Sinn Fein moves legislation to regulate vulture funds
Sinn Fein has moved legislation to regulate vulture funds. The billl was moved by the party’s finance spokesperson Donegal TD Pearse Doherty in the Dail yesterday. It will regulate vulture funds for the first time…
KFO to lead fishing convoy in search for missing 116 crewmen
The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation is to lead a search involving a convoy of fishermen this weekend in an effort to find the two missing crewmen of Rescue 116. A sweeping search of the waters near…
New wifi hubs for rural Ireland
New WiFi hubs should soon be on the way to towns and villages across the EU. A report by Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has passed through the committee stage in Strasbourg and is…
Dail: Tubbercurry Garda Station ‘not a legislative issue’
Tubbercurry Garda Station is not fit to meet the modern day requirements of one of the busiest stations in the Sligo Leitrim division. That’s according to Fianna Fail TD Eamon Scanlon who brought the issue…
MacSharry: Impact of disbanded Western brigade will be felt post-Brexit
The impact of the standing down of the fourth Western Brigade a number of years ago will now be felt with the onset of Brexit. That’s according to Sligo Leitrim Fianna Fail TD Marc MacSharry…
Bus Eireann talks resume at WRC
It’s the 14th day in a row of no services for Bus Eireann commuters. Talks at the WRC broke up overnight without a deal on cuts – management and unions will be back round the…
Call for super-trawlers to be monitored and regulated more
It’s been a busy week in the European Parliament with a major debate on Brexit this morning dominating headlines as report in our news earlier. But this week as well the issue of supertrawlers was…
