Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has said that the announcement in the HSE’s Service Plan for 2017 that no additional home help hours are to be provided will put severe pressure on families, and will continue the chronic overcrowding in our hospitals. Commenting on the issue Eugene Murphy said “The HSE Service Plan has ignored
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has taken the opportunity to remind people who are feeling down over the Christmas season that help is available. Michael Fitzmaurice, who is pictured above with members of the Samaritans in Dublin, at the launch of their annual report, said “Christmas is a lovely time of the year for most families and
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Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Flood Relief Eugene Murphy has welcomed the Government’s acceptance of his motion on flood prevention and insurance. Eugene Murphy brought his motion forward during Private Members time in the Dáil earlier this week. He commented, “I am pleased that the Government has accepted this motion, but Ministers have to go further
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An additional €100,000 has been allocated in the HSE’s 2017 National Service Plan to complete the construction of the Boyle Primary Care Centre. The Boyle Primary Care Centre project is currently under construction on the grounds of the Plunkett Home and is set to open in September 2017 – more details here. Once completed, Boyle
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The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will old three Blood Donation Clinics in Roscommon town over the coming days. This summer the Irish Blood Transfusion Service launched the #MissingType Blood Donation appeal which aimed to attract 8,000 new donors by the end of the year. Speaking at the launch of the campaign IBTS National Donor Services
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Speaking in the Dail Michael Fitzmaurice TD says that the Irish music industry deserves better support from national and other major Radio Stations. Michael Fitzmaurice was commenting on a Bill brought forward by Deputy Willie Penrose and added “that while a 40% quota of Irish music played as proposed by Deputy Penrose in his Bill
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Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins has confirmed that the Department of Agriculture, has commenced payments worth €36m under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme. Speaking earlier Maura Hopkins said that “Minister Creed advised me this morning that payments have commenced. I am very happy that these payments have now commenced and are a very welcome
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy is set to move a Bill which seeks to amend the Local Government Act in a bid to tackle the ongoing uncertainties over the Monksland boundary issue. Eugene Murphy said that he is deeply concerned and alarmed at the details of the Athlone Boundary Report which he claims could very
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Local Minister Denis Naughten has confirmed the Cabinet has approved an additional allocation of €1m for improvements in the National Ambulance Service in 2017, as part of the overall HSE Service Plan. Minister Denis Naughten also confirmed that the 2017 HSE Service Plan includes a commitment to develop protocols for the transport of patients to
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Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on the OPW & Flood Relief Eugene Murphy is bringing a motion before the Dáil to highlight the urgent need for a coordinated flood relief and insurance plan for people living in flood affected parts of the country. Commenting on the bill Eugene Murphy said “As part of Fianna Fáil’s commitment to
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Local Minister Denis Naughten has confirmed that Cabinet has approved the allocation of medical cards for all children who qualify for Domiciliary Care Allowance, as well as a reduction in the prescription charge for medical card holders aged over 70. “This is a welcome decision to give medical cards to all children who qualify for
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Update: Wednesday 15th at 5pm – Strokestown building sells for €73,000; double it’s reserve. Original story from Tuesday 13th below. 3 Roscommon properties sold at the latest Allsop On-Line Auction today with one reaching almost double the reserve price. A mid terrace building comprising of two one bedroom apartments in Boyle sold for it’s starting
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Fianna Fáil Senator Terry Leyden is bringing the Registration of Wills Bill 2016 to Second Stage in Seanad Èireann tomorrow. The Purpose of the Registration of Wills Bill 2016 is to provide a clear statutory basis for the registration of wills by extending the civil registration system. It enables a person making a will or
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The two new sections of the N61 Roscommon to Boyle road were officially opened this morning, Tuesday November 13th, by Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council Tony Ward. The N61 Ratallen and Treanagry Road Improvement project, to give it the official title, involved the realignment and widening of approximately 2.7km of National Secondary road. There were
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Updated at 6pm. The deceased has been named as 37 year old Carrickmacross native Patrick McCaffrey. A man was killed overnight following a landslide on Kilronan Mountain, on the Roscommon-Sligo Border near Ballyfarnan. It is believed the man and his colleague were working on the site of a Wind Farm in the Derrysallagh area of
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