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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.

ONE OF our most esteemed political commentators, Fintan O’Toole, is appearing at the Town Hall Theatre next week in a reading/discussion centred around his provocative new book Enough Is Enough; How to Build a New Republic.

In today’s climate of fear, economic recession, and the EU/IMF bailout, it is vital to put forward a “different vision” for our city and country, which “values our people as our greatest asset”.

Investigations into Anglo-Irish Bank are at an advanced stage and a file will be sent to DPP shortly providing “some solace” during this bleak and troubling economic period.

My mother had an expression uttered each time she saw a pram which went “there’s last year’s fun on wheels.” Well, last night at the publication of the Four Year Plan, we got the bill for the fun that was had by many, though not all in the first seven years of this century. And like a bill in a restaurant when you peruse the columns to make sure you haven’t been charged for something you didn’t order, there are a lot of people in this country this morning who will be mnystified why they have to foot the bill for a party to which they were not invited.

“What if the IMF comes in?” You’ll hear that spoken with trepidation everywhere you go. The fact is the IMF is in – with the EU – and is producing next month’s budget that will make you and me pay for the crisis.

Fine Gael MEP for Ireland North West, Jim Higgins, has launched a scalding attack on the Government and its handling of Irish banks.

Despite the massive rise in unemployment in Galway city and county over the past three years, there are signs that the crisis has stabilised.

Who would have believed it? The ‘Sold Out’ signs went up outside every venue for the Kilkenomics Festival last weekend.