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Last weekend’s national Labour Party conference in Mullingar set out its platform for the forthcoming elections.

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.

Last weekend’s national Labour Party conference in Mullingar set out its platform for the forthcoming elections.

With just over two months to go until the polls open and the public get to cast their ballot in the local elections, a new candidate has just entered the race in the Ballina area. This entrant has a long political history in his family and even counts a former Fianna Fáil TD as his uncle, so David Moffatt looks to have a lot going for him already. Except he’s not running on the Fianna Fáil ticket, he has embraced the red rose of Labour and will be his party’s only candidate in the highly competitive Ballina area. Moffatt himself has been involved in the Fianna Fáil party on a local level for a number of years, but his change of allegiance to the Labour party was brought about after Labour party leader Eamon Gilmore impressed him, according to the Crossmolina man. “I’ve been impressed by Eamon Gilmore’s positive message; jobs, his message of change and reform ties in with my thinking about what we need in politics now.”

Last weekend’s national Labour Party conference in Mullingar set out its platform for the forthcoming elections.

Fine Gael is the only party that has set out a plan to create 105,000 jobs, protect 80,000 existing jobs and transform the public sector and the Irish economy, Party Environment Spokesman, Phil Hogan TD has said.

Moves are under way in Ballinrobe to erect a memorial in honour of John King, a Mayo man who was awarded two Congressional Medals of Honour for his service to the American navy.

A special Christmas get together is being organised on Sunday December 20 between 4pm and 6pm in the Davitt Community Hall for all the people of Straide.

Colourful Fine Gael TD Michael Ring will launch the election campaign of the party’s Oranmore candidate Eamon Fox in Grealish’s of Carnmore on Friday April 17 at 9pm.

While most of us will relax by the fire this Christmas and enjoy the turkey and all the festive trimmings, 28 local men will not.