Fine Gael Tipperary North/South Offaly TD Noel Coonan said a recent Health Service Executive (HSE) league table has confirmed that the Government’s decision to strip A&E and acute services from Nenagh Hospital and transfer them to Limerick’s Mid-Western Regional Hospital was a disastrous move as the Limerick hospital is ranked one of the worst-performing hospitals

“I’m delighted that this final stretch of the M7 has opened before the New Year and it will particularly benefit people returning home for Christmas. The new roadway will be a tremendous advantage to the people of North and Mid Tipperary travelling either North or South; it will shorten journeys and lead to safer travel.

Deputy Noel Coonan said the dispute on the M7 Castletown/Nenagh stretch has been resolved clearing the way for the opening of the final section next Wednesday. The local Fine Gael TD welcomed the news saying: “The blockade has been lifted, sub-contractors have been part-paid and as a result plans are in train for the section

Deputy Noel Coonan has welcomed the news that the threat to funding for North Tipperary Community and Voluntary Association (CAVA) in 2011 has been lifted and €587,000 is being provided by the Department of Environment to support each County Council area for next year.  The local Fine Gael TD has been informed by the Minister

Speaking at last week’s Agriculture Committee meeting, Deputy Noel Coonan questioned the Director of Teagasc, Professor Gerry Boyle, on the provision of additional staff and facilities at Gurteen College to accommodate some of the 250 applicants that were turned down this year. The North Tipperary and South Offaly TD said: “It is an ill wind

A further drop in the number of advisors employed by Teagasc is not sustainable, the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has claimed. Tipperary North TD, Noel Coonan is a Committee member. At a meeting yesterday with Teagasc, the Committee heard of the significant reduction in the number of permanent advisors employed by the

Deputy Noel Coonan has asked the Minister for Transport to intervene directly and ensure sub-contractors awaiting payment for works carried out on the Castletown/Nenagh section of the M7 are paid as a matter of urgency. The local Fine Gael TD has also contacted the CEO of the National Roads Authority Mr. Fred Barry and the

At Wednesday’s Joint Committee meeting, Deputy Noel Coonan was informed that the life of Lisheen Mines has been extended by at least 12 months to the end of 2014 and Anglo American Lisheen Mining Ltd see the site as having the potential to become a leading renewable energy location into the future. The local Fine

The Minister for Transport has agreed to a request from Deputy Noel Coonan and will call on the National Roads Authority, County Councils and IFA local agriculture contractors to work together to grit country roads as a number of North Tipperary roads remain impassable. Speaking during the Order of Business in the Dáil this morning,