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The Regional Hospital in Mullingar could end up blacklisted like Ennis General Hospital if the HSE continues to under-resource it.  

Fine Gael European Election candidate for Ireland East Senator John Paul Phelan gave a rousing speech at the launch of his campaign for a seat in Europe on Monday night.

The Government is leaving Irish families with empty cots as inter-country adoption links break down, a local Fine Gael senator has claimed.

Fianna Fáil is privately admitting that the party has lost its North West EU seat, one of the few EU seats the party was certain it would be able to hold onto in the June elections.

KILKENNY native and former Government Press secretary, lobbyist and Kilkenny native Frank Dunlop is set to give State evidence if corrupt politicians come before the court.

One thing is for sure about the European election count on Sunday is that all eyes across the EU will be on The Royal Theatre, Castlebar when the ballot boxes are opened thanks to one man’s name on the ticket, Declan Ganley. The Galway man and Libertas leader has emerged as the most controversial candidate in an election in Ireland for years. Ganley and his Libertas group’s anti-Lisbon Treaty campaign last year lead the charge for the no-vote on the treaty in the country and his party has now gone pan-European in these elections. If Ganley fails to take a seat in this election, where does his or his party’s mandate go to in the expected re-running of the referendum later this year? We will have to wait and see.

It was a nail biting election for candidates over Sunday and Monday as the Euro election hopefuls waited to hear their fate.

A Garda investigation into “chronic anti-social behaviour, vandalism, and destruction” at Annaghdown pier has been initiated following calls for such action by Fine Gael senator Fidelma Healy Eames.

Renville Park, “the most visited amenity in Oranmore” is untidy, there is litter strewn in the car parking areas, and the grass is not being cut. The Galway County Council must account for its “disgraceful state”.

Kilkenny student Adrian O’Higgins has had a hectic schedule since beginning his internship for former-Republican presidential candidate and long-serving US Senator, John McCain.