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The bizarre statement by Minister for Justice Noel Ahern following an interview about the tiger kidnapping of a bank manager and his wife, that banks should consider charging customers to use ATM machines, has been ridiculed far and wide.

The Ford Transit, consistently Ireland’s best selling van, turns 45 this month.

The Ford Transit, consistently Ireland’s best selling van, turns 45 this month.

The Ford Transit, consistently Ireland’s best selling van, turns 45 this month. The first Transit went into production on August 9 1965 and since then six million Transits have been sold across Europe.

The admission by Minister Eamon Ryan recently that there will be a four to five per cent rise in overall electricity prices is very worrying, according to Mayo Labour candidate Jerry Cowley, particularly considering the minister is making such little headway ensuring energy efficiency programmes proceed, he said.

If you’ve got savings then why not think about investing in the National Solidarity Bond Scheme which offers handsome rewards for long term investments.

Kilkenny Fianna Fail TD John McGuinness has welcomed the establishment of the Credit Review Office, an independent dedicated centre to ensure that the credit system is operating effectively for small and medium-size businesses. SMEs are businesses with fewer than 250 employees, turnover of less than €50m, and/or a balance sheet value of less than €43m.

Deputy Phil Hogan has called on the Minister for Finance to provide funding for work to be carried out to the River Pill at Piltown to prevent future flooding.

Kilkenny Deputy Phil Hogan has called on the Minister for Finance to provide funding to carry out drainage works at the River Duiske in Graiguenamanagh in order to alleviate future flooding.

A painting contractor, in court this week (March 24) for failing to pay €45,000 into an employee pension scheme ordered by the Labour Court in October 2008, was given until July 21 to come up with the money after the court heard the downturn had left him still owed “€700,000”.