Tag: Marie Murphy – Fine Gael

  • Coonan shows how workers will be better off under Fine Gael

    Coonan shows how workers will be better off under Fine Gael

    Fine Gael candidate for Tipperary Noel Coonan, has encouraged workers in Tipperary to check out Fine Gael’s new online income calculator, which demonstrates how much better off they will be as a result of the Party’s plans to make work pay. You can access the calculator at www.finegael.ie/calculator to see how much you will benefit. Deputy Coonan…

  • Morris welcomes news of Aherlow House sale, honouring of couples’ bookings

    Sinn Féin’s Tipperary General Election candidate Cllr. Séamie Morris has said he is delighted to hear that the sale of Aherlow House Hotel has been agreed, that couples who made bookings and paid deposits will have those bookings honoured, and that the jobs there will be saved. Cllr Morris has recently called publicly and repeatedly…

  • Relief for couples and community as Aherlow House re-opens – McGrath

    Independent TD Mattie McGrath has welcomed the news that Aherlow House Hotel is set to re-open its doors next month. Deputy McGrath was speaking after it was confirmed that Dublin Hotelier Adrian Shanagher has stepped in and bought the Hotel as well as agreeing to honour all previous commitments which couples had entered into in…

  • Keeping the recovery going for rural and farming communities will mean more jobs in Tipperary – Noel Coonan TD

    Fine Gael candidate in Tipperary, Noel Coonan TD has said that keeping the recovery going for rural and farming communities will bring more jobs to Tipperary, by contrast with Fianna Fáil’s treatment of the agri-food sector as a ‘sunset industry’, which decimated rural Ireland. Noel Coonan TD was speaking after Fine Gael launched its proposals…

  • Noel Coonan – Candidate Interview

    Noel Coonan – Candidate Interview

    The Tipperary Times recently spoke to Noel Coonan. The outgoing North Tipperary TD is seeking re-election to the Dáil as part of the new Tipperary Constituency. Paddy Ryan – Noel, you’re very well known in the Northof the county, but with the new constituency some people in South Tipperary may not know you as well. Can you tell me…

  • Aherlow Hotel dilemma demands urgent resolution – McGrath

    Independent TD Mattie McGrath has said he is to seek an immediate meeting with Grant Thornton, the receivers of the troubled Aherlow House Hotel. Deputy McGrath was speaking as anger continues to grow among the several dozen couples who had booked the Hotel as the venue for their wedding receptions: “In the interests of all…

  • There is no basis in fact whatsoever regarding McGrath being asked to support FG – Coonan

    I’ve received clarification from Finance Minister Michael Noonan that ‘there is no basis in fact whatsoever’ regarding these allegations about Minister Noonan. This is incorrect and based on no fact. Minister Noonan did not contact him. I have received clarification on the matter from the Minister himself and he has asked I update the matter…

  • The Leaders Debate through the eyes of a sports fanatic

    I can’t help it. At every turn in current affairs I draw comparisons to the world of sport. Watching the leaders debate last night on TV3, I could easily find myself drawing comparisons between the four parties commanders in chief with managers from the world of sport. This is my tongue-in-cheek review, but be sure…

  • Mattie McGrath – Candidate Interview

    The Tipperary Times recently spoke to Mattie McGrath. The outgoing South Tipperary TD is seeking re-election to the Dáil as part of the new Tipperary Constituency. Paddy Ryan: Mattie, you’re very well known in the South of the county, but with the new constituency some people in North Tipperary may not know you as well.…

  • Seamus Healy TD Slams Mattie McGraths proposed support of Fine Gael

    Mattie McGrath TD offers to support a Fine Gael Government in the next Dáil. Michael Noonan, chief architect of the cuts has approached him! In his announcement Mattie McGrath T.D. did not set out any of the issues below as “red line issues” for his support We must therefore assume that Mattie is prepared to…