Senator Mary Seery-Kearney

Sinn Fein looks set for a major U-turn on its opposition to water charges this week...

Dublin Senator Catherine Noone, has called for anti-sugar consumption measures to be implemented here as a matter of priority. The call follows a new UK study revealing that children under 11 may be consuming three times too much sweet food and drink.

“The future is bright for Carlow with the County to benefit from the South East Action Plan for Jobs”, says Fine Gael TD for Carlow/Kilkenny, Pat Deering. Deputy Deering was speaking after Minister Bruton launched the South East Action Plan for Jobs (today) Monday.

Irish property investment group Tetrarch Capital is to seek permission for a multimillion-euro residential and commercial development at Millennium Park Naas.

Irish property investment group Tetrarch Capital is to seek permission for a multimillion-euro residential and commercial development at Millennium Park Naas.

Fine Gael MEP for Dublin, Brian Hayes, has asked the European Commission to introduce legislation that would require car rental companies to display prices of car rental in a clear and transparent manner.

Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Jobs Committee, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has said that claims that the Government is planning a giveaway budget are completely false and can only be explained as electioneering.

Fine Gael TD for Cork South Central, and chairperson of the Oireachtas Health Committee, Jerry Buttimer, has said the decision by the HSE to approve funding for Fampyra, a drug used to treat Multiple Sclerosis, will have life changing effects.

Although Ireland may appear to some as a peripheral island on the edge of the Atlantic we see our home as being at the heart of Europe.

Fine Gael TD Anthony Lawlor for Kildare North has said that a 12% drop in the Live Register since the launch of the Action Plan for Jobs in 2012 indicates the steady growth in the economy in Kildare.