Childcare Commercial Rates
I welcome the recent campaign instigated by members of Roscommon County Childcare Committee in a bid to force an exemption on commercial rates for private childcare providers. The high cost of childcare in this country needs to be addressed, both in terms of the financial pressure carers of children are under and the strain parents …
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HIQA Report
Prospective Independent candidate for the Roscommon South Leitrim by-election Tom Crosby has welcomed the recent HIQA report following an on the spot visit to the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar which showed that the ward in question (Medical Three) was deemed clean. “This recent unannounced inspection was carried out on the general medical ward which carries …
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Crosby welcomes Longford conference on future of Mid Shannon peatlands
Prospective Independent candidate for the Roscommon South Leitrim by-election Former Mayor of Roscommon Tom Crosby has welcomed this very important conference which he says will “no doubt progress the proposal to developed as a national park the tens of thousands hectares throughout the counties of Roscommon Leitrim and Longford. “ “This major national amenity is the brainchild of Strokestown Native …
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Loss of broadband scheme ‘catastrophic’
Prospective Independent candidate for the Roscommon South Leitrim by-election Tom Crosby has said the news that the National Broadband Scheme is set to end this week is “catastrophic for the people of rural Ireland.” The state-funded scheme was set up to provide broadband to rural areas that were unable to receive a service through existing …
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