Fine Gael Cork South West TD, Noel Harrington, has today (Wednesday) welcomed the news that funding for community development offices on non-Gaeltacht islands is secure for the future.

Affordable water charges show Government is listening.

Minister for Health and Fine Gael Dublin West TD, Leo Varadkar, has called on his constituency colleagues Joe Higgins and Ruth Coppinger to publicly dissociate themselves from the intimidation witnessed at yesterday’s Jobstown protest.

Fine Gael Clare Senator and Seanad Spokesperson on Justice, Martin Conway, has welcomed the news that President Obama plans to unveil sweeping changes to US immigration enforcement that will protect up to five million illegal immigrants including many county Clare natives who are living undocumented in the US.

Proposed legislation to criminalise purchase of sex will protect the vulnerable

Fine Gael Senator for Louth, Jim D’Arcy and Louth TD Peter Fitzpatrick, this week visited Warrenpoint and Newry as members of the Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement to discuss the provision of the Narrow Water Bridge. This is a project that Senator D’Arcy and Deputy Fitzpatrick have been working on for some time, and which had experienced a major setback earlier this year.

ensure that resources available to the Air Corps and Naval Services continue to be adequate to meet the demand with particular reference to surveillance and search and rescue

Defence Forces due to retire after specific years of service;