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EU DIRECTIVE ON BLIND SPOT MIRRORS
Date: September 11, 2006
EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO ACT ON HARKIN BLIND SPOT MIRROR PROPOSAL[more]
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Date: September 6, 2006
IRELAND’S POSITION ON STEM CELL RESEARCH – ‘A CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGE’ SAYS EU COUNCIL PRESIDENT[more]
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]
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]
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]
DON'T WAIT FOR EU ON BLIND SPOT DEATHS SAYS MEP
Date: April 23, 2006
Independent MEP Marian Harkin has called on the Government to bring in immediate legislation requiring the fitting of blind spot mirrors on all Irish trucks.[more]
EU SEEKS CONSULTATION ON ROAD DEATHS
Date: April 17, 2006
In an attempt to halve road deaths in Europe by 2010 the EU is, next month, to launch a public consultation process.[more]
CANCER SERVICE PRESSURE MUST BE MAINTAINED SAYS HARKIN
Date: April 17, 2006
The decision by Breastcheck to advertise for staff for the North West Breastcheck service has been warmly welcomed by Marian Harkin TD.[more]
EU COMMISSIONER ADMITS FAILURE ON ROAD DEATHS
Date: April 4, 2006
Road offences by non-residents of EU states, including Ireland, are not being followed by legal action because of the current lack of systematic co-operation between the administrative and police authorities in the European...[more]
