People seeking turf-cutting package 'not entitled to it'

MARIE O’HALLORAN

INDEPENDENT TD Luke “Ming” Flanagan has warned the Minister for Heritage that people who are not entitled to it may be applying for compensation to stop turf cutting.

Mr Flanagan, a Roscommon-South Leitrim TD, told Jimmy [...]

Real democracy in action

While Dr Ruairi Hanley was pleased to be quoted in the recent Dáil debate on opening up the GMS, he was less enamoured by remarks warning of a rush towards general practice’s more leafy suburbs.

I would [...]

Well look at 'man of the people' Ming in his €500 hemp suit

HE LOVES to ham up his ‘man of the people’ persona — but it seems maverick socialist politician Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan isn’t averse to splashing out on a good suit.

The spliff-smoking bog campaigner [...]

Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan wears hemp suit in the Dáil

LUKE ‘MING’ FLANAGAN wore a Louis Copeland suit made out of hemp in the Dáil chamber this morning to highlight the 10 year anniversary of his campaign to have cannabis legalised.

A spokesperson for Louis Copeland confirmed [...]

Flanagan walks out after turf-cutting exchanges

ROSCOMMON-SOUTH Leitrim Independent TD Luke “Ming” Flanagan walked out of the chamber following sharp exchanges with Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney over turf-cutting rights yesterday.

The Minister urged Mr Flanagan, as “a talented communicator”, to find workable [...]