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Two Galway East general election candidates will hold the official launches of their election campaigns over the coming week.

Enda Kenny is due to announce his new front bench next week and Paddy Power are betting that it’s a two horse race to be deputy leader.

Enda Kenny managed to see off a challenge to his leadership of the Fine Gael party yesterday evening after a marathon meeting of the Fine Gael parliamentary party in Dublin. The result, which came in just before 5pm, was not revealed to the public, MEP Jim Higgins told the Mayo Advertiser after the vote.

Labour is expected to name a candidate to contest the general election in the constituency next week, but the debate continues over how many candidates there should be.

Fine Gael Seanad Deputy Leader, Senator Liam Twomey, has criticised the Cabinet reshuffle which he described as conservative and cautious and which has left six counties in the south east without senior Government Minister representation at the Cabinet table.

The Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s inability to recognise new politics and the fact that he is a ‘tribal leader’ illustrates that he has not yet stepped into the shoes of a Taoiseach - and probably never will.

The world of politics is in flux. Never has it been so unstable and volatile. One minute, long-standing and up-standing members of cabinet are there and next they are gone.

The constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny is bracing itself for the possibility that it just might be appointed a junior ministerial role in the form of Green Party deputy leader Mary White, in the wake of the resignation of Junior Minister Trevor Sargent this week.

Carlow/Kilkenny deputy Mary White, has welcomed the announcement of €354,000 in special funding for water and sewerage works in Carlow.

Green Party TD for Carlow/Kilkenny, Mary White, has welcomed the announcement of €50,000 for roads in Garryhill under the CLÁR programme of investment in rural areas.