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A public meeting to explore “a permanent and lasting solution” to the recurring flooding problem at Moneymore, Oranmore, takes place tonight.(Thursday)

The man Fianna Fáil has continually, albeit unsuccessfully, tried to shaft, and the man the electorate have successfully shafted twice are the party’s EU Parliament candidates for the North West.

Galway schools which have already been sanctioned for building programmes, are now under severe threat due to the slashing of almost €40 million from the school building budget.

Fine Gael senator John Paul Phelan, has vowed to make a special plea to Government for emergency funding for much needed road repairs in the Carlow-Kilkenny area.

Clifden should be the subject of a special study on Government neglect, particularly the neglect of key infrastructural investment, which is threatening the town’s tourist industry.

Fine Gael Longford/ Westmeath Senator, Nicky McFadden has said this week that the failure of the HSE to provide adequate resources for the Midlands Hospital, Mullingar is placing untold pressure on staff who are finding it increasingly difficult to cope.

Building programmes sanctioned for more than half a dozen local schools are under “severe threat” due to the slashing of almost €40 million from the school building budget.

Rescheduling the orals and practical exams in Irish secondary schools would save c€2 million in substitution fees, keep teachers employed, and protect the 18:1 pupil teacher ratio.

Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Labour, Sinn Féin, Greens, or Independent? Does it matter?

The shock news that sitting MEP Seán Ó Neachtain will not now be contesting the European Parliamentary Elections in June due to ill health has left Fianna Fáil in a tight corner and down a candidate with only just over six weeks to go to the election. The burning question is to who will they get to replace the former Galway school teacher on the ticket alongside the recently nominated Pascal Mooney.