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 …
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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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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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 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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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 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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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 …
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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Michael Fitzmaurice has responded to inaccurate media reports in recent days which suggested that members of the Independent Alliance were in favour of raising the 9% tourism industry tax – saying that such reports are “totally and utterly wrong”. He went on to say “In fact it will be our policy in any possible new …
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Speaking in the Dáil last night Michael Fitzmaurice TD called for action to be taken on the rising cost of insurance premiums, saying that “Unless the problem is addressed immediately, the steep rise in insurance costs for individuals, and business in particular, is going to cost jobs in the Irish economy.” “I am aware this …
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Renua’s representative for Roscommon-Galway Anne Farrell has said “If Fine Gael and Labour are allowed to get into power again, no matter who else is with them, then we will never have a right to complain again.” Speaking following reports in recent days that the Labour Party had been offered ministerial positions by Fine Gael …
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“There are several things that can be done to address the housing crisis around the country that would not alone solve the problem but would boost the economy too and the Local Authorities must play a central role.” That was the view of Roscommon-Galway Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice, speaking in the Dail yesterday. “Modular homes …
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Roscommon’s Renua Ireland Anne Farrell has re-iterated that the Government’s modular housing plans are missing the point and like “putting a sticky plaster on a gaping wound” – a point previously made prior to the election. In a statement she said “This may have been a legacy issue, but the housing crisis had worsened dramatically …
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“The spiralling cost of car insurance is due to the rising cost of legal fees and the increasing cost of claims and it has to be tackled if many people are not to be driven out of the market altogether”That’s the view of Roscommon-Galway Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice. “Many young people are now finding that …
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