LOOK up ‘urgent’ in any standard dictionary and it will offer definitions such as ‘compelling’ or ‘requiring immediate action or attention’. Peruse the concise Noonan-Kenny lexicon and you find such turgid phrases as ‘interdepartmental groups’ and ‘no definite timeline’. Their dictionary is small. In it,

Deputy Willie O’Dea has stated that the Government have attacked the most vulnerable in society in the Budget and made a mockery of many of their pre-election promises. Deputy O’Dea said, “In relation to Child Benefit, the announcement that the rate for the third and subsequent

“People have come to me in tears, behind in their repayments, admitting that they voted for the Government parties believing their promises to provide extra mortgage interest relief.”     Willie O’Dea TD says the most recent quarterly mortgage arrears statistics released by the Central Bank underline the need for

 Limerick Fianna Fáil TDs Niall Collins and Willie O’Dea have met the receivers appointed to Mr Binman at Leinster House in Dublin today, and have secured assurances about the future of jobs at the company.   Deputies O’Dea and Collins sought the meeting with KPMG’s

Over 200,000 workers need legislation to protect conditions     Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation Willie O’Dea TD has published the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011, a Fianna Fáil Bill, which will be brought before the Dáil this evening in Private Members’

THOUGH Enda Kenny’s poor performance over the whole sorry Roscommon Hospital saga may have reawakened a lot of question over his leadership, it has also highlighted an entirely different aspect of this Government’s approach. Since it came to power in a blaze of confidence, the