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Up to 20 opposition TDs attended a Dublin Shell to Sea photo-call and press conference on Tuesday at the Kildare Street gates of Leinster House.

After adopting a Government plan to offer long-term tenants up to 45 per cent off the purchase price of their local authotiry home, Westmeath County Council is to write to its 1,700 residential tenants before the end of the month to inform them of this.

One was a phonecall, the other a text. Both messages came early on Saturday morning, they were from two close friends, and both were enquiring about Fianna Fáil’s Frank Fahey. In their own way they exemplified the way Mr Fahey divides opinion.

Frank Fahey meeting on the economy may have begun with protests and ended in a walkout, but the Fianna Fáil TD is determined to continue his public meetings on the main political issues in the run up to the General Election.

The controversial four year National Recovery plan and the details of IMF/EU bailout will be discussed at a public meeting in Galway next week.

The Bank of Ireland’s decision to introduce a hike in charges to its current account holders from the end of February is an “insensitive and insulting proposal”.

If you are not reading this from A&E and have managed to survive the enduring cold snap without breaking a limb, give yourself a pat on the back. Now, as for surviving the budget - well that may prove a little more difficult. Indeed, some among us may well be wishing that we were tucked up in a hospital bed having our wounds tended to and our meals served up. That way we would not have to worry about cutting corners or going hungry for a few days at least.

The Irish people have shown extraordinary restraint in the past six to 12 months despite mounting economic pressure says Senator John Paul Phelan.

In the largest campaign of its kind, the National Campaign for the Arts was marked in Kilkenny along with several other locations around the country last Friday.

David Mc McWilliams delivered an inspirational and hard-hitting speech at the launch of the Town of Books Festival in Graiguenamanagh last weekend.