No mortgage or loan safe from vulture funds
A Donegal TD is claiming that no mortgage or loan, in arrears or otherwise, is safe from sale to vulture funds. It’s after Ulster Bank’s sale of 900 million euro worth of loans, including 3,200 family homes, to vulture funds. Sinn Fein Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty says his…
Doherty calls for “fair deal” for farmers
Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty is urging the Government to stop dragging its heels and to implement long awaited changes to the Fair Deal Scheme for farming families and small business owners. Under the changes, it’s proposed to cap participant contributions on farm assets at three years where a…
Minister Creed urged to intervene in Donegal vets crisis.
The shorting of large animal vets is having a very negative impact on farmers in the north west especially those in the County of Donegal. The local agricultural sector is continuing to struggle with the shortage of suitably qualified vets for a period of time and the situation has…
Mortgage holders to block sale to vulture funds
Officials from the Department of Finance and the Central Bank will appear before the Oireachtas Finance Committee to discuss the ‘No Consent, No Sale Bill’. The Sinn Fein bill aims to give mortgage holders the power to block the sale of their loans to vulture funds. Sinn Féin’s Finance Spokesperson…
Donegal TD slams changes to legal aid rules
A Donegal TD is criticizing the Government over changes to legal aid rules involving personal insolvency cases. It’s after the Government made a decision that people who cannot pay their personal debts will no longer be automatically given funding for a barrister. This mean there is now a restriction on…
Donegal TD says Health Minister’s position is untenable
A Donegal Sinn Fein TD says the Health Minister’s position is untenable. The party has confirmed it will table a motion of no confidence in Minister Simon Harris because of his handling of the National Children’s Hospital overruns. The Minister is due to apologise to the Dail this week, but…
Doherty: ‘I don’t condone vigilante behaviour’
The suspected involvement of dissident republicans in the eviction of a Roscommon family last week has been described as “a very sinister development” by the Justice Minister. 8 security guards were injured and a number of vehicles were burnt out when a group stormed the house in Strokestown. …