Willie O’Dea T.D. has welcomed the announcement that over €240,000 has been provided by the Government to assist Limerick local authorities in meeting the costs associated with the operation of their bring banks and civic amenity facilities. Limerick City Council has been allocated €65,867 and

To say that we will feel the ramifications of the announcements made in recent weeks – both good and bad – for years ahead would qualify as a bit of an understatement.   Whether it was the announcement of the horrendous figure for the misadventures and

Recently, Ireland raised another €1.5billion at bond auctions. Though there will be more of these in the coming months, we have now achieved our €20billion target. In practise, this means the national current account with have cash to pay wages and for vital services up

I know my saying this may cause him to choke on his cornflakes this morning, but I agree with something Brendan Howlin said during the week. Commenting on Simon Coveney’s infamous outburst, he said people tended to use tweets as if they were talking to

In a political world that is increasingly full of pundits, commentators and assorted talking heads spewing forth their unmandated views from morning to night; it is good to know that there are still those willing to listen and take good ideas onboard.   Two of

If I thought my mobile usually rang a lot, it was as nothing to compared with the volume of calls and texts I got into the few hours run up to my interview with Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show.   As word spread