by Deirdre Clune | Dec 1, 2014 | People
Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune, a member of the Transport Committee of the European Parliament has called on European Airlines to pay up when it comes to passengers who are delayed, overbooked or had their flights cancelled. Speaking in the run up to the busy...
by Deirdre Clune | Nov 11, 2014 | People
Ireland South MEP and member of the Transport committee, Deirdre Clune has met with several motoring organisations across Europe who have grave concerns about the increasing impact of Car Clocking on road safety, “I have today, submitted a Parliamentary...
by Deirdre Clune | Oct 20, 2014 | People
Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune has called for immediate action on the skills shortage that is leading to a scenario where up to 4,500 jobs remain vacant in ICT related companies, “Moves are afoot in the UK to teach children as young as 5 to code and...
by Deirdre Clune | Oct 16, 2014 | People
Deirdre Clune, Cork airport opinion piece 14-10-14 At the launch of their summer schedule Ryanair recently criticised Cork airport for excessive landing charges which they say, are the same as Dublin Airport. Well, the claim, by Kenny Jacobs of Ryanair that charges at...
by Deirdre Clune | Oct 9, 2014 | Economics, People
“SIPTU are arguing today that the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, should withdraw the reduced 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector, as the benefits have not been passed on to customers, employees or the exchequer. “The 9% tourism VAT rate...
by Deirdre Clune | Oct 6, 2014 | Economics, People
Deirdre Clune, MEP for Ireland South, has welcomed the news that 100 new IT jobs are on the way for Cork, Richard Bruton will visit Cork today, Monday October 6th, for the announcement of 100 IT jobsas SolarWinds expands its European operations in the city. Speaking...