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New Bank Branches Emphasise Failure of Government Rural Policy
Date: September 7, 2015
The decision by Allied Irish Bank to open three new branches in Dublin and Cork while, hopefully, an indication of national economic recovery was a further sign of the failure of the balanced regional and rural development...[more]
Over Hyping Politicians need to tackle Farm Income Problem says Harkin
Date: September 2, 2015
Politicians who consistently, over the last five years, tended to exaggerate the prospects for Irish agriculture have a major responsibility to the country’s farmers to clarify their proposals for tackling the current...[more]
MEP Praises Family Farm Origin of Ireland’s Dairy Products
Date: August 10, 2015
Cavan & Monaghan Co-ops on Right Road[more]
Independent MEP Welcomes Renua Public Procurement Plan
Date: August 6, 2015
The policy on Public Procurement launched by Renua this week has been warmly welcomed by Independent MEP Marian Harkin.[more]
No Medals for Irish Government on Discriminatory Treatment of Young People with Disabilities
Date: July 30, 2015
“In the same week as we are celebrating the achievements of the Special Olympians in Los Angeles and Team Ireland´s outstanding medal wins, it is incredible to think that at the same time the Irish Government is excluding young...[more]
U-turn by ECB on Oireachtas Appearance but Draghi will respond to Irish MEPs
Date: July 30, 2015
In a further twist of the 'will they/won´t they attend' saga, the ECB have now withdrawn their offer for Vice President Vitor Constâncio to attend an Oireachtas Committee meeting to engage in an informal exchange of views on...[more]
Teagasc Survey Raises Serious Questions on Government Policy
Date: July 14, 2015
The fact that 25,000 farm households have been deemed in a Teagasc report, issued today Tuesday July 14th, to be economically vulnerable, that 84%of farms in the west are not economically viable and that 50% of farmers in the...[more]
Death Benefit Insurance Abolished
Date: July 14, 2015
35,000 members of Newbridge Credit Union lose out[more]
Harkin calls on Hogan to act now on Dairy Sector Concerns
Date: July 7, 2015
"Commissioner Hogan must implement more responsive and realistic safety net measures for the dairy sector in order to address the collapsing milk price and he must ensure that the intervention price better reflects real...[more]
Open Internet and No More Roaming Charges
Date: July 1, 2015
Roaming charges within the EU will be a thing of the past from June 15th 2017. This was stated by Marian Harkin Independent MEP when she warmly welcomed the agreement reached by the European Parliament and Council to ban roaming...[more]
