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Seanad: Issues Facing Small and Medium Enterprises in Rural Towns: Motion (8 Oct 2013)

John Whelan: ...centres and the abject dereliction that is sweeping through main streets everywhere in the State. I refer to towns such as Mountmellick, Portlaoise, Portarlington, Abbeyleix, Durrow, Mountrath and Rathdowney in my community. I am certain there is a profound commitment to business and voluntary endeavour outside of business among people there. Businesses in town centres are coming...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (9 Jul 2013)

John Whelan: ...Service but to the closure of small rural courthouses such as those in Birr and Edenderry. As a journalist, I covered proceedings in the courthouses in Abbeyleix, Mountmellick, Portarlington and Rathdowney. All of these courthouses have since been amalgamated and centralised in Portlaoise which also houses the Circuit Court. Because of its close location to two high security prisons,...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

John Whelan: ...put small schemes in place to address this issue. Nonetheless, where I come from every family has a septic tank, and I am more concerned with what happens in the countryside and in places such as Rathdowney and Timahoe than with what happens at climate change conferences in Rio de Janeiro and Kyoto. It is a criminal act, and is morally wrong, to pollute a neighbour's water.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2011)

John Whelan: ...try to support Irish producers and their produce at every opportunity. I was also glad to see two Laois artisan producers, G's Gourmet Jams from Ballinakill and Rossmore Farmhouse Ice Cream from Rathdowney being part of the showcase.