Thursday, 02 September 2010 19:27

An urgent review of the Health Act 1970 covering the conditions of qualification under the long-term illness scheme is being called for by Mayo Fine Gael TD John O'Mahony.
The scheme, which is administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE), is designed to ensure people who suffer from a number of medical conditions can avail of their medication and appliances.

Thursday, 02 September 2010 19:22

Celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin is working on a public garden project in Westport, which is also to feature in a television series. His innovative design skills are being used in a unique project led by Westport Town Council to develop a two-acre site along the new greenway, adjacent to the West Road, between the Leenane Road Bridge and the new bridge.

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 10:41

The Government has been urged not to renege on its commitment to completing the Western Rail Corridor.
In a letter to transport minister, Noel Dempsey, the president of the Claremorris Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Eugene Waldron, said there is a growing fear that the final phases of the Western Rail Corridor will be long-fingered while at the same time the Navan line to the minister's constituency is being fast-tracked.

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 10:34

Thousands of families across Ireland will have no State support before their children go back to school because Government has botched the back to school allowance, Fine Gael Social Protection spokesman, Deputy Michael Ring, has warned.
He explained: "More than 60 per cent of families in some parts of Ireland have still not received the back to school clothing and footwear allowance.