Tag: Cathal Berry
Local TD welcomes defence measures announced in budget 2023
Local TD Cathal Barry has welcomed the defence measures announced in Budget 2023.
The former Army Ranger, an Independent based in Portarlington, welcomed the €67m...
Independent Laois TD declares support for Government ahead of no confidence...
A Laois-based Independent TD has declared his support for the Government ahead of a no confidence motion proposed by Sinn Féin.
Cathal Berry, who is...
French Ambassador to Ireland set to visit two Laois towns next...
The French Ambassador to Ireland is set to visit two Laois towns on Wednesday April 13.
Ambassador Vincent Guérend is set to arrive at French...
LaoisToday Podcast: Cathal Berry on his first year in the Dáil,...
Portarlington-based Kildare South TD Cathal Berry featured on the LaoisToday Podcast in February 2021.
It’s exactly a year since the 2020 General Election and on...
Laois TD calls on Taoiseach to provide a ‘recognition support package’...
A Laois TD has called on the government to provide a recognition bonus package to the frontline healthcare staff.
Independent Cathal Berry says there people...
Laois TD highlights disappointment with the Defence Budget for 2022
Independent TD for Kildare South and former Army Ranger, Cathal Berry, has highlighted his 'disappointment and frustration' with the Defence Budget for 2022.
The Portarlington...
Big breakthrough as new school for Coláiste Íosagáin in Portarlington moves...
The long-running battle to get a new school for Coláiste Íosagáin in Portarlington took a significant step forward today with the news that the...
Former Laois Army Ranger pleased special forces deployed to Kabul to...
Laois TD Cathal Berry says he is pleased that his calls to send the Irish Army Ranger Wing to Kabul have been listened to.
The...
Big plans ahead as sustainable energy community group continues to strengthen...
A sustainable energy group set up by the Portarlington Business Association has been meeting weekly online for the past six months.
The group, called the...
Cathal Berry on new school for Coláiste Íosagáin: ‘It’s absolutely our...
One of the positive things from the Celtic Tiger era is that so many new schools - both secondary and primary - have been...
Laois TD calls for more funding for the Defence Forces and...
Independent TD Cathal Berry has asked the Taoiseach Micheál Martin for additional funding for both the Defence Forces and An Garda Síochána.
The Portarlington TD...
Top cyber security role can’t be filled because of low salary,...
Portarlington-based independent TD Cathal Berry says that the position of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has been vacant for more than a year...
‘There used to be a vaccine hesitancy, now there is almost...
Local independent TD Cathal Berry has described the atmosphere in nursing homes as "almost celebratory" during the Covid vaccination rollout and says that whereas...
New school, rejuvenated town centre and increase in remote working –...
A new build for Coláiste Íosagáin secondary school, a regeneration of the town centre and capitalising on the increase in remote working are the...
LaoisToday Podcast: Cathal Berry on his first year in the Dáil,...
It’s exactly a year since the 2020 General Election and on this week’s LaoisToday Podcast we catch up with one of the stories of...
Giving the Government a C+ and urging Stephen Donnelly to delegate...
Local independent TD Cathal Berry - one of only two doctors in the Dáil - has said he'd grade the Government's response to the...
Laois TD becomes one of the first politicians to receive Covid-19...
A Laois TD became one of the first politicians in Ireland to receive the Covid-19 vaccine yesterday.
Independent TD for Kildare South, Cathal Berry, who...
Local TD calls on government to improve Garda infrastructure and build...
Independent TD Cathal Berry has called on the Government to invest to improve the current infrastructure within the Garda Síochána and has suggested that...
Championship Diary: TD backs his local clubs plus Laois interest in...
Local TD sponsors new footballs for two Laois GAA clubs
Portarlington based TD for Kildare South, Cathal Berry has declared that he is looking forward...
New Portarlington Business Association to be set up as tender issued...
A new Portarlington Business Association is to be set up, spearheaded by local Kildare South TD Cathal Berry who has an office in the...
GAA instruct all Laois clubs to shut facilities as lockdown to...
The GAA, Ladies GAA and Camogie Association have instructed all clubs in Laois to close their facilities 'until further notice'.
This comes after the government...
Laois TD volunteers to help local nursing home during Coronavirus pandemic
A Laois TD has been doing voluntary shifts to help out a local nursing home during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Portarlington-based Cathal Berry, a TD for...
Cathal Berry TD – New team for Kildare South Constituency
Independent TD for Kildare South Cathal Berry and his team are opening their new constituency offices in Portarlington and Newbridge.
The offices will be open...
Brand new building in the works for Laois school
A brand new school is on the way to Portarlington - according to newly elected TD for Kildare South Cathal Berry.
The Independent's first parliamentary...
New Portalington TD Berry puts focus on Defence Forces and schools...
With numbers so tight in the arithmetic to form the next government, the votes of Independent TDs like Portarlington's Cathal Berry could be the...
In Pictures: Portarlington celebrates the election of its first TD since...
A large crowd of supporters of the newly elected TD for Kildare South, Portarlington resident, Dr Cathal Berry gathered in Portarlington Golf Club on...
Elected Berry to represent people of East Laois who were ‘forgotten...
Independent Cathal Berry made history yesterday evening as he became the first Portarlington-based TD to be elected to the Dail since 1927.
Berry, who is...
Count 8 drama in Kildare South with FF in the firing...
Kildare South is playing out as a bit of a nightmare for Fianna Fáil.
Instead of securing a gain which they had targeted they are...
Strong Portarlington support as Cathal Berry launches Kildare South election campaign
Portarlington resident Dr Cathal Berry launched his bid for a Dáil seat in Kildare South in front of 150 people in the Keadeen Hotel...
Portarlington resident Cathal Berry – a doctor and former army ranger...
Dr Cathal Berry - a doctor and former army ranger - has been living in Portarlington for the last 16 years and as a...