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NO MOTORWAYS – NO JOBS, SAYS HARKIN
Date: January 2, 2007
The reiteration by IDA Ireland Chief Executive Sean Dorgan that his organisation’s future focus will be an attracting high value jobs to locations with the best roads infrastructure raised serious questions about IDA and...[more]
CALL FOR HIGH VALUE JOBS FOR ROOSKEY
Date: November 14, 2006
Independent MEP Marian Harkin had described the announced closure of the pig processing plant owned by Glanbia in Rooskey, Co. Roscommon as calamitous for the area.[more]
MEP CONGRATULATES WOMENS’ ENTERPRISE
Date: October 23, 2006
Women entrepreneurs in Co. Roscommon had shown their ability to take up challenges and to respond to the opportunity to create new business and employment throughout the county according to Independent MEP Marian Harkin.[more]
GOVERNMENT MUST REMOVE WOMEN ‘NON PERSON’ DISCRIMINATION
Date: September 25, 2006
If the present Government failed to remove its current discrimination against women in relation to pensions it would be a major reason why women should refuse to return them at the next election.[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]
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]
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]
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]
SERVICES DIRECTIVE PROPOSALS WELCOMED
Date: April 4, 2006
EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy received a warm welcome for the new proposals on the EU Services Directive he presented at the European Parliament today, Tuesday, April 4th.[more]
GOVERNMENT DENIES BASIS FOR HIGH VALUE JOBS
Date: April 3, 2006
The Government, despite it’s stated aim of moving up the value chain to higher value jobs, was not underpinning that strategy by adequate investment in research and development.[more]
