Daily Archives: January 22, 2010

Wicklow News

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

Bank Robbery in Wicklow Detectives are hunting a gang who held-up a small-town bank branch in white boiler suits wielding a lump hammer and gun. Three men stormed the Bank of Ireland outlet in Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, at around 11.15am … Continue reading →

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Local Councilors attending Conferences and their expenses

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

This blog post by a former county councillor, Donal Corcoran, has caused quite a kerfuffle over the last few days in Kildare. source http://thestory.ie/2010/01/15/kildare-kerfuffle-reflected-nationally/ It details what conferences Kildare County Council was charged for by councillors for tickets to over … Continue reading →

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Development Aid

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael) I understand the issue of development aid has been deferred to next June’s Council meeting, but events in Haiti overshadowed the meeting of Development Ministers that took place last week. Will the Minister discuss with … Continue reading →

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Social welfare fraud

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour) Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated fraud rate within each scheme and the target savings she is setting for each scheme in 2010. Mary Hanafin (Minister, Department of Social … Continue reading →

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Wicklow towns roads

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)   Wicklow County Council has been given €850,000 to maintain its roads in 2010. With three weeks gone in the year and 49 weeks to go, I estimate that between €500,000 and €600,000 of that … Continue reading →

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Re: Re: Article on Irish Banks and Derivative Exposure

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

InboxX Reply |martincullen@dast.gov.ie to me show details 10:22 AM (32 minutes ago) On behalf of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen TD, we acknowledge receipt of email below. Your comments have been duly noted and forwarded to … Continue reading →

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