Donegal is on course to receive a total of more than €10million over the next five years, which for this year alone includes €1,058,745 for Donegal Local Development Company (DLDC), €597,180 for the Inishowen Development Partnership and €352,992 for Gaeltacht areas. There is no doubt that this funding will be of huge benefit to these areas and communities which have been affected in the past by cutbacks and unemployment.

Preparatory works are needed in Finglas to keep the Luas project on track, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Fine Gael TD for Dublin North West, Noel Rock, has welcomed the Government’s commitment to rent transparency.

I am delighted to be able to announce this honour to mark the vital contribution by so many selfless firefighters and crews and everything they do on a daily basis to save and protect life and shape our country. The nation’s fire services were not formally recognised with the 1916 Commemorative Medals during the centenary. That oversight will now be put right.

The European Investment Bank announcement of funding for the National Broadband Plan will help the roll out of broadband across Mayo, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Dublin Senator Catherine Noone has called for the mandatory fortification of flour with Folic Acid.

The announcement of a new secondary school for the Citywest/Saggart area is great news for the community, a Fine Gael TD has said.

A French sportswear chain has reached agreement with Dublin City Council to buy a large site in Ballymun which has the potential generate up to 100 jobs, a Fine Gael TD has said.