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An Bord Snip Nua is where it’s at for the news media right now and the ‘big ticket items’ - public sector job cuts and social welfare cuts - that have got the attention to date. However the really interesting detail may be contained in the minutiae of the report - and there’s plenty there to excite people in Galway!

Is Enda Kenny Taoiseach material? His critics, especially those in Fianna Fáil, want to make his leadership the central issue in the next election. They perceive he is the Achilles’ heel of FG and believe voters will baulk at a change of government with him as leader.

Is Enda Kenny Taoiseach material? His critics, especially those in Fianna Fáil, want to make his leadership the central issue in the next election. They perceive he is the Achilles’ heel of FG and believe voters will baulk at a change of government with him as leader.

Is Enda Kenny Taoiseach material? His critics, especially those in Fianna Fáil, want to make his leadership the central issue in the next election. They perceive he is the Achilles’ heel of FG and believe voters will baulk at a change of government with him as leader.

Pat Cox, former president of the European Parliament, is to address a special public meeting in Kilkenny to discuss the implications of the Lisbon Treaty for Ireland.

What a week it’s been for Kilkenny. We have lost our junior minister in one fell swoop and I think the whole county is aghast. Nobody expected it.

Lisbon. NAMA. The Budget. As the Government and assorted commentators have hammered into people, these are the three big issues that will determine the legacy (and longevity) of the Fianna Fáil/Green Government and have a massive bearing on the medium to long term future of this country.

What Ireland needs is a revolution, a revolution to clear out the deadwood, rid ourselves of failed ideologies that no longer work, and institute a new kind of society that is better placed to deal with the problems of today.

Fine Gael European Election candidate for Ireland East Senator John Paul Phelan gave a rousing speech at the launch of his campaign for a seat in Europe on Monday night.

A meeting is to take place next Tuesday, November 17, with the Turf Cutters and Contractors Association and the Oireachtas Joint Committee.