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Fianna Fáil General Election candidate for Galway West, Gráinne Seoige, has responded to recent criticism on her campaign to improve cancer treatment facilities in Galway, dismissing claims that she has ‘no regard’ for the cancer teams based in the west.

VAT was reduced from 13.5 per cent to 9 per cent from 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. It was restored in 2023. The independent deputy has warned that not returning VAT back to 9 per cent will threaten hundreds of jobs across Galway.

The Minister for Finance, Jack Chambers, and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe, presented the fifth Budget of the coalition Government on Tuesday.

At a meeting of representatives from the Seafood Ireland alliance in Brussels on Tuesday, Maria Walsh, MEP for Midlands-North-West called for a new Minister of State to focus on fisheries. Fine Gael MEP Walsh expressed her view that the current situation “is not working” and the fishing industry is facing a “slow and painful death”.

Charging hotel guests across the city a one Euro per night tourism tax could net an estimated extra €2 million per year for the city’s finances.

Senator Lisa Chambers, Fianna Fáil European Election candidate for the Midlands-Northwest, has welcomed a commitment from Minister for Finance Michael McGrath to deliver the Galway City Ring Road project.

Fianna Fáil and European Election candidate in the Midlands Northwest constituency, Senator Lisa Chambers has issued a resounding call to action in response to an open letter from Ireland’s leading cancer clinicians to Taoiseach Simon Harris, warning of the critical state of cancer care in the country.

Commenting on the recent ECB decision to keep interest rates unchanged, Brokers Ireland said even when the move to reduce the rate begins there is still a 'rocky road' ahead for many mortgage holders.

Local Fianna Fáil Deputy, Robert Tro,y has said that a package of supports for third-level students and researchers to help with the cost of education will be an enormous help as they prepare for a new term in college.

The recent Budget 2024, announced by Minister for Finance Michael McGrath, contains some measures specific to motoring.