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A local politician has accused the Government of having “no real desire” to end hospital waiting lists.

Third level students and their families are to be penalised to the tune of thousands of euro every year if they live within 45km of their place of education.

Galway West is normally the most predictable and uneventful constituency in the State. For the past 25 years it has returned two Fianna Fáil, one Fine Gael, one Labour, and one PD without fail, and indeed not many of the faces have even changed.

I have received some correspondence over the last few months telling me that I am unbalanced in my column because I have an anti-Fianna Fail agenda. This would be one of the more moderate and considered communications. Others have not been quite so polite. To set the record straight here is my personal position.

Longford/Westmeath Senator Nicky McFadden has said the backing received by an Oireachtas Committee in relation to the protection of the pensions of farm spouses is a welcome reprieve during these “dark days of assault by the Government on rural Ireland”.

Longford/Westmeath Senator Nicky McFadden has said the backing received by an Oireachtas Committee in relation to the protection of the pensions of farm spouses is a welcome reprieve during these “dark days of assault by the Government on rural Ireland”.

Fine Gael environment spokesman Phil Hogan told the Fine Gael National Conference in Killarney that, after 13 years of Fianna Fáil government where the privileged friends of Government ministers were preferred over the citizens of the State, political reform will be an absolute necessity for a Fine Gael government.

The Minister for Education has been called on to provide alternative support for children with special needs following cuts to special needs assistants which came into force last week.

Carlow Kilkenny Fine Gael Senator John Paul Phelan has hit out at plans for a further hike in school transport charges, saying the rise shows “the Government is targeting families during Brian Cowen’s recession”.

The HSE West is set to cut €50 million on frontline services. That’s according to Fine Gael Galway Senator Fidelma Healy Eames who claims that HSE West is “firmly in the firing line” in tomorrow’s Budget.