TDs debate new bill while campaigners set to take to the streets
Legislation: TDs have been calling for a repeal of the 8th amendment after the government introduced the referendum bill this morning. The Department of Health has also published a policy paper outlining what new laws the government will try to bring in if the 8th amendment is repealed. The policy…
Sligo TD hits out at ads from government’s new ‘spin unit’
A Sligo Fianna Fail TD has once again hit out at what he calls the government’s new ‘spin unit’. €5m was allocated by the government to the new unit in the 2018 Budget and it’s being headed by a Sligo native – former Failte Ireland executive John Concannon. Marc MacSharry…
Leitrim councillors hoping Ross will announce money for roads during expected visit
Leitrim councillors are hoping Transport Minister Shane Ross will give them a funding boost for the maintenance and improvement of roads during a visit to the county, expected before the end of September. The possibility of the Minister visiting followed a meeting in Leinster House this week with a number…
Health minister wants more time to negotiate Orkambi deal as campaigners protest at Dail
More than a thousand Cystic Fibrosis campaigners are gathered outside Leinster House calling for the approval of the Orkambi drug. Protestors are holding a minute’s silence outside Leinster House for the second time in a matter of months. Campaigners will hold purple balloons and purple roses as an expression…
Donegal among counties worst affected by poor tillage harvest
The Irish Farmers’ Association will march on Leinster House this afternoon, calling for the Government to set up a crisis fund for tillage farmers. Many grain farmers, in the west of the country, weren’t able to harvest their crops last autumn after a prolonged period of wet weather destroyed their…