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…
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…
An investment of more than €9 million will allow five Clare group water schemes to provide safe, secure and high-quality water services to thousands of local people. That’s the view of Clare Fine Gael Local election candidate Leonora Carey who said that the funding from the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme will protect water sources and…
IN less than a week, Fine Gael has transformed its position from fighting to hold its single seat in the Clare constituency to being in the running to elect a second TD from the county in the upcoming General Election. That’s the view of Leonora Carey, the party’s candidate in the Ennis area, who says…
CLARE Fine Gael General Election candidate Leonora Carey says that legislation to preserve the records of institutions such as Magdalen Laundries and Reformatory Schools now makes it a criminal offence to destroy evidence of abuse of vulnerable children. The legislation was introduced as a result of representations from survivors, former residents, advocates and people affected…
