Last week Stephen Donnelly TD met with the team running the National Disabled Angling facility in Aughrim, and with the Department of Social Protection, to facilitate negotiations between the two groups.  He received word late on Friday night that the funding had been found to enable the centre, which employs 23 people, to stay open. ...

The Independent TD for Wicklow and East Carlow, Stephen Donnelly, has called on the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, to guarantee the future of a vital CE scheme in Aughrim which faces closure later this month. “This is yet another horrific example of poor policy decisions,” Stephen Donnelly TD said. “As a result of...