Image via WikipediaFine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny TD, and Enterprise, Trade & Employment Spokesperson, Leo Varadkar TD, have called on Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Mary Coughlan, and FAS to [...]
Kenny and Varadkar call for full and honest answers on misuse of taxpayers' money in FAS
30. 6. 2008
Ireland losing jobs east & west as rising costs send 64 Avocent jobs to high-cost locations
30. 6. 2008
Disturbing when Singapore & US are more attractive locations than Ireland The loss of 64 high-value jobs at Avocent shows that the cost of doing business in Ireland is [...]
Minister in charge of Rip-off still hasn't met Dunnes, Superquinn, Lidl, Aldi or Spar
19. 6. 2008
The Minister in charge of tackling Ireland’s rip-off retailers, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, still hasn’t met with five of the country’s largest supermarket chains, one month after Taoiseach Brian Cowen made [...]
Dole back to haunt us as Live Register tops 200,000 for first time this decade
10. 6. 2008
Govt turns blind eye to lengthening dole queues The live register broke through the symbolic 200,000 barrier for the first time this decade in May as the spectre of widespread [...]
Dishonest Libertas claims could see Ireland lose Commissioner
10. 6. 2008
NO vote could mean losing our Commissioner next yearFine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has warned that a No vote in Thursday’s referendum could see Ireland losing its right [...]
Recession looms large as services slump confirms FF economic paralysis
4. 6. 2008
Image via WikipediaThe severe downturn in the services sector revealed by the BCB/PMI report published today (Wednesday) is further evidence of how Fianna Fáil’s paralysis on the economy is hitting [...]
Varadkar calls for Dáil Committee hearing on rising food prices
3. 6. 2008
Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has asked the Chairman of the Oireachtas Enterprise & Small Business Committee to investigate the rising cost of food, groceries and other consumer [...]
Kellystown Submission
3. 6. 2008
Over the weekend, I made a submission to Fingal County Council on the proposed Kellystown Variation. The submission is set out in full below. Background The Kellystown variation proposal refers [...]
‘NO’ vote will be death knell for Foreign Direct Investment
3. 6. 2008
A ‘No’ vote in next week’s Referendum would signal a death knell for future Foreign Direct Investment in Ireland according to Fine Gael spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo [...]