Brendan Smith
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Families should be given clarity over Covid-19 restrictions ahead of Christmas, while the risk of ongoing economic and social damage from lockdowns ne(...)

President applauds Galway city for urban park campaign
- Environment
- October 29, 2020, 17:54
President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has applauded the people of Galway City for their campaign to be Ireland’s first urban park, adding that it is (...)

Tax-free coal from North a burning issue for smokeless fuel
- Environment
- September 1, 2020, 01:02
To the naked eye, the two lumps of coal are indistinguishable. However, when subjected to laboratory analysis, significant differences emerge, despite(...)

Call for movement restrictions to apply to day-trippers from North
- Irish News
- April 27, 2020, 21:17
Border TDs have called for the legislation imposing restrictions on movement to be amended to ensure they apply to everyone including day visitors fro(...)

Brendan Smith (Fianna Fáil)
- Politics
- February 11, 2020, 11:23
A former minister and chairman of the Oireachtas foreign affairs committee in the last Dáil, Cavan- based TD Brendan Smith secured the seat he has he(...)

Cross border healthcare in ‘farcical’ situation
- Oireachtas
- October 10, 2019, 17:30
Elderly patients from Northern Ireland are travelling south for the same orthopaedic and eye treatments under the same EU scheme that residents in the(...)

The Irish Times view on the Kevin Lunney attack: shaking off the fear
- Editorial
- September 30, 2019, 20:15
The establishment of an armed Garda Síochána unit for the Cavan border area, following the abduction and torture of Kevin Lunney, a senior executive a(...)

Border community must work with police to stamp out ‘total lawlessness’, says Coveney
- Politics
- September 19, 2019, 13:51
People living along the Border have an obligation to help stamp out “brutality, intimidation and total lawlessness”, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has declar(...)

The transfer-friendliness of candidates battling it out for the three remaining seats in the European constituency of Midlands North West could push t(...)

McGuinness confident of winning two seats in Midlands North West
- Politics
- May 27, 2019, 19:03
Fine Gael’s Maireád McGuinness romped to victory in the European constituency of Midlands North West, topping the poll with 22 per cent of the vote. (...)