SHANNON Airport is not being used to transfer military equipment to Israel, according to TD Willie O Dea. The Limerick TD released a statement this Tuesday morn.
Galway Bay FM
20 April 2021
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Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Cabinet Minister has pledged to work to address a long-running funding shortfall affecting Galway County Council.
It follows a meeting between Housing Minister Darragh O’ Brien and Galway’s Fianna Fail Oireachtas and local authority members.
Issues discussed included a long-running funding shortfall at the local authority, lack of staff, and the urgent need to appoint a permanent chief executive.
Also discussed was the potential merger of Galway City and Council Council – a controversial proposal that is both supported and opposed by various elected representatives.
The meeting also examined the more general challenges facing both of Galway’s local authorities – including housing, planning and transport.
Reimbursing patients in the Republic for private healthcare in the North looks set to be further extended Published: Tuesday, 09 March 2021 12:34
A temporary scheme to replace the former Cross-Border Directive was described as a ‘sticky plaster’ at the Oireathas Brexit Committee yesterday, by Mayo Senator Lisa Chambers.
The scheme provides reimbursement of private healthcare for patients travelling to the north to undergo outpatient surgeries, due to long waiting list across the region.
Senator Chambers says that there are plans to extend the 12-month continuation of the directive, in the form of the new Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme, and put it on a statutory footing.