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Jim Higgins MEP for Ireland North West has this week called on the Government to review the voting rules for Irish citizens living abroad, who lose the right to vote once they leave the Irish State. “The day you leave Ireland, you lose your right to vote in Irish elections. I think this is fundamentally wrong,” said Mr Higgins. All other EU states, bar Malta, make provision so that people living abroad can continue to vote for the government of their native land for a certain period of time after they leave. This will be especially prevalent come the referendum on Children’s Rights expected later this year.

Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins has suggested that voting turnout for elections and referendums would be considerably increased if polling stations were established in third level colleges and institutions.

Jim Higgins, MEP for Co Westmeath, has welcomed the new measures announced by Minister for Public Transport, Alan Kelly, which he says will resolve the problems currently in existence in towns like Mullingar and Athlone due to an oversupply of taxis.

MEP Jim Higgins has welcomed official figures showing a decrease of 38 per cent in the number of deaths on the Republic of Ireland’s roads in January this year compared to the same period last year.

A County Galway community group has received a €5,000 EU grant to help with its town twinning project.

Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins has welcomed the commitment from Education and Skills Minister Ruairí Quinn that schools must give priority to qualified, registered, unemployed teachers when substitute or temporary employment becomes available.

The only person who stands between Labour party president and former Galway West TD Michael D Higgins and the position of Uachtaráin na hÉireann is Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness.

The only person who stands between Labour party president and former Galway West TD Michael D Higgins and the position of Uachtaráin na hÉireann is Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness.

Jim Higgins, MEP for Ireland North West, has called for the Environment Minister Phil Hogan to consider introducing a new system in conjunction with the major bottlers which would see consumers get 10 cents back for every glass bottle they return to the supermarket.

Fine Gael MEP for Ireland North West, Jim Higgins, has launched a scalding attack on the Government and its handling of Irish banks.