"The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has granted funding to Fingal County Council for works at Loughshinny Harbour," according to Alan Farrell, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal.

The Pyrite Resolution Board (PRB) has set out a preliminary roadmap for the testing and remediation of properties affected by significant pyritic heave.

Fine Gael Meath East TD, Helen McEntee, has today (Thursday) urged farmers in Meath to avail of short term loan facilities being made available by the banks and Co-ops to deal with the fodder crisis.

"The scientific case for action is beyond doubt.

Fine Gael Cork South Central Deputy, Jerry Buttimer, has said the launch today (Thursday) of Insolvency Service Ireland’s public information campaign will allow those who are struggling with the burden of debt to find a way out of their financial difficulties.

I was saddened to learn of the death this morning of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Fine Gael Waterford Deputy, Paudie Coffey, has said that the JobBridge internship scheme is a clear and dependable pathway to full-time employment which has seen 36 per cent of intern graduates in Waterford moving directly into employment, while 61 per cent of interns nationally have secured employment five months after graduating from the scheme. Deputy Coffey obtained this information by way of a Parliamentary Question to Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD (see below).

As the centre of operations for our Presidency of the European Union we hope that the next chapter of transatlantic relations will be born out of the work conducted here

I was saddened to learn of the death this morning of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.