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ROSCOMMON GENERAL HOSPITAL
Date: August 12, 2006
If surgical services were removed from Roscommon General Hospital it would be only a matter of time before they would end up in Galway city having spent a minimum of time in Portiuncula, Ballinsloe.[more]
JOBS CREATION REQUIRES PLANNING CHANGES
Date: July 9, 2006
The loss of almost 80 jobs in the closure of the Green Isle plant in Boyle emphasised the need for Government agencies and planning authorities to have regard to the common good in encouraging jobs creation in Co. Roscommon.[more]
IRDA Nomination Right to An Bord Pleanala
Date: July 9, 2006
The decision of the Minister for the Environment Dick Roche to provide nominating rights to An Bord Pleanala for the Co. Clare based Irish Rural Dwellers Association (IRDA) was, hopefully, a positive step towards bringing...[more]
HARKIN WARNS ON MANDELSON W.T.O. CONCESSIONS
Date: July 7, 2006
EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson was challenged in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday, July 6th to state the limit he was not prepared to exceed to secure a World Trade Organisation deal through concessions on...[more]
CORRIB GAS – PUBLIC LEFT OUT
Date: July 4, 2006
A regulation passed by the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, July 3rd would be warmly welcomed by people in Ireland who were concerned about the environment and in particular by those with reservations about the...[more]
CAP SELL OUT THREATENED SAYS M.E.P.
Date: June 30, 2006
A major opportunity to present an all island argument against further erosion of the Common Agricultural Policy had been lost when An Taoiseach failed to take the opportunity created by his meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair...[more]
MEP WARNS ON BLAIR CAP CONCESSIONS
Date: June 28, 2006
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and leader of the opposition David Cameron today, Wednesday, June 28th advocated further concessions in the WTO negotiations which would further erode the Common Agricultural Policy.[more]
HARKIN CALLS FOR DELIVERY ON DECENTRALISATION
Date: June 22, 2006
It was obvious that while the original objective of the Government to decentralise ten thousand civil and public servants from Dublin would not be achieved it was essential that the programme was pushed forward energetically with...[more]
VRT TO GO SAYS HARKIN
Date: June 21, 2006
The European Parliament today Wednesday, June 21st took the first step towards eliminating vehicle registration tax which has long been a bone of contention for Irish motorists. [more]
LITTLE SYMPATHY IN BRUSSELS FOR FARMERS SAYS HARKIN
Date: June 15, 2006
The representatives of the ICMSA and ICSA who met EU Agriculture Commissioner Marianne Fischer Boel in Strasbourg on Tuesday were given no encouragement that imports of Brazilian beef would be curtailed.[more]
