Low interest loans helping Clare farmers reduce debt
MORE than a hundred Clare farmers have availed of low interest loans from the Strategic Banking Corporation to pay down more expensive forms of short-term debt. Responding to Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey, Agriculture Minister Michael Creed confirmed that the average amount borrowed was €32.704 at an interest rate of 2.95 per cent and […]
Carey appointed to mental health advisory committee
Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey has been appointed to serve on the special committee to advise the Government on the future of mental health care. He is one of four Government representatives on the committee and will be joined by his constituency colleague Deputy Michael Harty who was nominated by the Rural Independent Group. […]
Funding for Clare traditional music venues
Two traditional music venues have been awarded €38,591 in funding from the Arts and Culture Capital Scheme. Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey has confirmed that €20,000 has been allocated to Cois na hAbhna in Ennis with a further €18,591 going to Teach Ceoil in Kilrush. “The first two rounds of funding under the scheme were for […]