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900 lost bed days at Ennis General - start of ‘08

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:50:31 +0000

The figures for hospitals nationwide were released to Fine Gael's Damien English following a parliamentary question. In Clare 963 bed days were lost from January to May of this year while in 2007 it was a total of 1921 for the twelve …... Continue reading »

Hospitals face cuts to meet soaring cleaning bills

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:45:41 +0000

Fine Gael TD Damien English — who obtained the figures through a Dail question — last night said the Government had to ensure the highest hygiene stands were implemented. “Reassurances must be given from Government that they will make …... Continue reading »

Superbug survives despite €140m ward clean-up

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:57:13 +0000

According to Fine Gael TD Damien English — who obtained the figures on foot of a Dail question — more needs to be done to eradicate the problem. “Spending over €140m on cleaning our hospitals needs to be matched by achieving major …... Continue reading »

Meath West — FG Selection Convention

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:41:12 +0000

Meath West — FG Selection Convention Writes P O'Neill of Best of Both Worlds on December 11th, 2006 Read More: Fine Gael, … candidates are Damien English TD, Graham Geraghty and Peter Higgins. IE’s sources say that HQ knew... Continue reading »

Main Opposition parties fail to make positions known on rail

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:10:00 +0000

Information meetings of the Navan-Clonsilla rail line plans are being held in Dunshaughlin and Navan today (Wednesday). Meath Chronicle, Saturday February 10th 2007 Paul Murphy REPRESENTATIVES of the two main Opposition parties in the Dail have failed to respond to requests to give their views on their parties’ position on the... Continue reading »

Failing to plan is planning to fail

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:29:04 +0000

Saturday August 5th 2006 (Editor, Meath Chronicle) Dear sir - I read with interest like many others in this county of ours your coverage of the preliminary census findings. As the experts would say these figures give us a factual basis to work from when it comes to planning the future of our county. We now have evidence on paper to match what... Continue reading »

English fury over Govt’s ‘no urgency’ on motor…

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:31:00 +0000

Meath Chronicle, July 1st 2006 MEATH West Fine Gael TD Damien English is furious at the way commuters are forced to use small rural roads on their way from work in the capital while the Government shows “no urgency” in providing the new M3 motorway, the Dublin-Navan rail link and better bus services. Deputy English said in the Dail last week:... Continue reading »