Alan Kelly
Alan Kelly is The Minister of State at The Department of Transport and a Labour Party politician in the Tipperary North constituency. Kelly was a Senator form 2007 until 2009, he was then elected to the European Parliament in 2009. During his time as an MEP Kelly was a member of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection. He was elected to the Dail in the 2011 General Election.
# alan-kelly - Monday 20 May, 2013
New road maintenance scheme asks local communities to contribute funding
The government is investing €10.6 million in the scheme but communities will have to come up with the rest of the €14 million to repair the roads.
# alan-kelly - Friday 3 May, 2013
LOI round-up: Late goal helps Shamrock Rovers secure point against Sligo
Meanwhile, Derry are now top of the Airtricity League after beating Limerick.
# alan-kelly - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Two years’ service means ministers now guaranteed to receive pensions
The government was appointed two years ago today – meaning senior ministers now have enough service for a pension.
# alan-kelly - Saturday 26 January, 2013
A chip off the old block: 12 great father and sons in football
When they grow up they want to be just like their dad.
# alan-kelly - Monday 3 December, 2012
500 taxi drivers protest in Dublin city centre
Tiomanai Tacsai Na HEireann wants the government to enter into discussion with them before they implement their key actions on the future of taxi regulation.
# alan-kelly - Tuesday 9 October, 2012
Poll: Should State subsidies to fee-paying schools be cut?
What do you think?
# alan-kelly - Monday 8 October, 2012
Government backbenchers split over possible cuts to private school subsidy
Fine Gael’s Eoghan Murphy wants to keep the €96 million subvention, but Labour’s Robert Dowds insists it must go.
Junior minister: State subsidy to fee-paying schools is a luxury
Junior Transport Minister Alan Kelly says that the €96 million paid to fee-paying schools will need to be addressed in December’s Budget.
# alan-kelly - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
Varadkar says CIE transport fares could increase
However the Minister for Transport said a rise in fares could have a damaging impact on the demand for CIE services.
# alan-kelly - Monday 2 July, 2012
Journey Planner iPhone app released
Have you been using Transport for Ireland online planner or Android app? Did it help you find your way – or send you out of the way?
# alan-kelly - Friday 29 June, 2012
Carlow, Nenagh, Castlebar, and Kilkenny to be among ‘active travel towns’
The government has given €4.5 million to nearly a dozen infrastructure projects which will aim to get more people cycling and walking in towns across the country.
# alan-kelly - Wednesday 27 June, 2012
Unfortunate Ministerial Photo Prop of the Day
The journey planner has been launched online and as an Android app… but is not currently available on iPhone.
# alan-kelly - Wednesday 20 June, 2012
Need a break? Lunchtime bike ride to cycle through Dublin streets
The 6km cycle through the city centre today is taking place as part of National Bike Week.
# alan-kelly - Monday 18 June, 2012
‘Incorrect and inconsistent’: Food businesses criticised over allergen controls
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has said that manufacturers of food in Ireland need to strengthen their allergen labelling and control policies.
# alan-kelly - Tuesday 22 May, 2012
Barstooler: 5 big talking points from last weekend’s Airtricity League action
If you’re stuck for something to say when chatting about domestic football, here’s this week’s round-up of semi-intelligent points.
# alan-kelly - Friday 9 March, 2012
TheJournal.ie’s progress report for the Government: Transport
How has the government managed on its promises for public transport, speed limits, taxi regulation and more?
# alan-kelly - Tuesday 6 March, 2012
€4 million transport funding for Galway city
The new programme will fund improvements to the city’s public transport and traffic flow systems.
# alan-kelly - Saturday 18 February, 2012
35,000 daily trips on Leap cards in first two months
Public transport minister Alan Kelly says there are 57,000 Leap cards in circulation, with only a small number of complaints lodged.
# alan-kelly - Tuesday 31 January, 2012
Taxis face licensing crackdown in ‘radical’ reform plan
A long-awaited Government review of the industry aims to “eliminate the rogue elements”, Minister Alan Kelly has said.
# alan-kelly - Thursday 17 November, 2011
Integrated ticket for Dublin transport to be introduced ‘within weeks’
The National Transport Authority is looking for 500 volunteers to test out the long-awaited ticket before it is officially rolled out for the whole city.
# alan-kelly - Thursday 3 November, 2011
Caption comp: You can ring my bell…
…Give us a laugh this afternoon by telling what the Taoiseach and the junior minister for public transport are saying in this picture.
Rollout of public bike scheme ‘needs private funding’
Enda Kenny has announced a series of meetings in four cities around the country to try to get funding for public bikes schemes.
# alan-kelly - Monday 17 October, 2011
‘Rogue operators’ in taxi industry to be targeted by new measures
The proposals will help crack down on criminals and benefit fraudsters working in the industry, a minister has said.
# alan-kelly - Monday 26 September, 2011
Real time Dublin Bus arrival information system launched for mobile and web
The National Transport Authority says this is the first part of a plan to roll-out real time information services for other bus and rail transport across the country.
# alan-kelly - Thursday 25 August, 2011
Cyclists want cycle lane scheme halted
Lobby group explains why Government’s plan to spend €4m on cycle and walking paths outside Dublin is “a poor use of public money”…
# alan-kelly - Wednesday 10 August, 2011
Meet Allen Samuels… and 6 more of the world’s most embarrassing rappers
The 55-year-old casino worker is already being hailed as ‘the new Rebecca Black’ for his hip-hop efforts. And he’s not alone…
# alan-kelly - Thursday 21 July, 2011
You wait so long for a live bus app to come along… and it’s almost here
Commuters in Dublin will soon have an app to tell them where their bus is, as Cork receives real-time bus timetables.
# alan-kelly - Wednesday 8 June, 2011
Review of the taxi industry begins
The Public Transport Minister has established a taxi review group to tackle problems in the industry. He wants to reduce the number of taxis on the roads and to halt criminal activity.
# alan-kelly - Tuesday 17 May, 2011
Major clean up of ‘disturbing’ taxi industry practices underway
Minister for Public Transport and Commuter Policy, Alan Kelly, has announced the details of a review of the taxi industry that is to get underway immediately.
# alan-kelly - Monday 28 February, 2011
Parties yet to decide on European Parliament replacements
The Socialist Party replacements will meet to decide who can succeed Joe Higgins’, while Alan Kelly’s seat is also free.
# alan-kelly - Saturday 26 February, 2011
The Half Past Fix: 10.30pm
Every hour – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.
# alan-kelly - Monday 14 February, 2011
Daily Fix: Monday
The latest highlights from the campaign trail – including: who’s the fairest of them all?
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