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Here, you'll find updates on my progress as Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform and T.D. for Carlow-Kilkenny. Click on the categories below to filter my posts for the issues you're interested in.
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Well water testing should be made free
Speaking at the Rural Water Conference in Athlone today, I called for the cost of private domestic well water testing to be made free and...
Team Mal Noonan
Sep 12, 2024
AIB decision to reverse move on Cashless Branches welcomed by Minister Noonan
I welcome the announcement that AIB is to reverse its decision to move to cashless branches at 70 locations across the country. The...
Malcolm Noonan
Jul 22, 2022
National Day of Commemoration Regional Ceremony at Kilkenny Castle attended by Minister Noonan
National Day of Commemoration Regional Ceremony at Kilkenny Castle is always a special occasion. We remember all those women and men who...
Malcolm Noonan
Jul 10, 2022
Carlow Pride Festival 2022 attended by Minister Noonan
What a wonderful day for Carlow Pride Festival! There was a real carnival feel to the town as we made our way to Carlow Town Park for the...
Malcolm Noonan
Jul 10, 2022
Congo Veterans 60th Anniversary Commemorated in Kilkenny with Minister Noonan
Veterans of the 1962 United Nations Irish Defence Forces Congo mission convened at the Kilkenny War Memorial to mark the 60th anniversary...
Malcolm Noonan
May 22, 2022
Oireachtas Star Weaving Jam, hosted by Amber Women’s Refuge, attended by Minister Noonan
Today at Leinster House, I wove a star with the One Million Stars Ireland project and Amber Women’s Refuge, at a special Star Weaving...
Malcolm Noonan
May 19, 2022
Garda investigation into Galway bog fire supported by Minister Noonan
Minister Malcolm Noonan has supported a full investigation by An Garda Siochana into the causes of a major fire at Curraghline bog in...
Malcolm Noonan
Apr 28, 2022
Statement on the Report of the Commission on Defence Forces by Minister Noonan
My dad served in the Irish Defence Forces for some thirty seven years during which he served three tours of duty in the Congo; one of the...
Malcolm Noonan
Feb 16, 2022
Happy Pride 2021 wishes from Minister Noonan
I’d like to wish a Happy Pride to one and all – to those who are members of the LGBT+ community and to those who are allies of the LGBT+...
Malcolm Noonan
Jun 20, 2021
Traveller Accommodation Statement from Minister Noonan
Full statement "It’s like an abandoned place that people forgot about, it’s like we’re forgotten, we feel like garbage." That was the...
Malcolm Noonan
Jun 4, 2021
Minister Noonan meets The Good Shepherd Centre and Dublin Civic Trust on homelessness and housing
Two recent meetings with different groups got me thinking of the potential of the Town Centres First policy approach towards addressing...
Malcolm Noonan
Feb 5, 2021
Minister Noonan attends Carlow Joint Policing Committee Meeting
At today's Carlow Joint Policing Committee (JPC) meeting, we received some interesting statistics on crime, road safety, and other...
Malcolm Noonan
Nov 23, 2020
Carlow holds First Pride Festival
What an amazing first Pride Festival in Carlow! And great to represent Carlow-Kilkenny Greens and the Queer Greens / Glasa Aiteacha in...
Malcolm Noonan
Jul 21, 2019
Government wants to play cops and robbers while rural Ireland is being shut down.
Green Party criticises plans to purchase fleet of high-performance vehicles for Gardai The Green Party has today slammed proposals from...
Malcolm Noonan
Oct 20, 2015
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