National Posts
National posts and information articles by public representative Sean Canney TD for the constituency of East Galway in the West of Ireland
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03, 2020
MEETING INHFA
I met with Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association in Dublin today. The INHFA works for disadvantaged farmers. Their key issues are CAP, livestock, land designations and rural communities.
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03, 2020
CYSTIC FIBROSIS MEETING
I met with Cystic Fibrosis Ireland in Dublin this morning to discuss issues with delivery of services for people with Cystic Fibrosis in Ireland.
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03, 2020
VISIT TO THE EMERALD ISLE SENIORS SOCIETY IN TORONTO
Delighted to have time during my PDAC schedule to visit the Emerald Isle Seniors Society in Toronto. They gave me a great welcome! The Emerald Isle Seniors are supported through the Global Irish Emigrant Support [...]
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03, 2020
PDAC CONVENTION IN TORONTO
Visiting the Ireland exhibition at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention 2020 in Toronto. I was joined by Ireland's Ambassador to Canada Jim Kelly and Eibhlin Doyle of the Exploration and Mining [...]
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02, 2020
TREE TAPPING IN LONGFORD
I visited Derraghan Woods, Co. Longford to inspect one of Bord na Mona's new enterprises. Tapping birch trees for their liquid is popular in Finland and the Baltic states because of the range of health [...]
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02, 2020
IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY CONSERVATION GRANTS
I am urging all those responsible for protected buildings and recorded monuments to consider applying for grants from the Irish Georgian Society. The society's Conservation Grants Programme 2020 offers a total funding of €50,000 to [...]
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02, 2020
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SCHEME SUPERVISORS SHOULD HAVE RECOGNISED STATUS
The employment status of Community Employment Scheme supervisors needs to be regularised. It is sad that the supervisors have had to take strike action today but the campaign to have their status recognised by the [...]
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02, 2020
Sean Canney TD Elected to 33rd Dail
"On behalf of myself and my family, a sincere Thank You to the people of Galway East for re-electing me to represent them in Dail Eireann for the coming five years. I will do my [...]
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02, 2020
PLANET YOUTH STRATEGY LAUNCH
I joined President Higgins today at the launch of the Planet Youth Strategy and Implementation Framework in the Ard Rí House Hotel in Tuam. Planet Youth aims at preventing children and adolescents from initiating drug [...]
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01, 2020
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SCHEME SUPERVISORS SHOULD HAVE RECOGNISED STATUS
The employment status of Community Employment Scheme supervisors must to be regularised. The long running campaign by the Community Employment supervisors to have their employment status recognised by the Department of Social Protection has been [...]