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After the coming general election we will hopefully elect a new Government with a new focus, new energies and hopefully more ability.Those elected must immediately make many difficult, contentious and unpopular decisions. They must not shirk their responsibilities. We can all see the results of Bertie Ahern’s cowardly self serving keep everybody on-side at all costs. We are now paying a heavy price for his cowardice and greed. Amongst other things I believe the new Government must implement the following;

There has been a 9.4 per cent decrease in house asking prices year-on-year, according to the latest house price report from daft.ie.

Property asking prices in Galway city fell sharply in the last three months of 2010, resulting in a 13 per cent decrease from prices a year earlier, according to latest figures.

A Christmas craft Fair will take place in the Linenhall Arts Centre on Saturday November 27.

Property prices fell 3.9 per cent in the third quarter, bringing the fall for the year to date to 11 per cent, according to the latest Property Barometer issued by leading property website, MyHome.ie.

Banks are abusing consumers through excessive interest rates in order to restore their depleted balance sheets, according to the Financial Regulator.

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The High Court has ordered that a deposit on a Westport property, which was paid by struck off solicitor Michael Lynn, should be handed over to the Law Society.

US companies in Ireland have more than 1,250 job vacancies for which they are currently recruiting, wih 350 of these available in the west, according to a new survey from the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland.

The spending boom of the Celtic Tiger has been altered to a savings bonanza for financial institutions as more and more Irish people opt to put money aside regularly in a bid to increase account balances. According to an EBS consumer savings survey of 1,000 people, up to 85 per cent are now saving with 93 per cent of under-25s now getting in on the savings habit.