Ogra Fianna Fail Call for Greater Commitment to Newport Area

Chairman of Newport Ogra Fianna Fail, Greg Moroney, has called on North Tipperary County Council to reaffirm its commitment towards the Newport area following a recent meeting of Ogra Fianna Fail. Mr Moroney called on elected representatives to give a firm commitment towards the development of amenities within the town alongside working to ensure that […]

North Tipp Ogra Congratulates Penrose and Naughton

A recent meeting of North Tipperary Ogra Fianna Fail saw a motion being passed which extended congratulations to Fine Gael Deputy Denis Naughten and Labour Deputy Willie Penrose. The motion commended the deputies for standing up for pre-election promises, undertaken by both Fine Gael and Labour, on behalf of their constituents. Arthur Griffin, Chair of […]

North Tipperary Ógra Fianna Fáil News

A proposal to help revitalise Fianna Fáil Cumann in North Tipperary was one of the main topics discussed at the monthly meeting of North Tipperary Ógra Fianna Fáil held in Thurles last Friday night. Members agreed to address Cumann meetings on issues relating to young people and help in the recruitment of new members. Chairing the […]

North Tipperary Ógra Fianna Fáil notes 12th Sept

A number of issues were discussed at a meeting of Ógra Fianna Fáil held last Friday night. Members were disappointed with the Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn’s failure to cut the cost for families of buying school books, having raised expectations during the summer. Members discussed a number of ways of relieving the amounts to […]

Ógra Fianna Fáil Reiterate Criticism of Jobs Initiative

North Tipperary Ógra Fianna Fáil has reiterated its criticism of the government’s implementation of the Jobs Direct internship scheme, which was launched as part of the governments Jobs Initiative last May. The government launched the scheme with the intention of providing work experience placements for up to 5,000 interns, allowing people the opportunity to gain […]

Fianna Fail Must Run Presidential Candidate: North Tipperary Ogra Fianna Fail

During a recent interactive online meeting of North Tipperary Ogra Fianna Fail, members unanimously called for the party to run a candidate in the October Presidential election. “It will certainly be a tough election but it is a necessary aspect of renewing and reinvigorating the party that the Fianna Fail machine is out canvassing and […]

Internship Programme a Missed Opportunity: NT Ogra Fianna Fail

North Tipperary Ogra Fianna Fail has this week criticised the Minister for Social Protection, that she has missed an opportunity for a wide-reaching, high quality National Internship Scheme which would have real results for thousands of unemployed young people in Tipperary. Ogra have welcomed the initiative but Chairman Colm Reddan has said that it is a less […]

North Tipp Ogra Fianna Fáil Attend Education Conference‏

On Saturday the 25th of June members of North Tipperary Ógra Fianna Fáil travelled to Birr to attend the party’s conference entitled “Educating for the Future”. The conference was attended by Uachtaráin Fianna Fail Micheál Martin, along with Fianna Fáil Education spokesperson in the Dail Brendan Smith TD and Senator Averil Power spokesperson for education […]

Tipp North Ógra Remembers ‘Heroic’ Brian Lenihan

North Tipperary Ógra Fianna Fáil held a special meeting in The Arch Bar Thurles on Saturday 20th of June to pay tribute to the late Brian Lenihan Junior. In an emotional meeting members of Ógra recounted their experiences of meeting the former Minister for Finance at Fianna Fáil events and the interest he displayed in […]

North Tipperary Ogra FF Campaign for All-Ireland Presidency

Following the successful end of two policy campaigns last year North Tipperary Ogra Fianna Fail have announced plans at their recent monthly meeting to campaign for an ‘All-Ireland Presidency’. As well as being a strong force in the Local and European Elections last year and the overwhelming passing of the Lisbon Referendum and getting a former Chair elected to their National Youth  Committee, […]