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As well as my important Departmental / Ministerial duties necessitating a significant amount of effort and time, so too do my equally important Constituency commitments, of which there are many. Below you will find some of the events / meetings / occasions with which my team and I were involved over the past month that have Constituency relevance. World Wetlands Day 2022 02/02/22 marked #WorldWetlandsDay - a day to celebrate our wetlands and the role they play for climate, bi

As well as my important Departmental / Ministerial duties necessitating a significant amount of effort and time, so too do my equally important Constituency commitments, of which there are many. Below you will find some of the events / meetings / occasions with which my team and I were involved over the past month that have Constituency relevance. KCLR interview On 05/01, I had my first media engagement of 2022 and kept it local with Eimear Ní Bhraonáin on KCLR 96 FM. We disc

As well as my important Departmental / Ministerial duties necessitating a significant amount of effort and time, so too do my equally important Constituency commitments, of which there are many. Below you will find some of the events / meetings with which my team and I were involved over the past month. Update from Tynan's Bridge Bar House in Kilkenny I was delighted to see that joinery works to Tynan's Bridge House Bar in Kilkenny are coming along nicely - superb traditional

Today marks the start of #HeritageWeek2021! And it's the second Heritage Week taking place in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like last year, communities have responded and adapted so well and with the support of our incredible network of Local Authority Heritage Officers we have a blended diverse programme that would rival any year. Further info on what's happening nationally can be found here: Home | National Heritage Week 14-22 August 2021. At a local level, heritage

The biotechnology industry won the day, thanks to their friends and supporters in Fine Gael and Labour. The Green Party has condemned the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant a licence to Teagasc to commence field trials of Genetically Modified (GM) Potatoes at their research centre in Oak Park Carlow. “I believe that this decision will do untold damage to Irish farming just at a point when it was showing signs of real recovery. Overwhelming scientif