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National News

1. Only half Irish MEPs seem bothered about gay rights
   Issued : Wednesday 1 February, 2012
   Labour MEP Nessa has expressed disappointment that less than half of Irish MEPs have signed the 'Be Bothered Pledge' in support of gay rights.
2. Misleading healthy food claim should be rejected by MEPs - Childers
   Issued : Monday 30 January, 2012
    
3. Over 60,000 visitors to new Parliament visitors centre in first 100 days
   Issued : Tuesday 24 January, 2012
   Labour MEP Nessa Childers today welcomed the massive success of the European Parliament Visitors Centre in Brussels.
4. President Schultz must lead fight against Merkozy
   Issued : Tuesday 17 January, 2012
   Nessa Childers MEP has welcomed the victory of socialist leader Martin Schultz, voted today as the new President of the European Parliament.
5. EU must speed up laws to protect against faulty breast implants - Childers
   Issued : Wednesday 11 January, 2012
    

Local News

1. Leinster MEP calls for tighter regulation of cancer causing industries to stop cancer epidemic
   Issued : Saturday 4 February, 2012
   Nessa Childers MEP today called for tighter regulation of cancer causing food, drink and tobacco industries to fight a potential cancer epidemic in Ireland. Ms Childers, who is vice president of the MEPs Against Cancer Group in the European Parliament, was responding to the report that new cases of cancer could rise by 72% by 2030 in the Republic of Ireland.   The report was issued to coincide with World Cancer Day.  The World Health Organisation report stated that Ireland has topped a list of 27 countries in the European Union with cases predicted to rise from 19,454 in 2008 to 33,416 in 18 years. 
2. Kilkenny heritage expert selected for prestigious EU panel
   Issued : Thursday 12 January, 2012
   An employee of the Heritage Council of Ireland, Beatrice Kelly, based in based in Kilkenny, has been chosen by the European Parliament to sit on a prestigious E.U. panel which will decide on the most important heritage sites in Europe over the next three years. Ms Kelly, Head of Policy and Research at the Heritage Council of Ireland, was nominated to the position by Ireland East MEP Nessa Childers.  From a final short list of fifteen candidates put forward from across Europe, Beatrice Kelly was then chosen as one of four independent experts recommended by the European Parliament to choose which sites will qualify for the new European Heritage Label. 
3. Strong EU Budget needed for Farmers, R & D and Broadband
   Issued : Wednesday 26 October, 2011
   Speaking in Strasbourg before the vote on the EU 2012 budget, NessaChilders MEP says we need a strong EU budget to help sustain the Irishrecovery.
4. EU Budget and funding, and the importance of supporting community endeavour emphasised at MEP's visit to Celbridge
   Issued : Monday 24 October, 2011
   Celbridge Tidy Towns committee and Community and Enterprise Centre workers welcomed Nessa Childers MEP on a fact finding visit to Celbridge last Friday, 21 October. 
5. Naas Youth Café, recycling and packaging and Kerdiffstown landfill discussed during visit to Naas
   Issued : Monday 24 October, 2011
   Naas Youth Café and Naas Tidy Town Committee members met with Nessa Childers MEP last Friday in the Osprey Hotel.  Nessa was also accompanied by Emmet Stagg TD, Cllr. Ger Dunne and Cllr. Anne Breen.