LEADER groups take fight to EU
Faced by a transfer of crucial powers to socio-economic committees in Environment Minister Phil Hogan’s Putting People First policy, the groups and their national representational body, the Irish Local Development Network, met Irish and European MEPs and officials in Brussels last Tuesday, hosted by Ireland South MEP Phil Prendergast and Ireland North-West MEP Jim Higgins.
Ms Prendergast said, “Local development companies in Ireland are facing an existential crisis with savage cuts to funding and severe limitations on resources generally.
