Excessive environmental demands could threaten Irish family farms
Excessive environmental demands could threaten Irish family farms that’s the warning from a Midlands North West MEP. The EU is in the middle of reforming the Common Agricultural Policy which sets the rules in exchange for subsidies. At the same time, the EU has set a target of cutting…
Northern Ireland needs a stonger voice in Europe
A north west MEP says there’s a need for Northern Ireland to have a stronger voice in Europe. Chris Macmanus was speaking after MEPs overwhelmingly backed ratifying the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and also overwhelmingly backing a resolution setting out current Brexit concerns. Chris MacManus says what…
Issues destroying the North West need to be addressed
The continual downgrade of rural Ireland needs to tackled, immediately. That’s according to a Midlands North West MEP. Sinn Fein MEP, Chris MacManus, referenced a recent CSO publication that showed a noticeable difference in disposable income between east and west. The north west region has also been downgraded…
Money Lender using social media to grade applicants
A Midlands North West MEP has called for moneylenders to be banned from using social media as a means of deciding on the credit worthiness of applicants. Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has made the calls after a major European report singled out a specific Irish moneylender for using…
MacManus confident Brexit deal will protect Good Friday agreement
Negotiations on finalising a Brexit trade deal have been completed, with European European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen describing the agreement as fair, balanced and right. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the deal agreed with Brussels will enable the UK to “take back control” as promised in…
Programme for government has forgotten about north west
The Programme for Government has been described as ‘a disappointing document’ that does not represent the change and lacks proposals for the northwest and especially Sligo Town which had previously been designated as a Regional Growth Centre in the national Development Plan. That’s according to Sligo MEP Chris MacManus…
MacManus worries EU Covid Fund has hidden agend
The EU’s proposed €750 billion Covid recovery fund is a move to shift power from individual EU countries to Brussels. That’s the verdict of Sinn Fein’s Chris MacManus, the MEP for the Midlands North-West constituency. He was referring to the proposed Next Generation EU initiative that was unveiled by the…