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A weary Liam Aylward MEP told the Kilkenny Advertiser yesterday (Thursday) that he had made up his mind days ago to surrender his ministerial pension but that he was not going to be intimidated by the media into making a statement on his decision.

Liam Aylward MEP has welcomed the appointment of Eoin O'Shea to the European Court of Auditors in Luxembourg. Mr O'Shea's parents are both from Kilkenny and he was raised in Athlone.

Liam Aylward MEP is seeking commitment from the European Commission that funding through the EU sports programme will strengthen grassroots sporting organisations.

Members of Kilkenny Borough Council expressed their sympathy to the Aylward family following the death of Mrs Kitty Aylward, the mother of local politician Bobby Aylward TD and Liam Aylward MEP and the widow of the late Fianna Fáil Senator Bob Aylward.

With the recent failure of the WTO talks, farmers in Carlow and Kilkenny, and indeed across the country, can now say cheerio to Peter Mandelson, who seems certain to be replaced as EU Commissioner after the European elections next year.

Liam Aylward MEP who is a member of the agricultural committee of the European Parliament has welcomed the new proposal by the EU Commissioner for Publiuc health Androulla Vassiliou to raise the age for testing cattle for BSE from 30 months to 48 months.

The IFA president Padraig Walsh is very positive that immediate action will be taken at both national and EU level to resolve the severe problems in the sheep sector.

Former Carlow /Kilkenny TD and now Leinster East MEP Liam Aylward is to be honoured in recognition of his work in promoting agriculture and food across the EU.

Liam Aylward MEP is among a group of Irish members of the European Parliament who are hoping to stop a pesticide package which is at the present time being discussed by the Environmental committee in Brussels.

MEP Liam Aylward has written to the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, and the EU Ambassador to Belarus, Senko Vladimir, calling for a long-term agreement to be put in place between the Belarussian and Irish governments to ensure that 200 children from Chernobyl will be able to visit Ireland this coming Christmas and at all other times.