Monthly Archives: October 2011
Blog Post I am happy with the HSE’s announcement that the Midoc Urgent Family Doctor Out of Hours Service is now available in the Moate and Glasson areas. The Lo-Call out of hours number is 1850 302 702. Midoc is open from Monday to Friday 6pm-8am and 24-hours on Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays. Nicky
Press Release Longford/Westmeath TD Nicky McFadden has welcomed Minister for Environment Phil Hogan’s announcement that farmers will be allowed as an exceptional measure to spread slurry until the end of October, 2011. “Minister Hogan made this decision following consultation with Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney and taking account of poor weather conditions in particular during [...]
Blog Post I am delighted that the Headquarters of Longford/Westmeath VEC will remain in Mullingar. As soon as the merge of Longford and Westmeath VECs was announced in June, I made Minister Quinn aware of the fact that Westmeath VEC has a strong record in further education, a state-of-the-art ICT software, FETAC accredited courses up to [...]
Blog Post As part of the Smarter Travel Initiative, €29,000 has been approved for a bus shelter in Moate and €75,000 has been granted for the extension of a public footpath in Killucan and Rathwire to link the two villages. Longford will receive €90,000 for the installation and upgrade of footpaths on Granardkill Road, Park [...]
Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden has urged local people right across the constituency to get on board for The Gathering and start thinking about how they can be involved in the biggest tourism initiative this country has ever seen. “The Gathering, as announced by the Minister for Tourism, Leo Varadkar, will be a [...]
Press Release The provision of additional funding to Longford and Westmeath County Enterprise Boards will help create jobs in the constituency, local Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden has said. Deputy McFadden welcomed the announcement by Minister for Small Business John Perry TD that €142,500 in extra funding will be provided to Longford and Westmeath County [...]
Press Release The future of medical devices firm Covidien must be made secure through continued investment in its Athlone facility, Longford/Westmeath Fine Gael TD Nicky McFadden has said. “The announcement that the manufacture of one of the company’s basic products will transfer to Thailand over the next two years is hugely worrying for Athlone. I [...]