Michael Fitzmaurice TD says he hopes the campaign to introduce a much fairer Fair Deal Scheme for small farmers and small business people will continue and be implemented in this year’s Budget. Commenting on the issue Michael Fitzmaurice said “The Fair Deal Scheme as it stands is unfair on small farmers in particular. People who
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Local Minister Denis Naughten has confirmed that €20m in additional funding is to be made available for apprenticeships and traineeships. “This funding will ensure that 13 new apprenticeship schemes are delivered by the end of this year with another 120 apprenticeships and traineeship schemes to come on stream by 2020,” stated Minister Naughten. The Government’s
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Senator Frank Feighan has called for a wider debate on the merits of Ireland competing in the Commonwealth Games. Commenting on the issue Frank Feighan said “When you look at athletes such as Michael Conlon and Paddy Barnes successfully representing Ireland at the Olympics and Northern Ireland in the Commonwealth Games, I believe it is
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has called on the Taoiseach to give a commitment that the vital upgrading of the N4 and N5 will be included in the capital programme for 2017. Eugene Murphy made the call during Questions to the Taoiseach during Tuesday’s sitting of the Dáil. The Fianna Fáil TD said that there
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Senator Maura Hopkins is to seek an appeal of the decision by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to cease funding counselling services in Cuan Aire Family Life Centre, Castlerea. Commenting on the issue Maura Hopkins said “I have expressed my concern to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone regarding the withdrawal
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD says “The delay in paying farmers what they are owed under the GLAS scheme is scandalous and the Minister must ensure that farmers are paid immediately and manually if the IT systems are not working properly”. “It is totally intolerable that here we are, a month after Christmas, that there are a
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Picture Credit: Marc O’Sullivan Women aged 25-60 and living in Roscommon, are being called upon to support the Pearl of Wisdom campaign which is jointly championed by CervicalCheck – the National Cervical Screening Programme and the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA). The campaign was officially launched by campaign ambassador, RTE broadcaster Maura Derrane, just ahead
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy says that new figures from the Housing Agency show that, at the end of 2016, no Mortgage to Rent transactions have been completed in the past four and a half years in County Roscommon and only 217 nationally. Eugene Murphy feels that the figures indicate the need for a radical
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Roscommon County Council has been allocated over €11.7 million to carry out maintenance and improvement works on regional and local Roads. The news came as part of an announcement by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, of a €324 million investment programme in regional and local roads. Speaking this afternoon the
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It is being reported that over 40 Roscommon Fire Service Fire Fighters are to go on strike next month with a 24-hour ‘all-out strike’ pencilled in for Friday February 3rd. Shannonside FM say that a decision was taken at a local SIPTU meeting last night. It was also decided that if the dispute remains unresolved,
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Businesses throughout Counties Roscommon, Longford and Leitrim are being subjected to crippling rates which is another nail in the coffin of trying to do business in rural Ireland- that’s according to Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy. Eugene Murphy pointed out that the annual rate of valuation or indicative multiplier for County Roscommon for
The deadline is fast approaching for Bus Éireann’s exciting new competition for Transition Year students, Go Places with Bus Éireann, which is running for the first time in the current academic year, 2016/2017. Picture Credit: Jason Clarke With seven weeks left to enter, participating students will be in with a chance of winning one of
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There has been a mixed reaction locally to the contents of “Realising our Rural Potential: The Action Plan for Rural Development” which was launched earlier The Action Plan for Rural Development is the first ever whole-of-government strategy aimed at delivering real change for people living and working in rural Ireland. The Plan contains 276 actions
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Several of Ireland’s most dynamic companies will visit the IT Sligo Careers Fair on Wednesday, February 1st, to showcase their graduate employment opportunities. The IT Sligo Careers Fair, which will run from 11am to 3pm, will span a range of industry sectors including Engineering, Computing, Digital Technology, Accounting and Science. The 53 confirmed exhibitors include
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Eire Og GAA Lotto The Numbers drawn were 6-15-30-34. There was No Jackpot winner. The €20 winners were P McCrann, James Dolan, Loughglynn Church, Tom Gorman, Martin Mangan. Next week the Jackpot will be €5,800 and the Draw will be held in Creaton’s Loughglynn. Eire Og GAA Membership Membership is now due and all members
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