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God knows all we Mayo folk could do with the odd dig-out, on the basis that for us the road to perdition is often littered with potholes and rabid dogs, but we have to say that even the most brass-necked of us had to hold our hands up and say the antics of Beverley Flynn left us all a bit red-faced this week.

Beverley Flynn is never far from the headlines and this week has been another tumultuous one in the Castlebar politician’s career.

As we embark on our journey through 2009 it seems there will be a rocky road ahead.

The Fianna Fáil party in Castlebar saw the establishment of a new cumann in the town this week. On Monday evening a new Castlebar Fianna Fáil cumann was established when the Mícheál Ó Moráin and the Johnny Jordan cumainn amalgamated at a meeting in the Welcome Inn Hotel. But the amalgamation still leaves the Castlebar town cumann as a separate entity.

The Government’s Framework for Stabilisation, Social Solidarity and Economic Renewal announced by the Taoiseach this week prioritises investment in areas that will help create local employment, according to Fianna Fáil TD Beverley Flynn.

There can be few jobs more unpalatable right now than being a Fianna Fáil election candidate - or even a Fianna Fáil canvasser - in the run up to June 5. The party is facing a drubbing at the polls. And whatever doorstep hostility has been there over the past two weeks, it will be nothing as compared to the anger when next month's pay cheque leaves Sean Citizen with a huge hole in what is available to him to pay his bills.

While Fianna Fáil TD, Beverley Flynn is calling for an extension of the current REPS scheme or for a new scheme which would replace REPS to be implemented, Fine Gael Deputy John O’Mahony is criticising her move as “giving false hope” saying that she is “talking out of both sides of her mouth”.

An Taoiseach Brian Cowen has expressed positive assurance to Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Beverley Flynn that the Government is fully aware of the importance of the N5. The Taoiseach told the Fianna Fáil deputy that he and the Minister for Transport would do everything possible to help maintain jobs and develop manufacturing opportunities in the west.

Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony has invited Fianna Fáil’s Beverley Flynn to join the ranks of the opposition in the Dáil when they resume after the summer recess tomorrow. Deputy O’Mahony said Deputy Flynn has in recent days been speaking and acting in the manner of an opposition TD and he said the logical conclusion of her behaviour was to make the walk across the Dáil chamber.

Fianna Fáil TD Beverley Flynn claims that Ireland badly needs a Yes vote on October 2 due to the fact that “Ireland today is facing unprecedented economic challenges and we need a Europe which can work effectively to help us and all countries work for recovery.”