Ken Glynn

Intent: To invite local Representatives to an IFA Public meeting to discuss IFA's position on the Bord Bia Chair and why his double standards have caused huge farmer anger on the ground.

Details: IFA Westmeath Public Meeting - Bord Bia

Intent: To highlight the importance/impact of community education across the Country and illustrate how investing in community means investing in people. Specifically, highlighting critical issues that CEN members are facing, around funding and recognition for the sector across the island of Ireland. Highlighting the Budget 26 submission by AONTAS, advocating for an overall increase of 12% in the Further Education & Training budget for 26, with ringfenced funding for community education.

Details: National Community Education Campaign 2025 (AONTAS). Entitled “Community Education: Local, Lifelong, Life Changing Campaign”, from 22nd-28th Sept 25, with a day of visibility on 23rd. Subsequent meeting with Aontas, Minister Harkin and Community Education Network (CEN) members, held in WCP Mullin, ... Read more

Intent: Proposing the rezoning of land at Monksland Athlone for residential development

Details: contacting local council representatives regarding the Joint Urban Area Plan Athlone

Intent: Advocating the economic benefits of HRI & to ensure continued government support for the Irish horseracing industry

Details: Stallion Trail Invitations

Intent: To voice farmers' anger and frustration at the ever-increasing administrative burden being placed on them which has had a major impact on farm family incomes.::To highlight the following key issues that contributing to growing frustration and anger with the political system;::1. The transformation of CAP away from supporting food production towards actually reducing farm output. CAP funding is being redirected to environmental schemes – the EU is effectively implementing new environmental regulations such as the “eco-schemes” on the cheap by redirecting existing funding instead of allocating additional funds.::2. The failure of the EU to properly compensate farmers under CAP. In 2014, Ireland received €1.16bn in Pillar one funding from EU – that figure is effectively the same today, 10 years on, despite huge inflation in farmers' cost of production in the interim. Farmers are being asked to do much more to receive a lot less funds in real terms.::3. The proposed Mercusor trade deal bei

Details: Westmeath County Council - 'Enough is Enough' Campaign

Intent: Greater awareness and impact of pending sale of Athlone Alkermes facility to NovoNordisk

Details: Sale of Alkermes Athlone manufacturing facility

Intent: Support accessible housing in our town

Details: Letter of Support for Bell Homes

Intent: Attendance at project launch event for National Just Transition Fund - funded project (Midlands Bioenergy Development Project).

Details: Invitation to project launch event for National Just Transition Fund - funded project (Midlands Bioenergy Development Project).

Intent: The immediate publication of the Action Plan and its inclusion in the budgetary plan for 2023 to ensure another year does not pass with families and individuals left without any indication of when or how the urgent needs they are experience will be met.::To inform individuals and their supports to understand how many existing and new residential supports, day places and respite supports will be provided for in the Budget 2023, and how this relates to the needs outlined in the Capacity Review.

Details: Disability Service Providers lobby Government and local public representatives to support the campaign by the National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers to seek their support in expediting the publication of the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review in advance of finalising Budget 2, ... Read more

Intent: Sought to give presentation to elected representatives of Galway City Council; Galway County Council; Donegal County Council; Limerick City and County Council, Sligo County Council, Mayo council, Kilkenny, Westmeath and Waterford Councils.on Fórsa's More Power to you Campaign

Details: More Power To You: The campaign to reclaim the role of local authorities and local democracy