Women’s Breakfast Briefing on the Stability Treaty   Thursday 17th of May 2012  An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will speak at a breakfast meeting for women voters at the Imperial Hotel Cork on Friday 25th May at 8.00am. Newly elected Vice President of the Cork Chamber Gillian Keating will also speak.  The meeting is designed to [...]

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Monday, 14th May 2012     Fine Gael Cork Senator Deirdre Clune has welcomed the announcement from Minister for Sport and Tourism, Leo Varadkar TD that the temporary 9% lower VAT rate which applies across the tourism sector, will be extended into 2013.    “The Government’s decision to extend the temporary lower 9% VAT rate [...]

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  Apple expansion huge vote of confidence in Cork – Clune   Fine Gael Cork South Central Senator and Senator Spokesperson on Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Deirdre Clune, has today (Friday) said that the announcement that Apple is to create 500 new jobs in Cork is a huge vote of confidence in the city.   [...]

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Fiscal Treaty Online Campaign first step, on campaign trail- Clune Fine Gael Cork Senator Deirdre Clune has today (Thursday) welcomed the launch of the Government’s online campaign on the EU Fiscal Treaty, by an Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. The website www.stabilitytreaty.ie will also have links to Facebook and Twitter. “This online campaign will help inform the [...]

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Irish Water will bring jobs, investment & security of supply- Clune   Thursday 19th of April 2012.   Fine Gael Cork Senator Deirdre Clune, today (Thursday) has said that the creation of a new independent, State –owned company, Irish Water, will radically reform the management of our water infrastructure and reduce the amount of water [...]

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Cloud Computing Research Programme Welcome- Clune Monday 2nd of April 2012 Fine Gael Cork Senator, Deirdre Clune, has today (Monday) has welcomed the announcement from Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation , Richard Bruton that 1.2 million euro is to made available for the initial research programme in the Cloud Computing Technology Research Centre at [...]

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Clune Welcomes Sports Facilities Upgrade Funding   Thursday 29th March 2012   Fine Gael Cork Senator Deirdre Clune has today (Monday) welcomed the announcement from the Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michal Ring that he is to provide over 30million euro to upgrade sports facilities across Ireland. “I welcome the availability of this [...]

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Tuesday, 27th March 2012 E-skills week presents an opportunity for Irish students to think big – Clune Fine Gael Cork South Central Senator, Deirdre Clune, has today (Tuesday) marked European E-skills Week by encouraging secondary school students to investigate the career opportunities which the IT sector has to offer to them. “The Irish Internet Association [...]

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New School Building Projects for Cork School’s Welcome –Clune   Monday 12th of March 2012 Fine Gael Cork Senator Deirdre Clune has today (Monday) welcomed the news form the Minister of Education and Skills Ruari Quinn that eight Cork schools are to receive funding for building works aswell as the construction of new schools.  The [...]

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    Wednesday, 15th February 2012   Clune welcomes changes to support small business   Fine Gael Cork South Central Senator, Deirdre Clune, has welcomed the proposals announced this week in the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs to support small business.   “Supporting small business and improving the environment within which they work is a [...]

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