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The latest figures released by Fáilte Ireland on visitor numbers in 2010 which show an overall decline of 15 per cent on the 2009 figure to levels last seen in 1998, are extremely disappointing as Government inaction has let this downward trend continue.

The people of Ireland will go to the polls on Friday March 11 in what will undoubtedly be one of the most highly anticipated general elections in decades.

According to Labour candidate for Mayo, Dr Jerry Cowley, the huge increase of more than 12,000 in the live register figures for December is grim new year news.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has strongly criticised the announcement by the VHI to increase premiums this year by up to 45 per cent.

The PSO funding withdrawal for flights to Dublin from Ireland West Airport Knock this week, which will see the service cancelled from July 2011, show the Government has turned its back on the west, according to Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony.

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Labour General Election candidate for Mayo Dr Jerry Cowley has said that the Government decision to reduce the minimum wage could have serious implications for small and medium businesses all over the country.

Dr Jerry Cowley, Labour General Election candidate for Co Mayo has welcomed the announcement that an additional €15 million in contingency funding has been allocated for local authorities to cover exceptional costs associated with the current extreme weather.

The self-employed should be just as entitled to welfare assistance as employees who lose their jobs or those on the dole as they require assistance through the bad times just the same as anybody else.