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Connemara councillor calls on Minister to provide roads funding
There are roads in Connemara that will be rendered “unusable” by next year if funding is not provided soon for urgent repairs, that is according to county councillor Eileen Mannion.
Varadkar pledges swift action to help hospitality sector
Leo Varadkar, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport told Irish restaurant owners this week that his Department and the Government are taking concrete steps to help restaurants and the wider tourism industry.
Essential driver training now compulsory
Starting this week, learner drivers must take compulsory lessons as part of a new licensing system.
Essential driver training now compulsory
Starting this week, learner drivers must take compulsory lessons as part of a new licensing system.
Recruitment embargo could see Lough Corrib strangled
MEP Jim Higgins this week expressed his concern that the presence of African Pond Weed in Lough Corrib is leaving Ireland open to large EU fines, unless the situation is rectified soon.
Mandatory breath testing for collisions involving injuries
Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has urged cross-party support for new road safety laws which will make it mandatory for Gardaí to carry out a breath test at any road collision in which someone has been injured.
St Patrick’s Day road safety blitz
The Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána have announced a major road safety blitz in the run up to the high risk St Patrick’s Day period as the latest road collision statistics show there have been 15 more road deaths to date in 2011 compared to last year. There have been increases in the number of motorcycle, passenger, and driver deaths.
Kenny answering ‘Ireland’s call’
“Honesty is not just our best policy, it is our only policy” — poignant words echoed by the new Taoiseach of the country, Enda Kenny, as he made his acceptance speech at the first session of the 31st Dáil.
We owe it to those forced to emigrate to get Ireland back to work — Phelan
FINE GAEL TD Leo Varadkar launched 32 year-old Senator John Paul Phelan’s election campaign last Friday evening saying that Senator Phelan is part of a new generation of politicians, who believes in politics and is in politics because he believes it is a noble profession through which he can achieve good things,
It’s a two horse race
Pundits and the public alike are in agreement that the coming election will see a historic battle for supremacy between Fine Gael and Labour.
