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BRAZILIAN BEEF
Date: June 12, 2006
Speaking in the European Parliament on Monday, June 12th, Marian Harkin MEP said:-[more]
COHESION FUNDS MUST BE SPENT ON R & D
Date: June 12, 2006
The following statement was issued in Strasbourg today, Monday, June 12th by Marian Harkin MEP.[more]
CANCER RATES TO DOUBLE
Date: June 8, 2006
An attempt was made today, Thursday, June 8th by Marian Harkin TD, MEP to have the Dail suspended to discuss as a matter of regional and national importance, the report of the Irish Cancer Society which has forecast a doubling of...[more]
Rebuff from European Court of Justice
Date: May 30, 2006
Following on from the European Court of Justice decision that Ireland was in breach of Community law by bringing proceedings against the UK over Sellafield, a further rap on the knuckles was delivered today when an initiative on...[more]
LESSER HORSHOE BAT
Date: May 28, 2006
Co. Roscommon received a double blow last week when IDA Ireland and Forfas announcements revealed that the county received on average less than seven foreign direct investment jobs per annum during the past decade and this was...[more]
EU BODY PROVES TAOISESACH WRONG SAYS HARKIN
Date: May 21, 2006
The figures for GDP produced by Eurostat last week pose a further challenge to An Taoiseach Bertie Aherne to justify his Dail comment that the BMW region was doing better than the South & East Region on the basis of any analyses...[more]
DISGRACEFUL MISREPRESENTATION BY TAOISEACH SLATED
Date: May 17, 2006
The Taoiseach has been accused of disgraceful and deliberate misrepresentation in claiming in the Dail that the BMW Region has done better than the Southern & Eastern Region based on all analysis of the implementation of the...[more]
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DECISION
Date: May 16, 2006
The decision by the European Court of Justice that EU citizens who received operations outside their own countries should have their cost refunded by national Governments, has been warmly welcomed by Independent MEP Marian Harkin.[more]
HARKIN RAISES CANCER DEMAND IN DAIL
Date: May 16, 2006
The 7,000 people who demonstrated in Letterkenny on Sunday last reflected the deep felt grievance of people in Donegal, that in relation to delivery of cancer services, the Government was being selectively unfair.[more]
GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BMW REGION CONTINUES SAYS M.E.P.
Date: May 14, 2006
Sligo/Leitrim TD and MEP Marian Harkin has called on the social partners not to conclude a new national wage agreement unless they receive a commitment that the government will counter the under-spend in the BMW region during...[more]
