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On Friday September 17, art workers in constituencies around the country will meet their local TDs as part of the National Day of Action for Arts and Culture.

Former EU commissioner Pádraig Flynn will deliver a lecture entitled EU Policy Entrepreneurship – How EU Disability Policy Was Made and The Lessons For The Lifecourse, at NUI Galway on Wednesday September 22.

A “dictator” is a head of state who exercises arbitrary authority over the lives of his citizens and who cannot be removed from power through legal means. Kim Jong-Il of North Korea, Than Shew of Burma and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe are all dictators. They rule not because they have the approval of their citizens but because they want to rule. Brian Cowen’s democratic credentials are becoming increasingly suspect in this regard. This is a worrying development because the Taoiseach should be committed to democracy by its definition and not just on his own terms.

St Mary’s Secondary School, Ballina is to commence construction shortly on three new mainstream classrooms, one resource room and a new toilet suite after being granted funding under the 2010 Additional Accommodation Scheme. News of the funding was confirmed by local Fianna Fáil TD and Minister of State Dara Calleary.

Mayo TD Beverley Flynn, has welcomed the assurances of the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, that frontline care services will not be reduced regardless of the cutbacks in HSE services.

Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny, TD, has received information from the Justice Minister, Dermot Ahern, TD, that the construction of Ballyvary Garda Station will be progressed only on the basis of accommodation priorities of An Garda Síochána.  The Minister confirmed that alternative Garda accommodation has been provided in Ballyvary but made no solid commitment to ensuring the provision of a new permanent station.  This has been raised in the Dail on countless occasions in the past but little or no progress has taken place despite previous commitments over the years, said Deputy Kenny.

Garbally National School, Menlough, the primary school for the Skehana parish, has been granted funding to provide for additional accommodation.

Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny visited Carlow/Kilkenny last night in his first constituency visit following last week's leadership debacle.

Enda Kenny is due to announce his new front bench next week and Paddy Power are betting that it’s a two horse race to be deputy leader.

Enda Kenny managed to see off a challenge to his leadership of the Fine Gael party yesterday evening after a marathon meeting of the Fine Gael parliamentary party in Dublin. The result, which came in just before 5pm, was not revealed to the public, MEP Jim Higgins told the Mayo Advertiser after the vote.