Over 11,000 adults and 24,000 children in Dublin 15 face cut in benefits in the New Year

27. 12. 2009

Over 11,000 residents of Dublin 15 face a cut in their weekly social welfare benefits next week as the cuts announced in the budget take effect. All recipients of social [...]

Fingal will set an example for Ireland with cuts in Business Rates and Water Charges

27. 12. 2009

Image via Wikipedia Fingal County Council will be setting an example for the whole country if it approves a proposal to cut business rates and water charges at its Annual [...]

Lenihan calls it wrong on turning the corner as construction & retail slump again

15. 12. 2009

Image via Wikipedia Mystic Minister’s Crystal Ball must be cracked   Finance Minister Brian Lenihan’s Budget claim that the economy has turned a corner looks totally wrong after both the [...]

Fine Gael Post-Budget Review

14. 12. 2009

Proposal to close D-DOC at midnight will result inadequate out-of-our GP service in North Dublin

11. 12. 2009

A proposal by the HSE to close D-DOC in Hartstown at midnight on Wednesdays and Coolock on Mondays will leave the GP out-of-hours services in North Dublin inadequate and dangerous [...]

Deadline for submissions on Blanchardstown Village Masterplan extended to January 15th

11. 12. 2009

Image by seanodonnell via Flickr Fingal County Council has agreed to extend the deadline for submissions on the Blanchardstown Village Masterplan to January 15th from Thursday, December 17th. The request [...]

FG reveals 10 worst youth dole blackspots

8. 12. 2009

51,000 young people joined dole queues in last two years   Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has revealed Ireland’s ten worst youth unemployment blackspots* after the CSO published [...]

Urgent action needed on youth unemployment as 135% increase in young people signing on in D15 over past two years

8. 12. 2009

Fine Gael proposes detailed and costed proposals to reduce numbers of young people signing on by 1/3   According to CSO figures released today (Tuesday, 8th December) the number of [...]

Varadkar raises Tyrrelstown School Crisis During Special Adjournment Debate in the Dáil

4. 12. 2009

Image by metatron1 via Flickr Fine Gael TD for Dublin West, Leo Varadkar secured a special ‘adjournment debate’ in Dail last night to discuss the lack of progress in securing [...]

Varadkar rejects Liam Doran’s ‘Uno Duce, Uno Voce’ outburst

3. 12. 2009

Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has slammed union leader Liam Doran for telling critics of the proposed deal between unions and Government to ‘back off and keep their [...]