Waterford Today 1-7-2020

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Anger at Cabinet snub to region THE new Government has come under fire for failing to appoint a senior Cabinet minister from the South East. Waterford’s Sinn Féin TD David Cullinane said Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s appointments marked “a bad day for regional development and a bad day for the South East”. The Government has also been criticised for having too few women ministers and by Waterford Council of Trade Unions for “a plan to continue putting private interests above the public good”. WCTU president Joe Kelly said the Programme for Government “commits Ireland to continue acting as an international tax haven ... the country will continue to be a safe haven for those who want to contribute nothing, and a daily drudge for those working and paying to improve their lives and our society.” Mr Cullinane said the programme was “largely silent when it comes to the South

JUST RIGHT: the new mayor of Waterford city and county, Cllr Damien Geoghegan, has the mayoral chain adjusted by his wife Natanya, after his appointment. Mayoral votes: Pages 2 and 6. Photo: Noel Browne

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East”. He added: “To add insult to injury the region is now without a voice at the Cabinet table. The history-making coalition of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party was elected by 37 Fianna Fáil TDs, 35 Fine Gael deputies and 12 Green TDs supported by nine Independents, including Waterford hospital campaigner Matt Shanahan. Mr Cullinane said he was “taken aback” to see Mr Shanahan vote for “a Government that has ignored the South East ... this sends out an awful signal that ignoring the region will be tolerated.” But Mr Shanahan said he had voted for Mr Martin because the country needed a government to pass legislation. “The most important thing to me is that we get a government first and foremost,” he told WLR. “The issues of Waterford will have to be dealt with after that but, first of all, we needed a new administration in place and that’s what I was voting for.”

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