Senator Terry Leyden “Bill will provide statutory basis for registration of wills”

Senator Terry Leyden “Bill will provide statutory basis for registration of wills”

Current Affairs, News

Fianna Fáil Senator Terry Leyden has introduced legislation in the Seanad aimed at providing a clear statutory basis for the registration of wills. Picture Credit: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea. The ‘Registration of Wills Bill 2016’ will enable a person making a will, or their solicitor, to register the details of a will with a central authority. […]

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Clann na nGael GAA News update August 18th

Clann na nGael GAA News update August 18th

Club News, Local News, Monksland Drum Cornafulla Bealnamulla

Clann na nGael 0-12 St. Brigid’s 1-6 This 4th round of the Roscommon Senior Championship brought out the best in Clann and produced excellent performances from our star players. The team were well kitted out in their new jerseys, kindly sponsored by Supermacs and Matrix Bathrooms. Donie Shine and Cathal Shine showed our county management

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Minister cannot rely on improving milk prices to relieve farmers’ cash flow

Minister cannot rely on improving milk prices to relieve farmers’ cash flow

Farming

IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Sean O’Leary says that the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed must show much greater urgency to introduce the IFA proposed low cost, flexible cash flow loans with built-in repayment breaks, as improving milk prices this month and beyond will not suffice to solve farmers’ 2016 cash flow difficulties. “Most farmers

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Eugene Murphy – 20 minute ambulance turnaround target continues to be missed

Eugene Murphy – 20 minute ambulance turnaround target continues to be missed

Current Affairs, Health, News

New figures released to Fianna Fáil show that virtually all hospitals continue to miss the 20 minute turnaround time for the majority of ambulance calls with Galway only recording an 8% success rate while Portiuncula only had a 15% success rate. The figures were for May 2016. Fianna Fail TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy said,

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Eugene Murphy “Lack of strategy preventing refurbishment of vacant houses”

Eugene Murphy “Lack of strategy preventing refurbishment of vacant houses”

Current Affairs, News

Eugene Murphy says that new figures show that the Department of Housing has failed to approve funding to refurbish approximately 1,449 housing units that are currently vacant. Deputy Murphy said that new information obtained by Fianna Fáil through a series of Freedom of Information requests to each Local Authority, shows a lack of progress in

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“No need for students to panic about Leaving Cert results” Michael Fitzmaurice TD

“No need for students to panic about Leaving Cert results” Michael Fitzmaurice TD

News

Michael Fitzmaurice TD has moved to reassure students who are collecting their Leaving Cert Results today adding that they “shouldn’t panic because there is something out there for everyone”. “Even if the results are not what the student was hoping for there are plenty of alternative ways to get the third level and other options

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