Sinn Fein accuses Government of abandoning social services in favour of tax cuts
Sinn Féin’s accusing the Government of abandoning social services in favour of tax cuts. The party’s criticising the Minister for Finance after he said personal taxes should be cut further. Michael Noonan made the comments at the annual dinner of the Irish Tax Institute. Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty says any…
Harrison welcomes extended terms of reference
Donegal-based Garda whistleblower Keith Harrison has welcomed the announcement that the inquiry into the Maurice McCabe controversy will also investigate allegations of ill-treatment of other whistleblowers. The terms of reference for the inquiry were agreed in the Dáil yesterday, clearing the way for the investigation to get underway without delay.…
McLoughlin slams Sinn Fein; Doherty insists government must go
The first moves to replace Enda Kenny as Fine Gael leader were launched last night – hours before the Government won a vote of confidence in itself. Ministers Simon Coveney and Leo Varadkar called for the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party to begin preparations as early as next week for a…
Donegal-based garda seeks to have case included in McCabe public inquiry
Pressure is mounting for an alleged smear campaign against a Donegal-based garda to be included as part of the public inquiry involving Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Garda Keith Harrison claims he has been the victim of a five-year campaign of intimidation after arresting a fellow officer for drink-driving in Athlone in…
Doherty hits out at individual bankers over tracker mortgage scandal
A Donegal TD says individual bankers need to be held responsible for the tracker mortgage scandal. In December the governor of the Irish Central Bank told the finance committee of Dáil Éireann that as many as 15,000 Irish borrowers may have been overcharged by their banks. Reportedly this occurred when…
Spiralling housing costs mean people remain too close to homelessness
A Donegal TD believes that thousands of people are never more than three months from homelessness in the current political climate. Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty says that with increasing house and rent prices it is becoming more and more difficult for people to keep themselves in their homes. Recent figures…
Doherty welcomes verdicts in Anglo trial
A Donegal TD has welcomed the guilty findings by a jury in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank executives John Bowe from Dublin and Donegal native Willie McAteer. They have been found guilty of criminal conspiracy at the end of what was the longest trial in the history of…