Rural jobs threatened by lack of broadband The lack of good broadband access has been to the fore on during the election campaign to date, states Independent candidate Denis Naughten. “Over the campaign so far I’ve been inundated with complaints from rural businesses, start-ups and families who still cannot get decent speed broadband,” explained Denis Naughten. “The lack of decent …
Naughten welcomes local road safety works
Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the allocation of funding to improve road safety and reduce the number of accidents at six dangerous locations in County Roscommon. Works are about to commence on realignment and improved traffic calming at the cross roads in Frenchpark Village, which was again the location of a recent serious accident. The works will initially be …
Progress on North East Roscommon water upgrade but boil water notice to remain until 2016 – Naughten
Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the granting of planning permission to Irish Water to progress the installation of a temporary treatment plant on the Grange Lake source…
Minister assures Dail that Athlone bomb unit secure – Naughten
Local TD, Denis Naughten has been assured by the Minister for Defence that there is no threat to the bomb disposal unit based at Custume Barracks, Athlone. Raising the issue in the Dail, Denis Naughten pointed out that there was a question hanging over the sustainability of the unit, due to the dramatic fall off in the number of trained …
North East Roscommon boil water notice to be lifted in coming months – Naughten
Local TD Denis Naughten has received confirmation from Irish Water that it expects to be in a position to lift the boil water notice on the Grange Lake source, which supplies water to the North East region, by September of this year. “This will mean that the boil water notice placed on homes in the Strokestown, Elphin, Roosky, Kilmore and …
Westport bus service must adapt to meet community needs – Naughten
Local TD, Denis Naughten, has strongly criticised the plan by Bus Éireann to issue a “use it or lose it” demand to communities along the Westport/Athlone bus route.
Speaking in the Dáil this week, Denis Naughten said “instead of Bus Éireann threatening to close down the Westport bus route,
Proposal seeks to stop charges for undrinkable water – Naughten
If you can’t drink it, you shouldn’t pay for it Denis Naughten TD is proposing that water charges should not be imposed on homes where the public water supply is not safe to drink. Speaking in the Dáil today Deputy Naughten said “I believe that it is totally unacceptable that families who are forced to buy bottled water because the …
New neonatal transport service welcomed – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has welcomed the commencement yesterday (Monday) of the long awaited, 24-hour, national neonatal transport service which transfers premature babies requiring urgent specialist medical care to the major Dublin hospitals. It is expected that this service will ensure that about 100 extra premature babies will now be able to access timely, specialist treatment in the Rotunda, Coombe and …
Register now for new sports grant – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has urged local clubs and sporting organisations to register their interest in participating in next year’s sports capital programme. “While the Government is still assessing the criteria for the new round of funding it is likely that the grant scheme will focus on increasing participation in sport and on the utilisation of facilities by a number of …
Naughten seeks €10.7m gas windfall for local towns
Homeowners could save €485 every year on energy costs Local TD Denis Naughten has called for part of the cash generated from the sale of Bord Gais to be ring-fenced to extend the gas network to towns such as Ballaghaderreen and Carrick-on-Shannon. This would reduce the energy cost to local businesses by €9.5m each year he has claimed. Speaking …