600 new positions available with An Garda Síochána
The Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, announced the opening of a recruitment campaign for new members of An Garda Síochána in 2016. The 600 new Gardaí, to be recruited next year, will bring to 1,150 the total number of new recruits since the reopening of Templemore in September 2014. So far 295 new […]
Clare Co Council tenants to benefit from new scheme
I am encouraging Clare County Council tenants to consider the new tenant purchase scheme as a way to achieving to home ownership. The new tenant purchase scheme, which will come into operation on the 1st of January 2016, will enable tenants to buy their homes after many years of paying rent to the Council, and […]
Focus on finding a buyer for Roche intensifies
Since the announcement last Thursday that Roche would be divesting interest in their plant in Clarecastle, I have ensured that every effort is being made to find a buyer and help preserve employment at the plant. I immediately met with the Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation, Mr. Richard Bruton in Leinster House. Minister Bruton […]