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Urgent action is needed to help recently unemployed people in Westmeath, and throughout the country, find alternative employment, according to Fine Gael Longford/Westmeath Senator, Nicky McFadden who this week called on the Government to initiate an economic package to help people return to the workforce.

THROUGHOUT THE past decade Offaly’s Neil Delamere has been one of the top comics on the Irish comedy circuit. After graduating from DCU in the late 1990s he decided programming computers wasn’t for him and instead he began to do open mic slots in Dublin circuit.

There appears to be no accountability in the HSE for the disappearance of €11.2 million allocated for mental health services for children.

Politics in Kilkenny is an interesting game to be in at the moment and everyday there are new faces and new names announced in the run up to the local and European elections.

Insider has decided to issue a half-term report on the performance of the players in the political game and what the likely results would be in the event of an early election.

The National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) is far from “the only show in town” according to Kilkenny Fine Gael Senator, John Paul Phelan.

A new initiative aimed at tackling the jobs’ crisis by tapping into the wealth of skills and ideas in a local community is being spearheaded by Senator Fidelma Healy Eames and two other local women.

The Government missed yet another golden opportunity to protect jobs under threat in our economy or encourage entrepreneurs to take risks, Fine Gael Senator, John Paul Phelan, has said.

Sinn Féin EU candidate Pádraig MacLochlainn has welcomed the unanimous backing of Castlebar Town Council for the ground breaking report entitled Awakening the West: Overcoming Social and Economic Inequality. This report, the first of its kind in decades, was pioneered by Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty and Pádraig MacLochlainn in an effort to bring together the voices of all the disparate groups across the west of Ireland and unite them in one voice. It was compiled after a major consultation process with community groups, local businesses, chambers of commerce, and councils all along the western seaboard.

Three candidates will compete to be Fianna Fáil MEP Seán Ó Neachtain’s running mate in June’s Local Elections. Of those, former ICMSA leader Pat O’Rourke is tipped as the likely winner.