Jobs Minister hosts Brexit meeting in Carrick on Shannon
The Minister for Jobs is hosting the first of a series of stakeholder meetings on Brexit today in Leitrim. Stakeholders including the Chambers of Commerce from Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal as well as other business and employment groups will meet for the event in the Bush Hotel. The minister’s visit…
Leitrim IFA officer questions use of EU funding for forestry
There has been another call for a stop to be put to certain European funding being used to support the planting of forestry in County Leitrim. Leitrim IFA treasurer Maureen Murray says it’s wrong that people can sell their land for forestry to speculators and still keep their payments under…
North West farmers could benefit from cap on Single Farm Payments
A Donegal TD says farmers in the north west could benefit from the money generated if the cap on Single Farm Payments was reduced. Charlie McConologue says in the programme of Government, they promised to reduced the cap on basic payments from €150,000 down to €100,000. Very few farmers in…
Brexit just one of a number of challenges facing EU in 2017
The important relationship with the US will be another key challenge in the coming year that the EU has to face up to. That’s according to North West MEP Mairead McGuiness who says that there are significant challenges in the year ahead and Brexit is only one of them. The…
Implications of Brexit being assessed by EU committee
Pension rights and freedom of movement are among the issues that will impact individuals when Brexit is triggered. That’s the warning of North West MEP Marian Harkin who is on an EU sub-committee of the Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee set up to assess the impacts of the move.…
Sligo MEP calls for discussion on implications of CETA trade deal
A Sligo MEP says she’s ‘horrified’ that the Dail is not discussing a very important planned deal between the EU and Canada. The European Parliament will vote this week on a resolution on whether or not to refer the EU-Canada trade deal known as CETA to the European Court of…
Blue Star programme aims to teach students about the EU
An award winning European programme for Irish national schools is seeking schools from Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal to sign up and earn a blue star. The blue star programme aims to foster better understanding and knowledge of the European Union among primary school pupils through the classroom. Teams of pupils…