ACCELERATED delivery of a new 48 bed unit at Ennis General Hospital is among a range of proposals being put forward by Fine Gael General Election candidate Leonora Carey to improve the standard of healthcare in Clare and throughout the wider Mid-West region. While upgrading Ennis from a model 2 to a model 3 hospital…
A Fine Gael General Election candidate has claimed that Clare people will have safer and more secure communities if her party is returned to Government. Reacting to Fine Gael’s plan to strengthen community safety, tackle domestic and sexual violence, along with increasing Ireland’s security and defence capabilities, Leonora Carey said that the central element would…
Fine Gael’s Election campaign commitment to abolish the Carer’s Allowance Means Test and introduce a new Family Carer Payment of €325 a week has a special relevance for one of the party’s candidates in the Clare constituency. Leonora Carey, who is primary carer for her father, former Minister of State Donal Carey, said that the…
CAPPING monthly childcare costs at €200 per child and providing 30,000 new public childcare places nationwide as part of the Fine Gael General Election manifesto will ensure that future generations of Clare children will be given the best start in life. That’s according to Clare General election candidate Leonora Carey who said that the Fine…
THE inclusion of a commitment to remove the 32 million passenger cap at Dublin airport as a major element of the Fianna Fáil General Election manifesto represents a major betrayal of Shannon and the wider Mid-West region. That’s the view of Clare Fine Gael General Election candidate Leonora Carey who said that the removal of…
FINE Gael’s General Election manifesto aims to significantly increase home ownership throughout County Clare by streamlining the planning process, increasing the delivery of affordable homes and providing greater support for first-time buyers. Responding to her party’s plan for nationwide delivery of 303,000 new homes by 2030, Clare Fine Gael General election candidate Leonora Carey said that…
PLANS to establish a new Cabinet Committee on water quality is a clear indication of Fine Gael’s commitment to retaining the nitrates derogation, according to the party’s General Election candidate for Clare. Responding to Taoiseach Simon Harris’ proposals for a new committee focused on water quality, Leonora Carey said this represented the best possible chance…
CLARE Fine Gael General election candidate Leonora Carey has described her party’s proposals to reduce VAT and PRSI payments for retail and hospitality businesses as a clear strategy to provide certainty and support local enterprise. “Within 100 days of Government, Fine Gael plans to reduce the VAT rate to 11 per cent for food-based hospitality,…
FIVE Clare sports clubs will share more than €300,000 in Government funding to improve playing and training facilities, Clare Fine Gael General Election candidate Leonora Carey has confirmed. The biggest allocation of €189,554 went to Parkville Soccer Club in Meelick for the provision of an astro turf playing pitch. The other recipients were Newmarket-on-Fergus Handball…
An increase in grant aid to adapt homes will allow hundreds of disabled and older people to live more independently in their own communities, according to Clare Fine Gael General Election candidate Leonora Carey. “As part of Budget 2025, Fine Gael increased the Housing Adaptation Grants for the disabled and elderly to allow them remain in…
