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A mandatory blood test could be the answer to saving the Galway County Council more than €200,000 per year and the State millions of euro in costs for the disposal of abandoned horses as well as improving the country’s reputation for safe food for export, that is according to Galway senator Fidelma Healy Eames.

Sinn Féin’s attempts to get city councillor Billy Cameron to leave Labour and run instead as an SF candidate in Galway City Central have come to nothing.

Senators may claim to be “the bulwark against harsh and draconian cuts”, but this week showed they are “unwilling to stand up for workers, the unemployed, children, and the elderly”.

Galway is split on whether or not to abolish Seanad Éireann, with campaigners encountering mixed views on the issue only 24 hours ahead of polling.

An “appalling neglect and a 'human rights violation” is how a leading Galway politician has described the lack of full-time day services for intellectually disabled school leavers.

When Enda Kenny stood up in the Dail yesterday and outlined the amount of bile and hate that is coming his way courtesy of his stance on the abortion legislation, he was reflecting a reality that ensures abuse is now a new form of discourse, being seen instead as a quicker way of getting your point across than searching and struggling manfully for a burst of eloquence that may never arrive.

Better services, the development of smaller, more specialised hospitals, and greater autonomy for UHG/Merlin Park will flow from the “radical restructuring” of the healthcare service announced this week.

Archaic laws protecting Oireachtas members from being punished for certain offences, such as for speeding or arrest when going to, or returning from, Leinster House, must be abolished.

Those searching for alternative or further work opportunites as well as the long term unemployed are being urged to attend a jobs iniative open night next week where they will have the chance to meet with local employers and also learn more about various training and work placement programmes.