Cloghogue N.S. in danger of losing teacher due to 50 year old rule
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has told the Dail that a school in his area is in danger of losing a teacher because of a 50-year old rule on pupils eligibility for school transport. Fianna Fail Deputy Eamon Scanlon says the issue is affecting Cloghogue National School, just off the N4 Sligo/Dublin…
CF patients hope for government action on Orkambi ahead of Dail protest
Fianna Fail has committed to making a ‘final push’ to ensure that patients of Cystic Fibrosis can access the potentially life-saving drug Orkambi. Fianna Fail TD in Sligo Leitrim Marc MacSharry raised the issue with the Taoiseach in the Dail this week and accused Enda Kenny of being ‘out of…
Anti-fracking campaigners say it’s time to ‘move on’ with Deputy McLoughlin’s bill
An anti-fracking group says it’s now time to move ahead with a Sligo/Leitrim TD’s Bill that would ban the controversial gas extraction method. That’s one of the messages that will be delivered this afternoon during a press conference in Dublin. It’s being organised by Love Leitrim, Friends of the Earth…
Scanlon: Insurance companies ‘ripping off’ people
A Sligo Leitrim TD has told the Dail that insurance companies are ‘ripping off the Irish people.’ Fianna Fail Deputy Eamon Scanlon made the comment in the Dail yesterday afternoon when he asked for an update on promised legislation in the area. Taoieach Enda Kenny told him there would be…
No decision on permanent cardiac cath lab for Sligo
A Sligo/Leitrim government TD has hit out over the lack of progress in providing a permanent cardiac catherisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital. Deputy Tony McLoughlin was speaking in the Dail yesterday evening at the end of a 12-minute question and anser session on the cardiac cath lab with Junior…
McConalogue gets Dail support for Bill on tillage emergency fund
There was cross party support for a motion by Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue today calling for an emergency fund for tillage farmers to be set up. It follows the particularly wet summer last year. Farmers in a number of counties including Donegal and Roscommon were among the worst affected. They…
Tillage farmers to protest outside Dail
Tillage farmers still hope to get an emergency aid package as they plan a march on the Dail this afternoon. Many grain farmers in Donegal, Mayo and other western counties were unable to harvest their crops last autumn following a prolonged period of wet weather. Following a meeting with the Minister…