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Fianna Fáil has given a commitment to freeze commercial rates for the next three years in its local election manifesto Accountable & Effective Local Government, which was launched in Dublin by An Taoiseach Brian Cowen this week.

Tomorrow’s polling day marks the culmination of a three month campaign to fill our MEP and local council seats. By any standards it has been one of the dullest. Barely a proper insult traded.

Tomorrow’s polling day marks the culmination of a three month campaign to fill our MEP and local council seats. By any standards it has been one of the dullest. Barely a proper insult traded.

Pay packets have shrunk further this week as Brian Lenihan’s latest round of tax cuts hit home, with the average family now paying €7,700 more tax compared to 12 months ago, Mayo Fine Gael TD John O'Mahony said.

Tomorrow’s polling day marks the culmination of a three month campaign to fill our MEP and local council seats. By any standards it has been one of the dullest. Barely a proper insult traded.

A man well-known for speaking after a considerable thought process, Cllr Paul Cuddihy made no hesitation when he said that he believes that Mary Harney in her position as Minister for Health has lost the plot.

Fine Gael now has an overwhelming majority on Mayo County Council following last Friday’s Local Elections. With 17 seats on the local authority, Enda Kenny’s crew will occupy the chairmanship of the council for the next five years with Ballyhaunis native John Cribbin tipped to be installed as the first Cathaoirleach.

There was an element of surprise and shock at the local election count for Athlone Town Council on Saturday last when Castlebar native and political newcomer Alan Shaw took home 455 first preference votes.

The war of words between Labour and Fine Gael looks set to continue as Labour, the largest party on the Galway City Council, finds itself outside the new mayoral pact and policy drive in City Hall.

Deputy Michael Ring has accused the Government of turning its back on the west of Ireland by delaying vital infrastructural projects. The Fine Gael spokesperson on community, rural, and Gaeltacht affairs, Deputy Michael Ring, said he was particularly frustrated over the inordinate delay in extending the Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme from Srah to Westport.