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Mayo barrister Lisa Chambers has been elected as vice president of Fianna Fáil. The 25-year-old from Castlebar, who was a Fianna Fáil candidate in Mayo in the last General Election, was elected by delegates at the party’s Ard Fheis in the RDS in Dublin last weekend.

Labour’s Galway West Derek Nolan has been nominated to contest the position of chair of the Labour Party at the forthcoming National Conference in April.

The 31st Dáil may now sit for longer than previous Dáils, but that does not mean it is getting any more work done, a point which Galway West TDs seem to realise.

People living in County Roscommon are now further away from a fully functioning A&E than those living in any other county according to an analysis by NUI Maynooth’s National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis.

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Justice, Dara Calleary, has welcomed the publication of draft proposals on personal insolvency including mortgage debt, however he is concerned the proposals do not go far enough.

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on agriculture Michael Moynihan TD will hold a public meeting in Midfield tonight (Friday) to discuss the challenges facing the farming sector in Mayo and across the country.

The Green Party has announced a new front bench to mark 30 years since the party was founded.

While the new FG/Labour coalition has had several big ‘set piece occasions’ since coming to power – the renegotiation of the EU/IMF agreement and the jobs initiative during the summer for example – last week’s Budget was always going to be a watershed moment.

Mayo Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony, has welcomed the confirmation by Minister Brian Hayes that €80,000 has been set aside to carry out works to alleviate serious flooding in the Hollymount and Roundfort region of south Mayo.

“We must seek to build together an active, inclusive citizenship; based on participation, equality, respect for all, and the flowering of creativity in all its forms. A confident people is our hope, a people at ease with itself, a people that grasps the deep meaning of the proverb; Ní neart go cur le chéile’ - our strength lies in our common weal - our social solidarity.”