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Noel Treacy remains the only Galway TD who has so far refused to give up his ministerial pension, despite public anger over TDs receiving such paymone of ents while still serving in the Dáil.

Green Party junior minister for Carlow/Kilkenny, Mary White, has welcomed the Minister for Education’s announcement of funding for 49 schools in Kilkenny through the Summer Works Scheme.

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.

Last week’s Cabinet reshuffle has left the role of the Minister for Drugs vacant and has effectively sidelined the national drugs strategy at a time when we need to put every effort into tackling Ireland’s drugs crisis, according to Castlebar Fine Gael town councillor Ger Deere.

Newly-appointed Junior Minister at the Department of Equality and Integration Carlow Kilkenny’s Mary White has said that she understands the pain of Fianna Fail TDs in Carlow-Kilkenny who are none too pleased at the news of her appointment, as she has been there herself.

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.

One Mayo man who can’t be accused of being afraid of hard work is Dara Calleary. He is certainly going to be put to the test now.

Ballina TD Dara Calleary has been handed the arduous task of implementing public service reform after Brian Cowen’s reshuffle of the Cabinet this week. While there was a lot of talk of Calleary getting a full ministerial portfolio in the lead up to the reshuffle, the Taoiseach gave him the role of leading the charge to reform the public service.

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.