ENDA Kenny let the cat out of the bag on Friday last when he admitted that the Tallaght Strategy might be good for the country but not for Fine Gael. So he was having none of it.
Read More »We need to protect our right to privacy
Information in all its forms can be described quite accurately as a form of power. It can be photographic evidence of a politician’s corruption or files proving insider trading by a major financial corporation.
Read More »Ombudsman review sought
THE long-running saga concerning allegations about the care given to a deceased Alzheimer’s patient may be subject of a fourth investigation, conducted this time by the Ombudsman, despite the publication of the latest HSE-commissioned report.
Read More »Rineen Ambush remembered
Disastrous year continues at Shannon
IT was a disastrous summer for Shannon Airport, with Irish Aviation Authority figures showing a substantial drop in passenger numbers.
Read More »No weather plan in place
THE hardship of last winter’s severe frost may not be a thing of the past, as this week a senior council engineer admitted the council does not yet have a plan in place to deal with similar conditions if they were to happen again this winter.
Read More »Boundary extension demonstration planned
PUBLIC dissatisfaction over the proposed transfer of 3,000 South-East Clare people into a newly expanded Limerick City will be vented during a planned demonstration in Westbury on Sunday week.
Read More »HSE rejects managing information claim
LOCAL Health Service Executive (HSE) managers have rejected a claim they are attempting to “manage information” about proposed health cuts in the Mid-West in a bid to avoid a political backlash against the Government.
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