Health Minister promises progress on Sligo Diabetes Services
The subject of diabetes services in Sligo University Hospital has been raised again in the Dail. Sligo Leitrim Sinn Fein TD, Deputy Martin Kenny raised the matter once again this week Deputy Kenny says the issue could easily be resolved by reversing the decision to relocate the diabetes…
HSE capital plan short on detail & fails to address major local issues
The 2019 HSE capital plan which was published recently is very short on details and claims to unveil several major health projects that are already well under way. That’s according Sinn Féin TD for Sligo, Leitrim, Martin Kenny. Deputy Kenny says the plan also does little to address the huge…
Government failing our children with inadequate health service
A Sligo Leitrim has accused the Government of failing our children, that’s after latest data shows More than 47,000 children are waiting to see a specialist at a Children’s Hospital in Dublin. Children’s Health Ireland which collects data from the three hospitals says waiting lists at Crumlin, Temple Street…
New property register bill to benefit rural residents
The recent valuable property register bill introduced into the Dáil by Sinn Fein will be of particular relevance to those living in rural Ireland. The Party’s spokesperson for Justice and equality, Sligo Leitrim TD Martin Kenny says the bill which will establish a national property register will help deter the…
Kenny calls for more Gardai to help reduce overtime costs
A Sinn Fein Sligo/Leitrim TD, who’s just been appointed his party’s spokesman on Justice, says there’s a need for more Gardai to reduce the Garda overtime bill. The Gardaí’s overtime bill has reduced by 18 percent this year. However 48.2 million euro was still been spent in the…
Dail row erupts over rural Brexit funding
A row has broken out in the Dail between a Sligo Leitrim TD and the Minister for Rural and Community Affairs over funding for border areas post-Brexit. Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny had been calling for an all-Government plan to seek EU funding for small businesses and communities in…
Leitrim TD: British PM’s visit to the border ‘nothing more than a PR exercise’
Sinn Fein have said that the British Prime Ministers visit to the Irish border was nothing more than a ‘PR exercise’. Teresa May visited businesses in Co Fermanagh near the border to discuss the impact of Brexit. The British PM visited businesses like Belleek Pottery following an invite from DUP…