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Funding for improved road infrastructure in Cork welcome –Clune. Fine Gael Cork Senator Deirdre Clune has welcomed the announcement from the Department of Transport that Cork City and Council is to receive over 7 million euro in funding to improve road infrastructure. I have been informed by the Minister that a sum of over 3 [...]
Mon30Jan2012
Clune welcomes Minster’s realisation that toll on Lee tunnel will not work. Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune has welcomed Minister’s Varadkar statement that tolls should not be imposed on the tunnel in Cork. Earlier in the year the National Roads Authority (NRA) indicated the intention to provide a toll system on the Cork tunnel. “In [...]
Mon5Dec2011
Local T.D. Deirdre Clune and Cllr. Deirdre Forde have expressed their concern that a dangerous bus stop on Maryborough Hill has to be replaced by a safer bus stop with a standing area urgently. Local residents in Broadale and Maryborough Ridge have been fighting for a safer bus stop to be provided for a number [...]
Mon13Dec2010
Local Cllr Deirdre Forde and Deirdre Clune TD have welcomed Cork County Council’s decision to review the traffic levels using the roundabout at Mount Ovel/St. Patrick’s Church on the Rochestown Road with a view improving congestion. Cllr. Deirdre Forde said: Cork County Council has confirmed to me that it intends to proceed with a review [...]
Tue30Nov2010
N28 Cork-Ringaskiddy upgrade & N25 Flyovers will be in doubt if Government Transport cuts proceed
Wed7Jul2010
Cork Airport will continue to be neglected as long as the Dublin Airport Authority has control of it. The Government needs to give it independence now.
Fri26Mar2010
View my speech to the Dáil on Fine Gael’s motion to abolish the Air Travel Tax
Thu25Mar2010
Clarke’s Hill & Moneygourney Road Improvement Scheme will improve infrastructure in an area where it has failed to keep pace with population growth
Fri19Mar2010
By slashing the roads budget for Cork City Council and Cork County Council the Minister for Transport has created a false economy that will in the long run cost far more than it saves.
Tue23Feb2010
BMI’s decision to axe two routes out of Cork Airport this spring is another blow for the region. The Government needs to take the positive step of abolishing the Airport Travel Tax now.
Wed17Feb2010
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