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Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny TD has reminded anyone wishing to partake in the United States Visa Lottery that the deadline is fast approaching. The official deadline for applications is Monday December 1. A total of 132 applications from Ireland were successful for the 2009 Visa and anyone who is successfully selected in the 2010 Visa Lottery should expect to receive notification in May/June 2009. The website for accessing the application form can be downloaded from http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/ and instructions are provided on how to partake in the lottery.

The figures speak for themselves so let’s see what the figures actually said in the recent local elections to the Galway city and county councils.

After the talking came the event and now after the event comes the talking again in the shape of the post-match analysis!

Fine Gael Deputy John O’Mahony has revealed that private and constituency office staff for Government ministers amount to some 200 staff at a cost of at least €10 million. Dep O’Mahony said that the Government’s big talk about public sector reform is undermined by their inability to get their own house in order.

A Mayo county councillor has stepped down from the HSE regional west forum in protest against the removal of breast cancer surgical and diagnostic services from Mayo General Hospital. Fine Gael Councillor Patsy O’Brien, the man who topped the poll in the Claremorris electoral area and received the highest number of votes of all candidates in Mayo in the June local elections, has not sought to be re-appointed to the health forum, having served on it since its inception. Cllr O’Brien told the Mayo Advertiser that the forum was “too political” and he expressed his disappointment in Mayo’s two Fianna Fáil TDs for not ensuring the services remained.

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.

Dear Editor,

Green Party TD for Carlow/Kilkenny, Mary White, met the Minister of State with responsibility for Natural Resources, Conor Lenihan, last week to discuss river quality issues concerning the Nore, Barrow, and Suir.

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD is to raise the question of the requirement for a preparation room for science experiments being made available in Coláiste Muire, Tourmakeady.

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.