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Almost 1,000 delegates are expected at the Labour Party 2009 annual conference which will be held in the Mullingar Park Hotel on the last weekend in March.

Labour candidate for Kilkenny city, Sean Butler, spoke of his hope for an end to the nightmare many people are facing in and around Kilkenny City in obtaining a proper high speed broadband service.

Last weekend’s national Labour Party conference in Mullingar set out its platform for the forthcoming elections.

Last weekend’s national Labour Party conference in Mullingar set out its platform for the forthcoming elections.

Last weekend’s national Labour Party conference in Mullingar set out its platform for the forthcoming elections.

It’s that time of year again when we see all of our local representatives in the flesh — both on our doorsteps and up on poles! If you miss them on the doorstep, you can’t miss them in their pole positions.

How many of these do you know? Lee Sharpe, Alan Shortt, MacLean Burke, John McGuire, Sean Gallagher, Joe O'Shea, Jack Sheedy, Paul Martin, Rob Ross and Ben Clark. They're all described 'as well known personalities' by RTE and took part in a recent charity boxing tournament, Lord Of The Rings. They may be 'household names' somewhere, but definitely not in the Cleere household.

Not sure what happened to last week’s column, which disappeared into the great internet black hole. It meant that the hurlers had to take the field without my good luck wishes, but, as it turned out, they weren't needed anyway.

Just over a year since the Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy causing financial shock waves throughout the world, with the crest of these shock waves forcing Ireland into a deep recession, the Government’s legislative resuscitation for our economy, through the establishment of the National Asset Management Agency to purge the five financial institutions in the country — AIB, Anglo Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, EBS Building Society and Irish Nationwide – of toxic loans which were incurred during the property boom, has begun.

Just over a year since the Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy causing financial shock waves throughout the world, with the crest of these shock waves forcing Ireland into a deep recession, the Government’s legislative resuscitation for our economy, through the establishment of the National Asset Management Agency to purge the five financial institutions in the country — AIB, Anglo Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, EBS Building Society and Irish Nationwide – of toxic loans which were incurred during the property boom, has begun.