in the local elections.
State should use state-of-the-art wireless technology to bring urgently-needed broadband to rural areas says Renua candidate for Enniscorthy Ger O’Donoghue.
He says service will be locally-owned and is a faster, cheaper method of bringing broadband where it is urgently needed in rural Ireland.
Spiraling insurance costs are causing play centres to close – and big insurance companies need to be taken to account, says local election candidate Helena Byrne.
SECULAR BLASPHEMY? Cllr Keith Redmond says the proposal from Irish government that Facebook could request PPS numbers to register users is worrying.
Parents are fighting back against attempts to force a Catholic ethos out of schools – and are asking Archbishop Diarmuid Martin to stand up for Catholic families.
Aontú, the new political party set up by Peadar Tóibín, says it is fielding 70 candidates in the local election in May.
Prof. Ray Kinsella says that had the Irish government handled Brexit differently we would not be looking at the costs that are being projected and imposed on us. The Irish chose to work with the EU to impale the UK on the backstop when they had other alternatives – such as telling the EU that under the Good Friday agreement Ireland could have mediated a settlement directly with the UK to minimise any trade and business frictions, the leading economist told Gript.
Prof. of Psychiatry, Patricia Casey, says a recent study shows that married couples are significantly more secure about their relationship than cohabiting couples and this has a real impact on raising children.
Waiting lists for assessment for children with special needs is scandalous and is preventing children from reaching their full potential says Carol Nolan, Independent TD for Offaly, who has called on the government to take urgent action.
“It’s a very sad day for the sickest children in Ireland when spineless politicians who’ve been jumping up and down about the cost of the Children’s Hospital refuse to vote to even consider a better option. A very sad day”. Mattie McGrath TD slams politicians from all parties for refusing to support a vote calling for a review of the Children’s Hospital plans and a consideration of another site.
Fisherman Gerard Kelly from Donegal is CONTINUING his hunger strike outside the Dáil as he says the government are carrying out a “dirty deed” by giving away fishing rights to foreign entities who will destroy the shellfish fishing in the northern coasts.