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Outspoken airline boss Michael O’Leary is seen as the best home-grown hope of sorting the country’s finances.

Instead of giving away Irish gas and oil to multinational companies, the Government should use the nation’s natural resources to get the country’s economy back on track.

It’s not often these days that Taoiseach Brian Cowen gets to deliver good news, so when he was invited to open the new stretch of the N6 motorway from Athlone to Ballinasloe next week, he graciously accepted.

The entire team of RTÉ Nuacht celebrated its relocation from Donnybrook to the TG4 studios in Baile na hAbhann, following a significant investment into revamping the TG4 headquarters. A total of 42 staff are involved in the relocation with three new positions created. The Irish language news programme will now benefit from a more extensive schedule and an increased amount of air-time.

Some 500 farmers hijacked the opening of the Athlone to Ballinasloe section of the M6 yesterday (Thursday) in a protest which was organised by the IFA. It aimed to demonstrate farmers’ anger at the Government for the closing off of the REPS 4 (Rural Environment Protection Scheme) and proposed cuts in funding for the development of rural areas in the Midlands and West.

Who would have thought! Fair enough, the opening of the new section of the M6 between Athlone and Ballinasloe is great news for anyone heading west. But who would have thought the farmers would hijack it?

Who would have thought! Fair enough, the opening of the new section of the M6 between Athlone and Ballinasloe is great news for anyone heading west. But who would have thought the farmers would hijack it?

While Fianna Fáil TD, Beverley Flynn is calling for an extension of the current REPS scheme or for a new scheme which would replace REPS to be implemented, Fine Gael Deputy John O’Mahony is criticising her move as “giving false hope” saying that she is “talking out of both sides of her mouth”.

Kilkenny is topping the country’s redundancy league table with job losses in the city and county having risen by more than 200 per cent since January.

Olive Loughnane is the deserved toast of Loughrea, County Galway, and Ireland this week after becoming only the fourth Irish athlete to stand on the podium at a world athletic championship.