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Low return in rehabilitation jobs offered by Bord na Mona
Just two out of every five jobs promised within Bord na Mona for bog rehabilitation work across the Midland counties have been filled, according to a Dáil reply received by local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten.
Local Fine Gael Councillor questions logic of peat imports
Local Fine Gael Councillor, John Dolan, has criticised the logic of Bord Na Mona not being allowed to sell harvested peat to both the agriculture and horticulture sectors.
Stay and Spend Scheme ignores many attributes of numerous inland counties
Local Independent Deputy, Denis Naughten, has expressed disappointment that the Government’s new Stay and Spend Scheme has ignored older people who do not have a tax liability and inland counties with limited numbers of Failte Ireland approved accommodation.
Essential funding for proposed pilgrim greenway welcomed
Local Fine Gael Councillor, John Dolan, has welcomed a grant totalling €95,000 which has been afforded towards the eventual construction of a greenway from Athlone to Clonmacnoise.
Seasonal staff being abandoned by BNM hierarchy, says Fitzmaurice
Seasonal staff are being abandoned by the hierarchy within Bord na Mona, according to independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice.
Bord Na Mona layoffs a devastating blow – Murphy
Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy has described the layoffs from Bord Na Móna as “a devastating blow” to the midlands and has called on the Minister for Communications, Climate Action, and Environment Richard Bruton to publish the report from the Just Transition Commissioner Kieran Mulvey.
Westmeath remain unbeaten as local derby test awaits
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Government committed to Just Transition for Midlands
Local Minister of State, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, was one of four Ministers who travelled to the Midlands to meet with those affected by last week’s decision taken by ESB to cease generating electricity in Shannonbridge and Lanesboro at the end of 2020.
Increase in jobless numbers in the Midlands, says Murphy
Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon-Galway, Dep Eugene Murphy, has expressed his concern at Live Register figures for the Midlands which have increased.