Senator Garret Ahearn

Energy companies must cut their prices more to ease pressure on householders, particularly coming into the colder months, according to Fine Gael Senator Garret Ahearn.    

With the 50,000th connection to the National Broadband Plan set to happen today, a Fine Gael Senator has outlined that an additional 180,000 homes, farms, and businesses across rural Ireland can also connect to the service in just 10 days if they wish.

The disparity in flat rate expenses and how tax relief can be claimed by certain workers must be rectified to make it equitable, according to Fine Gael Senator Garret Ahearn.

A record 2.61 million people are now in employment, with 100,000 new jobs created in the last 12 months, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

The decision by Pernod Ricard to cease exports to Russia is a positive development and secures Ireland’s reputation as a world class drinks distiller, according to Garret Ahearn.

Jameson whiskey bottled in Dublin last December is on open sale in Moscow, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Comments made by the Ukrainian Ambassador to Ireland should focus corporate minds on the controversy surrounding the export of top Irish whiskey Jameson to Russia, a Fine Gael Senator said.

The introduction of a staged payment to the Croí Cónaithe (Towns) Fund Scheme could be transformative for prospective homeowners, a Fine Gael Senator has said

French drinks giant Pernod Ricard must immediately reverse their decision to restart exporting Jameson whiskey to Russia given the barbaric war the country is waging on Ukraine, Fine Gael Senator Garret Ahearn has said.

Fine Gael is backing businesses and jobs in Budget 2023 with a range of measures that will help companies pay their energy bills this winter, said two Fine Gael Senators.