McLoughlin says signing of fracking Bill is an historic event
A Sligo/Leitrim Fine Gael TD says the signing of his anti-fracking Bill into law by President Michael D Higgins is an historic event that will have benefits long into the future. The Bill, brought forward by Deputy Tony McLoughlin, bans onshore fracking in the Republic of Ireland. It’s the culmination…
McLoughlin welcomes €340,000 for St Angela’s College in Sligo
A third-level college in Sligo is to receive funding of more than €340,000. The money is to help cater for increasing student numbers at St Angela’s College, on the shore of Lough Gill. Fine Gael Deputy Tony McLoughlin has announced today that the college is to get the money. He says…
Tony McLoughlin retains appointment as assistant Fine Gael whip
Fine Gael TD for Sligo-Leitrim Tony McLoughlin has been reappointed as Assistant Whip to the Fine Gael party. Deputy McLoughlin said he was delighted to have been re-appointed as Assistant Whip by the new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. He says he was asked to continue in the position and he was…
Groups throughout region benefit from dormant account funds
Community groups across Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim are to receive a total of almost €460,000 from dormant accounts funds. €278,000 of the money will go to Donegal with €180,000 going to Sligo and Leitrim. A dormant account is an account that has had no transaction by a customer for 15…
Farmers welcome passage of anti-fracking bill
Farmers in County Leitrim are welcoming this week’s fracking bill by Sligo Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin, which was passed unanimously in the Dail yesterday. Many farmers in the region joined the many protests and rally which have taken place on a number of occasion since the potential of fracking became…
Anti-fracking campaigners worldwide look to see how a Sligo TD’s bill led to a historic ban on fracking
Anti-fracking campaigners in countries around the world are now looking at Ireland after yesterday’s passage of Sligo/Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin’s Bill in the Dail. That’s according to Dr Aideen McLoughlin, of the group Good Energies Alliance, who says what happened yesterday in the Dail is already attracting attention from various…
At last, anti-fracking Bill reaches what’s hoped is final Dail hurdle
The Bill by Sligo/Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin to ban fracking is expected to be finally passed in the Dail today — or by tomorrow morning at the very latest. There had been expectations the Bill would have passed last week but this did not happen because of debate on proposed…