National Posts

National posts and information articles by public representative Sean Canney TD for the constituency of East Galway in the West of Ireland

7 11, 2019

€45.5 MILLION FOR DISADVANTAGED GROUPS

By | November 7th, 2019|Blog, Galway East, Health, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

As Minister of State in the Department of Rural and Community Development, I had the great honour of launching the Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan 2020 in Dublin this morning.

5 11, 2019

GEOSCIENCE 2019 CONFERENCE

By | November 5th, 2019|Blog, Education, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National|0 Comments

As Minister for Natural Resources, I had the honour of launching the Geoscience 2019 Conference at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin today.

29 10, 2019

STUDENT GRANTS DEADLINE

By | October 29th, 2019|Blog, Education, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

A reminder to all students and prospective students that online applications for grants in the 2019/20 academic year close on Friday 1st November 2019.

27 10, 2019

Rural Water Conference in Athlone

By | October 27th, 2019|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Here is a recent article, which featured my address at the Rural Water Conference in Athlone. I thought you might like to read it.

25 10, 2019

NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN MUST BE IMPLEMENTED

By | October 25th, 2019|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Following yesterday's vote by TDs to pass a Labour motion to put the National Broadband Network into public ownership, I issued the following statement

22 10, 2019

Sean Canney calls on farmers to join producer organisations

By | October 22nd, 2019|Blog, Farming, Galway East, Homepage, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Seán Canney TD has called on farmers to join producer organisations, so that control of beef and sheep prices is brought back to farmers rather than leaving it to processors. The Minister for Rural Affairs [...]

17 10, 2019

Canney welcomes funding for Institutes of Technology

By | October 17th, 2019|Blog, Education, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

Minister of State Seán Canney T.D. has welcomed the announcement by the Department of Education of funding of €2 million to the Connacht Ulster Alliance (CUA) which comprises of Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) Sligo Institute of Technology (Sligo IT) and Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LIT).

13 10, 2019

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION NETWORK THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE

By | October 13th, 2019|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National|0 Comments

I addressed the Public Participation Network Annual Conference in the Woodford Dolmen Hotel, Carlow, this week. The PPNs around the country carry out outstanding work on behalf of their communities and it was great to [...]

12 10, 2019

MOBILE PHONE AND BROADBAND TASKFORCE FORUM

By | October 12th, 2019|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Information, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

The third National Stakeholder Forum of the Mobile Phone and Broadband Task Force was held in Windmill Lane, Dublin, this week. Opening the forum as chair of the Taskforce, I emphasised the importance of shared [...]

11 10, 2019

MEETING WITH THE ISPCA

By | October 11th, 2019|Blog, Galway East, Homepage, Latest News, National, Tuam Area|0 Comments

I had a very useful and informative meeting at Leinster House today with the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA).