Sligo Leitrim TD calls for people to pay their court fines
A Sligo Leitrim TD says more should be done that people that recieve court fines should pay them. More than 84,000 court fines were issued over the past 18 months. The data shows just over 2,000 cases remain either under appeal or have gone to a judicial review. Speaking to…
Budget 2023 a missed opportunity – Doherty
A Donegal TD has described Budget 2023 as a missed opportunity. Sinn Feins Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty has said the Budget needed to show more support to low and middle income earners. Speaking in the Dail this afternoon, Deputy Doherty accused the Government of making the wrong choices…
Government retrofitting scheme not working – Kenny
A Sligo Leitrim TD believes that the Government retrofitting scheme is not working. A Sinn Fein motion was debated in the Dail last night, calling for a significant increase in the retrofitting budget for 2023, and to target that funding at the poorest, coldest, and most carbon intensive homes.…
A Sligo councillor is calling on the HSE for an official opening date for north Sligo primary care centre
A Sligo councillor is calling on the HSE to explain the delay in the opening of the new Drumcliffe primary care centre Construction of the primary care centre was completed in early 2022 at a cost of 2.2 million euro No opening date has been officially announced Local Sinn Féin…
Sligo Leitrim TD calls for ban on evictions
A Sligo Leitrim TD is calling for a further ban on evictions, like that enacted during the Covid 19 pandemic. Deputy Martin Kenny has made the calls in response to the surge in the number of tenants being given notice to vacate their rental properties. The Residential Tenancies…
No policy innovation from the opposition say Minister of Agriculture
The Agriculture Minister says there’s been little to no policy innovation from the opposition to date. It comes as the Government comfortably won a vote of confidence in the Dáil yesterday evening with TDs voting 85 to 66 in favour of the coalition. Independents Joe McHugh, Marc MacSharry, Cathal Berry,…
McHugh & MacSharry to vote against Sinn Fein no confidence motion
It’s reported Fine Gael Deputy Joe McHugh and Sligo Leitrim TD Marc MacSharry will be voting against the Sinn Fein motion of no confidence in the Dail this week. The vote comes as the Oireachtas prepares to take its Summer break on Thursday. Sinn Fein is being accused…