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Fine Gael offers a genuine alternative to a Fianna Fáil government whose arrogance and complacency has come back to haunt it, according to local TD Phil Hogan.

There have been mixed reactions locally to yesterday’s budget blow-out, which has left every one of us less well off in some shape or form.

Following Brian Lenihan’s indication that the Fianna Fáil Government is preparing the way for Social Welfare cuts, Mary Harney refused to rule out the possibility when questioned by Fine Gael Front Bench Spokesman Phil Hogan TD in the Dáil yesterday morning.

A few months ago I wrote that a week is a long time in politics, the old saying, but for Fianna Fáil and in particular Fianna Fáil Councillors, TDs and MEPs this month has been a long time.

There was widespread shock this week at the news that 80 jobs are to be cut at the Dunbia meat factory in Kilbeggan.

Ireland is facing its worst economic crisis since World War II. Yet the Government is floundering in a sea of incompetence, totally bereft of ideas and imagination.

With 1,432 people aged under 25 in Kilkenny now on the dole, emigration seems like the only option for many young people in coming months.

Six school prefabs in Mayo have been rented out for at least 10 years or more, the cost of which runs into thousands, according to information revealed by Fine Gael spokesperson on Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Michael Ring.