Category: Politics
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Lowry Welcomes €200k Funding for Outdoor Dining Facilities in Tipperary
Deputy Michael Lowry has welcomed funding of €200,000 for two locations in Tipperary under the Outdoor Dining Enhancement Scheme. East Lane at Mary St Mall in Clonmel will receive €113,800, while Old Baker Street, Thurles will receive €86,200. This funding is being made available to enhance outdoor dining and to provide permanent weatherproof structures and…
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€5.9m in Transformation Funding for new Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS) – Ahearn
Senator Garret Ahearn has welcomed almost 6 million in funding from The Higher Education Authority for the newly developing Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS) which is set to be established on the 1st of October. The funding is to support them in their progression towards Technological University status and in post-establishment development.…
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Entrepreneurs and start-ups in Tipperary urged to apply for Competitive Start Funds – Ahearn
Entrepreneurs and start-ups in Tipperary are invited to apply for funding to provide an innovative product or service aimed at international markets, the Fine Gael Senator said. Senator Garret Ahearn said: “I am delighted that my colleague Minister Damien English is today inviting early-stage entrepreneurs to apply for two Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Funds (CSFs)…
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Government is betraying every facet of Ireland’s live entertainment sector – The Rural Independents
Worthless promises and false soundbites ring hollow as the Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly, sneakily extends the ban on live indoor entertainment to the 9th of October, with the quick stroke of a pen! Reacting to the news of Donnelly signing a new regulation banning indoor live entertainment until at least October 9th, the Leader of the…
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Statement from Martin Browne TD following the launch of the government’s latest housing plan
Tipperary TD Martin Browne has said that people will continue to fall through the many cracks in the government’s latest housing plan. Following the launch of the government’s latest housing plan Housing for All – A New Housing Plan for Ireland, Tipperary Sinn Féin TD Martin Browne has said for people trying to access social…
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Development of one-off housing will continue in Tipperary to revitalise our communities – Ahearn
Senator Garret Ahearn continued: “There has been much discussion recently on the issue of one off housing and rural planning and reports this type of development will be banned from next March, which is untrue as the Minister for Planning and Local Government Peter Burke TD has already stated. Fine Gael’s plan is to revitalise…
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134 New Places on Tipperary CE and Tus Schemes – Lowry
These Schemes are employment support measures for long-term unemployed people and other people in receipt of long-term payments from the Department of Social Protection. This announcement by the Department for Social Protection has been welcomed by Deputy Michael Lowry. The schemes employ participants to deliver a range of services to local communities throughout the country.…
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Five-fold increase in Parent’s Benefit recipients helps families across Tipperary – Ahearn
Parent’s Benefit payments of €14 million were issued to families during April to July 2021, with the number of parents availing of the payment increasing almost five-fold compared to the same period in 2020, the Fine Gael Senator has said. Senator Garret Ahearn said, ‘Parent’s Leave and Benefit was extended to five weeks from two…
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Minister Butler to visit Dean Maxwell
The Minister of State for Older People, Mary Butler TD will visit the Dean Maxwell community nursing home in Roscrea in September, local TD Jackie Cahill has confirmed today. This visit follows a recent meeting between Deputy Cahill and Cllr Michael Smith with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Michael McGrath on the inclusion of the…
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Lowry says An Taisce’s Plan to Appeal to Supreme Court to Stop €140m Cheese Plant is ‘Abuse of Power’
Deputy Michael Lowry says plans by An Taisce to take their case to the Supreme Court to prevent the granting of Planning Permission for the €140 million Glanbia and Royal A-ware cheese manufacturing plant on the Kilkenny/Waterford border is a misuse of their authority and an abuse of power. ‘I object strenuously to what An…