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Conor Casby’s nude portraits of Brian Cowen, which have been causing a sensation these last few days, reminded me of a story I once heard about Brendan Behan.

Kilkenny’s former junior minister John McGuinness has pledged that he will not be downtrodden as a result of the Taoiseach’s decision to axe him as Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Enterprise and he added that he would hope to be back in a ministerial role once again in the future.

What a week it’s been for Kilkenny. We have lost our junior minister in one fell swoop and I think the whole county is aghast. Nobody expected it.

Cllr Ken Glynn has received definitive confirmation from Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe and An Taoiseach Brian Cowen that the decentralisation of the Department of Education to Mullingar is to go ahead by means of a Public Private Partnership.

In a pre-election whistle-stop walk-about of Kilkenny City, Taoiseach Brian Cowen told the Kilkenny Advertiser that St Luke’s Hospital A+E in Kilkenny has been lauded as a model of best practise for other hospitals around the country.

An Taoiseach Brian Cowen has expressed positive assurance to Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Beverley Flynn that the Government is fully aware of the importance of the N5. The Taoiseach told the Fianna Fáil deputy that he and the Minister for Transport would do everything possible to help maintain jobs and develop manufacturing opportunities in the west.

A good friend of mine is currently reading Pat Leahy’s Showtime - The Inside Story Of Fianna Fáil In Power and sent me a quote from it which he found noteworthy.