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End of e-voting saga welcome says White
Green Party TD for Carlow/Kilkenny Mary White has welcomed the news that her colleague, Minister for the Environment John Gormley is to dispense with the e-voting machines.
Ganley and his ‘single issue agenda’ out of touch says Harkin
The 110 workers losing their jobs at Thermo King in Galway and the sheep farmers picketing outside the Department of Agriculture would be much more concerned with their future economic circumstances than with a possible second Lisbon Referendum.
To have your say in the EU election you must register
All EU citizens living in Ireland are entitled to vote in the European Elections on June 5, but in order to vote, citizens must be registered.
‘Enda Kenny will be Taoiseach’ says Phelan
Such is the degree of confidence that the young Carlow Kilkenny Fine Gael Senator John Paul Phelan has in his party leader. When speaking to the Kilkenny Advertiser/ Carlow First this week, Senator Phelan spokesperson on enterprise in the Seanad, said that he was extremely confident that the leader of Fine Gael “will be the next Taoiseach and he’ll be damn good too!”
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Will Libertas candidates add spice to Galway’s EU election campaign?
You can almost see it - an Irish politician scolding his bold child with the threat of ‘I’ll send you to Declan Ganley if you don’t behave yourself!’
What we achieved in Brussels
Last week the Taoiseach and I met for two days with EU leaders in Brussels. We discussed a series of highly significant issues for Galway, for Ireland and the European Union. These included climate change, an EU-wide economic stimulus package worth some €200 billion and the future of the Lisbon Treaty.
Grassroots
This week I'm going to have a look at how the European elections are shaping up around the county.
Castlebar joint policing committee
A joint policing committee is currently being established for the Castlebar town area with a meeting being arranged for Wednesday January 14 for all those interested in being nominated to the committee.
One Croatian woman’s humorous perspective on life under Communism
“COMMUNISM IS the death of the soul. It is the organisation of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.” So said American politician Adlai E Stevenson. It is the Western view of Communism, but not necessarily the view of everyone who experienced life in a Communist country.
