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Michael Fitzmaurice outlines reason for abstaining from vote on Taoiseach

Michael Fitzmaurice TD released a statement outlining his reasons for abstaining from yesterday’s vote for Taoiseach. “For many years I have worked with the Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to find an overarching solution to the problems facing turf cutters right across the country. A central part of the solution in many

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Denis Naughten appointed to Cabinet

Current Affairs, News

Independent TD Denis Naughten has been appointed as Minister for Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources. This is a new portfolio which now includes responsibility for the environment – an area previously served by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. That department has been restructured to focus on Housing, Planning and Local

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Enda Kenny re-elected as Taoiseach

Current Affairs, News

Enda Kenny was returned as Taoiseach a short time ago 59-49. Fianna Fáil and a number of Independent TDs, including Michael Fitzmaurice, abstained from the vote. The Dáil sitting will resume at 5:30pm at which time it is expected that the Ministerial appointments will be made. It has been rumoured that Denis Naughten could be

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Roscommon-Galway Branch of Young Fine Gael established

Current Affairs

A group of young people from across Roscommon and East Galway met in Gullane’s Hotel Ballinasloe last week and established a Young Fine Gael branch for the newly established constituency of Roscommon-Galway. The meeting was attended by newly elected Senator Maura Hopkins and Young Fine Gael organisers David McLaughlin and Keelan Moran, who travelled to

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Who will take the vacant Roscommon County Council seat?

Current Affairs, News

Following Maura Hopkins’ election to the Seanad last week the talk in local political circles turns to the Roscommon County Council seat that the Ballaghaderreen native has vacated. Local Members are set to meet over the coming weeks to nominate a replacement and among the names being discussed are former Councillors Liam Callaghan, who served

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Senator Maura Hopkins vows to be the voice of young people

Current Affairs, News

Newly elected Senator Maura Hopkins has pledged that she will use her new platform to be a voice in national politics for young people from the West of Ireland. She also confirmed that she will provide ‘ambitious’ and ‘sincere’ representation at Oireachtas level for the 7,000 Roscommon-Galway voters who gave her their No.1 votes in

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Seanad Election Count updates

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This post was updated throughout the count and featured the progress of all the Roscommon connections involved in elections to the 25th Seanad. Here’s a report on how the counts finished. Latest update:Thursday at 3pm Roscommon’s interest in the voting stage has now ended. It will be interesting to see if anyone from Roscommon is

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Live export of Irish Cattle held up by Visa delays says Michael Fitzmaurice

Current Affairs, News

Michael Fitzmaurice says that the provision of visas for vets from Turkey and other countries is holding up the live export of Irish Cattle and the situation “needs to be addressed immediately” in order to help trade. “I am aware that markets for live exports of Irish cattle in Turkey and Egypt are ready to

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Denis Naughten welcomes “Major step forward on bail monitoring”

Current Affairs, News

Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the decision to introduce a new bail supervision scheme for young offenders, which will not only keep young people out of prison but is also a major step forward in further strengthening the monitoring of all those on bail. This bail supervision scheme, which will be piloted in the

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Where is the review of Roscommon mental health services asks Denis Naughten

Current Affairs, News

Local TD Denis Naughten has sought an update from the HSE on the review of mental health services in County Roscommon which it commissioned last year. The review was ordered in part due to serious concerns over the operation of the service raised by Denis Naughten. An independent external team from Northern Ireland sought submission

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Michael Fitzmaurice reacts to news that National Broadband Plan will be delayed

Current Affairs, News

Michael Fitzmaurice TD has reacted to news that the implementation of the National Broadband Plan will be delayed saying that “There is not much point including the revival of rural Ireland in any future programme for Government if the broadband programme is held up for three to five years as we have been told today.”

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Wait for Cancer Testing “is an absolute disgrace” says Michael Fitzmaurice

Current Affairs, Health, News

Michael Fitzmaurice TD has said that figures contained in a report published by the Irish Cancer Society which show that public patients have to wait up to 25 times longer than private patients for cancer testing “is an absolute disgrace and a situation that will have to be tackled immediately by whatever Government is in

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Michael Fitzmaurice says large class sizes are “simply not acceptable”

Current Affairs, News

Michael Fitzmaurice TD has said today’s news that over 130,000 children are in primary school classes of over 30 “is simply not acceptable” and added that the incoming Government will “have to prioritise Health and Education”. He went on to say that “It is impossible to expect any teacher to be able to cope with

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Seanad Election counts begin

Current Affairs, News

A number of Roscommon natives and connections face a nervous wait as counts begin in five of the Seanad Éireann Elections. Councillor Maura Hopkins was the last Roscommon person to be confirmed as a candidate, contests the Administrative Panel. Councillor Nigel Dineen contests for the Commercial and Industrial Panel as does Westmeath County Councillor Aengus

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Michael Fitzmaurice says Ornua Pay Packages must be reviewed

Current Affairs, News

Michael Fitzmaurice TD has called for the salaries of top executives at Ornua, formerly known as the Irish Dairy Board, to be reviewed immediately, following the news that nine executives shared more than €9 million in pay, bonuses and pension contributions over the last two years. The Roscommon-Galway Independent TD said that “Dairy farmers who

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