At last, anti-fracking Bill reaches what’s hoped is final Dail hurdle
The Bill by Sligo/Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin to ban fracking is expected to be finally passed in the Dail today — or by tomorrow morning at the very latest. There had been expectations the Bill would have passed last week but this did not happen because of debate on proposed…
Boyd-Barrett says fracking bill doesn’t go far enough
Anti-fracking campaigners gathered in Leinster House yesterday evening expecting a bill to ban fracking on the island of Ireland to be passed. However, it hit a stumbling block and some local politicians feel it was unecessarily delayed after a Dublin TD raised concerns about aspects of the bill. The discussion…
Sligo/Leitrim TD to introduce Bill in the Dail on rural decline
A Sligo/Leitrim TD is introducing a Bill to tackle what he says is discrimination against rural areas. Sinn Fein Deputy Martin Kenny is calling on Fianna Fail TDs, especially those in the North West, to support the Bill. It comes in the aftermath of the chairman of the Western Development…
Bus workers now studying what Labour Court recommendations mean for them
With the Bus Eireann strike now over, company workers throughout the North West are now studying what the Labour Court recommendations will mean for them. In the coming weeks, they will be balloted on the recommendations, which it is hoped will finally end the dispute. In Sligo, Damien Healy, North…
McLoughlin wants more money for CCTV in towns and villages
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has called for increased funding and a speedy rollout of the CCTV scheme for rural towns and villages to fight crime. Fine Gael Deputy Tony McLoughlin told the Dail yesterday that he has seen the benefits of the CCTV scheme at first hand in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim.…
In the Dail this week: Broadband, Garda Stations, Defence Forces
Apart from the row on water charges a number of other issues were raised in the Dail this week by local TDs. Most of them relating to the removal of services and a lack of investment in rural Ireland – all of which are affecting the local economies in the…
TDs raise concern about ‘centralisation’ of MABS
The future of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service is now also under threat. The issue was raised in the Dail last night where Fianna Fail Deputy Willie O’Dea moved a motion against the regionalisation of the service. There are plans to abolish the local services and making regional centres.…