We don’t have the resources to look after our resources!

Luke Flanagan MEP  has commented that while individual citizens pay their own way to attend vital meetings on the future of our energy resources, our government and its department of Energy ‘have not got the resources to attend’!!! Today, Monday June 15th, while attending a meeting with the EU Commission (DG Energy) on proposed major […]

MEP Appointed To Climate Change Committee

IFA President Eddie Downey has welcomed the appointment of Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly to the role of Chairman of the European Parliament’s negotiating committee for the International Climate Change Agreement.   Eddie Downey said he looked forward to working with Sean Kelly to achieve an outcome to the international climate talks in Paris later […]

Hogan announces European Parliament and Local Elections will be held on Friday 23 May 2014

Mr. Phil Hogan T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, today (22 January 2014) announced that the Government has agreed that the European Parliament and Local Elections will be held on Friday 23 May 2014. Polling will be between the hours of 7am and 10pm on that day.   Every person aged 18 years or over […]

Full audit of bank debt must be carried out to ascertain who benefitted from bailout – Murphy

Speaking in response to comments by Michael Noonan on this week’s visit of a delegation of MEPs from the European Parliament’s Economic Affairs committee, Paul Murphy MEP commented: “Michael Noonan and the Irish government are clearly hoping to win the support of MEPs for a deal on Irish banking debt. Irish taxpayers have been lumbered […]

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