Fianna Fáil Town councillor for Bandon, Gillian Coughlan, has called on the Government to reassure the people of Bandon that the funding promises they made in 2011 and 2012 will be kept. Cork County Council officials revealed to Town Councillors this week that the Bandon scheme, which was aborted early in 2013, will now have […]

Pat the Cope Gallagher MEP (Ireland North West – Midlands) while speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg strongly criticised the Irish Government over its plans to exclude the entire North West and West from the Trans European Transport Network. The agreement on the TEN-T Core Network was negotiated and agreed under the Irish EU […]

Fianna Fáil Enterprise Spokesperson Dara Calleary says the Government is failing consumers by not introducing adequate legislation to give gift vouchers the same status as cash for retail purchases. Deputy Calleary says Irish consumers were hit badly this year when a number of high profile retailers went into administration and thousands of customers were left […]

Fianna Fáil Senator Denis O’Donovan has called on Minister Simon Coveney to urgently address the extremely low Irish white fish quota which he says is penalising fishermen all over the south. Senator O’Donovan called for an urgent debate on this issue in the Seanad this week. “White fish are vitally important to the industry in […]

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Health Billy Kelleher has expressed his alarm at the astonishing increase in hospital waiting lists over the year. Figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund reveal a 50% increase in the number of children on hospital waiting lists between September 2012 and September 2013.   Overall patient waiting times have soared by […]

Fianna Fáil Leader, Micheál Martin TD, has paid tribute to the late Fr Alec Reid who passed away in Dublin early this morning. Deputy Martin commented: “It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of Fr Alec Reid this morning. “Fr Reid played a pivotal role in bringing about peace in Northern […]