McGuinness says Covid leading to rapid changes in banking, finance
A former Midlands/North West MEP says Covid is accelerating “dramatic changes” in banking and finance. Mairead McGuinness, who’s now EU Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial stability and Capital Markets, says early this year she’ll be looking at how these “rapid” changes are going to impact the financial system. She says…
Mairead McGuinness the new EU Commissioner
Midlands/North West MEP Mairead McGuinness has been named as Phil Hogan’s successor as Ireland’s EU Commissioner. Ms. McGuinness, who is currently Vice-President of the European Parliament, was selected by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, after both she and Andrew McDowell were interviewed for the role yesterday. Ireland’s lost the…
North West MEP believes EU can do a lot to help Europe with COVID-19
The European Parliament will hold a special session in Brussels today to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. MEPs are to vote on three major issues to help ease the impact the coronavirus is having on all of us. In an unprecedented move, many MEPs will vote remotely as travel restrictions…
North West MEP Mairead McGuinness says she is looking forward to working with new European Commission President
A Midlands North-West MEP says she looks forward to working with the new President of the European Commission. Ursula von der Leyen received the support of just 51 per cent of MEPs who voted. She will replace John-Claude Junker in the Autumn and becomes the first woman to take up…
Mairead McGuinness MEP re-elected as First Vice President of EU Parliament
A north west MEP has been re-elected as the First Vice-President of the European Parliament. Mairead McGuinness secured over 93pc of the votes to retain the position in the Parliament in Strasbourg. The Fine Gael MEP secured 134,630 first preference votes, topping the poll in the Midlands North-West constituency in…
Fine Gael basking in Midlands/ North West Euro election success
Fine Gael is basking in its success in taking two of the four European Parliament seats in the Midlands North West Constituency. Mairead McGuinness was the first to be elected, followed by former Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh. Luke Ming Flanagan and Matt Carthy were also elected. Senator Frank Feighan,…
McGuinness says An Taisce sending out the ‘wrong message’ about meat, dairy consumption
A Midlands North West MEP has strongly criticised An Taisce’s recent resource pack that encourages secondary school children to promote meat free Mondays. The pack on Climate action, which was developed by An Taisce, also advocates veganism and the consumption of less dairy products. It’s available to school teachers to…