Local Media Reports for the week ending 6 February by Tim Ryan

Carlow / Kilkenny

€64m for housing needs in Carlow-Kilkenny

Banking Inquiry did not have sufficient powers - Phelan

Cork

Coveney committed to sending more naval vessels to the Mediterranean

Brexit would have detrimental impact on Border counties – O’Brien

Lynch introduces mandatory indemnity insurance for medical practitioners

Creed questions value for money in local authority housing

No serious effort to tackle homelessness - McLellan

Donegal

No work for jobseekers in County Donegal - Pringle

Concern at cuts to Farms Assist scheme on Donegal farmers

Dinny says “Goodbye”

Dublin Mid-West

Dowds seeks imposition of weight restrictions in Palmerstown roads

Galway

Funding sought for Oranmore search unit

Labour has become Fine Gael blue lite

Kerry

Rural Ireland abandoned - Daly

TTIP poses major threat to Irish Agriculture - Ferris

Moloney raises plight of self-employed who have lost work

Kildare North / South

Lawlor highlights potential for Kildare tourism

Laois / Offaly

Cowen attacks Government for lack of progress on social housing

Limerick

Collins raises concern at phone tappings

Local Property Tax based on equity, transparency and simplicity - Noonan

Mayo

Mulherin queries progress on securing 90 per cent grant funding for Knock Airport

Calleary highlights plight of merged schools in Achill

Tipperary

Government still dealing with the legacy of the Galway tent - Kelly

Waterford

Over 500 homeless in Waterford - Halligan

Cullinane seeks agreement to protect construction workers

People of Waterford sold a pup - Halligan

Westmeath

Troy seeks update on Columb Barracks

1600 children in emergency accommodation