The development of nationwide cycle and walking pathways need national coordination efforts in order to best qualify for EU funds. That’s the advice from the Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness. Ms McGuinness was speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg where today the EU Commission President outlined details of a three hundred billion euro (€300billion) jobs, growth and investment package to boost business and reduce unemployment in Europe. But Mairead McMcGuinness says it’s up to countries like Ireland to produce strategic project plans.

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The potential to use EU funds to build a nationwide infrastructure of cycle and walk ways is possible provided Ireland applies nationwide strategic plans. So says the Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness who was speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Her comments come as the EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker this morning presents a €315 billion jobs, growth and investment package to boost business and reduce unemployment in the EU. Ms McGuinness says she can see how some of these funds could be used for the rollout of cycle and pathways across the country. But she’s warning, a proper strategic plan needs to be put in place.

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Short clip of Sinn Fein MEP Liadh ni Riada commenting on the Pope’s visit to the European Parliament today. She is speaking in Irish.

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