Personal Injuries Guidelines may not reduce insurance premiums
A Sligo/ Leitrim TD has questioned the impact that the new Personal Injuries Guidelines will have on reducing insurance premiums. The guidelines will reduce the amount which will be awarded for most categories of personal injuries and will be used by both the Personal Injuries Assessment Board and…
Social media providing networking opportunites to engage in hate crime
More must be done by social media companies to stamp out hate campaigns against politicians and public figures. Those are the claims of the Sein Fein spokesperson on justice and equality Martin Kenny who has been the target himself of such campaigns. The Sligo Leitrim TD says those…
Changes to vaccination model fails to recognise the work of gardaí
A Sligo Leitrim TD says the move by the government to change the vaccination rollout plan is a slap in the face to gardaí. The new vaccination model will see people vaccinated based on age after the over-70s, medically vulnerable and those with underlying conditions have been taken care…
Teething problems to be expected with mandatory hotel quarantine.
A Sligo Leitrim TD says it’s to be expected that there are to be some breaches of the mandatory hotel quarantine. Three people left the Crowne Plaza Hotel near Dublin Airport on Saturday after flying into the country with Gardaí now having returned two of them. A Sligo woman and…
Delay in rolling out home support services
It’s emerged that 160 people are waiting on Home Support Services across the north west. There are 41 people in Sligo and Leitrim that have been approved, but have yet to receive any supports, while a further 119 are waiting in Co. Donegal. Sligo/Leitrim Sinn Fein TD, Martin…
Kenny urges Arch Bishops to meet with NPHET
A Sligo Leitrim TD has questioned the action taken by a group of Arch Bishops in calling on Catholics to lobby TD’s and elected public representatives to immediately lift the current cap on funerals. Only ten people are allowed to go to them at the moment, under level 5…
Kenny calls for knives to be handed over to sate
A Sligo Leitrim TD is encouraging the owners of knives to hand them over to the state. Over 1,000 people have been convicted of possessing a knife over the past two years. 476 people were found guilty last year, and 570 in 2019. The 16 per cent…