Monday After a busy number of weeks, Monday is a welcome opportunity to spend some quality time in Cork. My morning begins with the Westgate Foundation, where Julie Murphy CEO and her team are doing superb work in caring for the elderly in Ballincollig. The addition to their fleet of buses will allow the Foundation […]
The Minister’s Journal 21/11/16 – 27/11/16 Read More »
Sunday Starting the week with a Council of Agriculture Ministers meeting in Brussels means leaving Cork on Sunday afternoon for a Dublin flight. I arrive in time for a briefing with officials, ahead of a busy couple of days. Council meetings are a chance to have a real input into decisions affecting the Irish agri-food
The Minister’s Journal 13/11/16 – 18/11/16 Read More »
Monday: I started off Monday morning by spending a few hours in the Macroom constituency office in an attempt to catch up on some work built up while I was in Morocco last week. Took the road to Dubin at 11am in order to attend a Cabinet sub-committee meeting on Brexit. Given the potential impact
THE MINISTER’S JOURNAL 06/11/16 – 11/11/16 Read More »
Tuesday: My plans for Tuesday were turned upside down at 10am when I was informed that our scheduled cabinet meeting for Wednesday morning was now being brought forward to 2pm. For a Minister based in Macroom it’s a case of drop everything and hightail it to Dublin. I arrive just in time for the meeting.
THE MINISTER’S JOURNAL 01/11/16 – 05/11/16 Read More »
Monday: Monday can only be described as novelty at this stage – an entire day in Cork North West! I spent the early morning in the Macroom office before attending the official opening of the new extension in Kilmurry NS. I’m still not accustomed to cutting tapes and unveiling plaques with my name on them.
THE MINISTER’S JOURNAL 24/10/16 TO 28/10/16 Read More »
Sunday Night: On landing in Paris, I received word that my old friend and loyal supporter Jack Murphy from Inchigeela had passed away. Jack was one of the proudest Uibh Laoire men, and fiercest Fine Gaeler you were ever likely to meet ar dheis dé go raibh a anam. On a day of loss it
THE MINISTER’S JOURNAL 16/10/16 – 23/10/16 Read More »
Monday: It’s Budget week, and not having travelled this road before as a Minister, I am admittedly nervous as we depart Macroom early, Dublin bound. I phone Andrew Doyle (Minister of State) en route for a final run through of the agenda for the Council of Agriculture Ministers meeting in Luxembourg where he is deputising
THE MINISTER’S JOURNAL 10/10/16 – 16/10/16 – BUDGET SPECIAL! Read More »
Monday: The Monday morning papers brought little in the way of joy following the British PM’s confirmation that she intends to press ahead with the invocation of Article 50 by the end of March. Notwithstanding all the work that has been carried out to date in my Department and across Government in preparation for this
THE MINISTER’S JOURNAL 03/10/16 – 09/10/16 Read More »
Since being appointed Minister for Agriculture Food & Marine on May 6th, I constantly find myself recounting details of my week to people I meet. It was put to me by one such individual (who I won’t name for their sake) that I should document my week in a blog, to provide an insight into
THE MINISTER’S JOURNAL 26/09/16 – 02/10/16 Read More »
Cork North West T.D. Michael Creed has today welcomed the inclusion of five schools from the Cork North West Constituency in the Summer Works scheme for 2016. Freemount Mixed National School, Scoil Abán Naofa, Baile Mhic Ire, Scoil Naomh Eoin Baiste, Ballincollig, Scoil Naisiunta Naomh Mhuire Farran, and Freemount Mixed National School Charleville will all
CREED WELCOMES SUPPORT FOR CORK NORTH WEST SCHOOLS UNDER THE SUMMER WORKS SCHEME Read More »
