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Offering €20 million to local authorities to enter into long term leasing arrangements with developers is another example of Fianna Fáil using the “public purse as a means of bailing out their developer buddies”.

Fine Gael county councillor Michelle Mulherin questioned the use of the new long term lease plan announced by the Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal, Michael Finneran TD recently. Minister Finneran announced the €20 million project when he was in Ballina recently to announce the multi million euro funding for the rejuvenation of St Patrick’s Estate in the town.

Mayor of Ballina Councillor Michelle Mulherin has hit back at her Fianna Fáil town council colleague Cllr Padraic Moore who accused her of treating the chain of office “like a piece of jewellery”.

Although in operation since December, the Midlands’ only emergency accommodation service was officially opened in Athlone on Monday this week.

Local councillors have welcomed funding of over €1.6 million which has been allocated to Westmeath County Council towards private house grants for older people and people with a disability.

Fianna Fail election candidate, Michael Loftus, has called a meeting with Minister Michael Finneran, and is urging him to address the “essential” Kilmurray Water Scheme.

Recruitment has already started for the initial group of 30 jobs to be created by a US-based software security company which confirmed yesterday that it is to temporarily locate its R&D facility in the Galway Technology Centre in Mervue.

Roscommon Fire Services are to benefit from some €334,000 in funding towards the purchase of fire and emergency equipment.

Demand for local authority housing rose by over 150 per cent in Athlone between 2005 and 2008, according to new statistics from the Department of the Environment.

Fianna Fail councillor Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran has this week reassured residents of Battery Heights that funding for the regeneration and maintenance of the area is available. Minister for Housing and Local Services, Michael Finneran had made a pre local election promise of some €205,000 to the residents of Battery Heights; however there was some question as to where the monies would come from.