Meath East Constituency

Map of Meath East

Senators

Thomas Byrne

Councillors

Kells Town Council

Meath County Council

Local News Stories

Byrne welcomes funding for R153 road in Balrath, Navan

4:36 02/02/12 by Thomas Byrne

Fianna Fáil Senator for Meath East, Thomas Byrne has today welcomed the announcement by the Department of Transport that an allocation of €400,000 has been made to Meath County Council in respect of the R153 road in Balrath, Navan as part of the Specific Improvement Grant Allocations for 2012. Read More

Kells area receives funding for important road improvements – Byrne

4:35 02/02/12 by Thomas Byrne

Fianna Fáil Senator Thomas Byrne has today welcomed the announcement by the Department of Transport that an allocation of €360,000 has been made to Meath County Council in respect of improvements to the R147 in Kells Town Centre and Maeve’s Bridge. Read More

Important Safety Works at Boolies, Duleek to receive Departmental funding – Byrne

4:34 02/02/12 by Thomas Byrne

Funding has been allocated to Meath County Council to pursue low cost safety improvements works at Boolies, Duleek. The County Council will receive funding of €35,000 to ensure the safety of motorists using this stretch of road according to Fianna Fáil Senator for Meath, Thomas Byrne. Read More

Byrne welcomes progress on Duleek Schools Projects

4:31 02/02/12 by Thomas Byrne

Fianna Fáil Senator for Meath East, Thomas Byrne has today welcomed a written commitment from the Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn TD that accommodation briefs have now been completed for both Duleek Boys NS and Duleek Girls NS building projects. This shows that the new Government are continuing on the commitment given by the previous Government in this case Read More

Byrne welcomes Varadkar’s promise to the people of Slane

13:05 25/01/12 by Thomas Byrne

Fianna Fáil Senator for East Meath has today welcomed confirmation from Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar TD that if approval from Bord Pleanála is received then funds will be made available for the purchase of land for the N2 / Slane Bypass. Senator Byrne was commenting following receipt of communication from Minister Varadkar’s office regarding this important piece of infrastructure. Read More

Govt inaction leaving public exposed to rogue Debt Management firms – Byrne

11:21 24/01/12 by Thomas Byrne

The Government is failing to protect the public from rogue companies offering debt management services, Fianna Fáil Senator Thomas Byrne has said. It follows the revelation that the Central Bank has written to hundreds of customers of such a company urging them to cancel all payments to the company. Read More

Byrne welcomes developments at Lagan Brick Industrial Dispute

9:53 20/01/12 by Thomas Byrne

Fianna Fáil Senator, Thomas Byrne has welcomed the decision of workers and management at Lagan Brick, Kingscourt to accept proposals aimed at bringing the industrial dispute at the plant. Read More

Byrne calls for clarity from Government over proposed cuts to Early Years Childcare

11:38 11/01/12 by Thomas Byrne

Fianna Fáil Senator, Thomas Byrne is calling on Fine Gael and Labour representatives in Meath East to clarify whether or not they support the proposed changes to the Early Childhood Care / Education (ECCE) Scheme and the National Childcare Investment Scheme that are currently in the national media. Read More

Delivering for Meath East

More than €130 million has been provided in capital funding for school building and modernisation projects in Meath between 2002 an 2009.
Over €437 million has been invested in Meath Roads since 2004.
Garda Numbers in Meath have jumped by almost 50% since 1998 to 315.
There have been extensive developments at the Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, Meath including the opening of a new medical assessment unit, the appointment of additional physicians and capital works to upgrade electrical and water services.
The live register figures for the Mid-East region for September have fallen from 44,822 last month to 39,705.
The M3 Clonee to North of Kells Motorway scheme opened in June 2010 within budget and two months ahead of schedule.This scheme is the largest single road project ever to be constructed in Ireland providing a corridor linking the north west, Cavan and North Meath with Dublin City.
Phase 1 of the Clonsilla to Navan Rail Line opened in September 2010. The railway line runs off the Maynooth line, at Clonsilla, serving Dunboyne and M3 Parkway Station.
The opening of the Docklands station in 2007 has also led to increased capacity and frequency on Maynooth and Western services.

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