FIANNA Fáil Cllr Bart Donegan, has called on Minister Simon Coveney to immediately set-up a helpline for the farmers who are in distress due to the poor weather conditions this summer.
Cork County Council backs Fianna Fáil call for helpline for distressed farmers
September 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fianna Fáil call on health minister to resign
September 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FIANNA Fáil Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher TD has confirmed that his party will table a motion of no-confidence in the Health Minister James Reilly upon the Dáil’s resumption.
Deputy Kelleher commented, “Since Minister James Reilly took over responsibility in the Department of Health, it has been a story of disappointment, disruption, dysfunction and chaos.
Cork Students face uncertainty over grants ahead of first round of college offers
August 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Michael Moynihan
CORK Fianna Fáil TD Michael Moynihan has said it is “hugely unfair that a large number of Leaving Certificate students and their families in Cork continue to face huge uncertainty over changes to third level grants only a few days before they are expected to make a decision on college offers.”
Govt Should Support Legislation to Reduce Risk of Skin Cancer
August 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FIANNA Fáil has published legislation to bring about stricter controls on the use of sunbeds.
Health Spokesperson Billy Kelleher says “the use of sunbeds needs to be controlled to reduce the risk of developing skin cancer. 140,000 people in Ireland use sunbeds on a regular basis and of these, 20% are between the ages of 15-24 years. [Read more...]
Fianna Fáil appoints two new local area representatives in Cork
August 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FIANNA Fáil has named of two new local area representatives in Rochestown, Douglas and rural Cork South Central. The appointment of Brendan Finucane and Ray O’Mahoney is the next step in the party’s ongoing renewal strategy.
Twenty-two-year-old Brendan Finucane will represent the party in the Rochestown area. He has recently graduated from UCC with an honours degree in Business and Information Systems, and is now working on setting up his own business in the Western Gateway Building.
Statement by Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin – Dáil Resolution on establishment of Constitutional Convention
July 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Micheál Martin
One of the central messages conveyed by the people to every member of this House last year was that they want a change in the way that politics is done in this country.
They want us to focus on getting Ireland through to recovery, but they also demand that we implement wide-ranging and credible reform. [Read more...]
Pfizer job losses are a devastating blow for Cork
June 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FIANNA Fáil has expressed concern at 177 job losses at Pfizer in Cork.
Party Leader Micheál Martin said: “Pfizer is a major employer in Cork and these job losses are a devastating blow. Pfizer’s operations at Little Island and Ringaskiddy have been of huge benefit to the local economy and its growing presence over many years has been a strong statement of confidence in Ireland. Pfizer is one of the most successful FDI companies in Ireland and I think it is important to point out that these redundancies are the result of global factors and sales, and not failings on the part of the Cork operations or its workers.” [Read more...]
Cobh meeting told treaty is bad for Ireland
May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Padraig Mannion
ADDRESSING an anti-Austerity Treaty meeting in Cobh last night (Friday), Workers’ Party referendum campaign director Padraig Mannion said that the EU Fiscal Treaty represented “bad economics, bad law, and was a blatant attack on democracy”.
Mr Mannion said the treaty was bad economics because it seeks to solve the wrong problem and as a result arrived at a totally dangerous remedy. The problems in the Irish economy, he said, were mass unemployment, a shrinking domestic economy; and an ageing infrastructure. [Read more...]
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