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Cllr Robert Troy, Fianna Fáil candidate for Longford-Westmeath, has said he will help drive the radical political reform outlined in Fianna Fáil’s election manifesto which was published this week.

Cllr Robert Troy, Fianna Fáil candidate for Longford-Westmeath, has said he will help drive the radical political reform outlined in Fianna Fáil’s election manifesto which was published this week.

General Election candidate Cllr Robert Troy has moved to quash rumours that his party is considering dropping one of its three candidates in the constituency. He also refuted claims that if dropped he was considering running as an Independent candidate.

It’s official: the 15 General Election candidates for the Longford-Westmeath constituency have been confirmed, with a couple of latecomers adding their names to the ballot sheet at the eleventh hour.

It’s official: the 15 General Election candidates for the Longford-Westmeath constituency have been confirmed, with a couple of latecomers adding their names to the ballot sheet at the eleventh hour.

At lunchtime yesterday (Thursday) Brian Cowen settled bets the length and breadth of Ireland when he named Friday March 11 as the date the 31st Dáil would be decided upon.

As a year of potentially enormous political significance begins, Insider has decided to look at the prospects for each party, both on a national and local level. Insider cannot recall a time of more political uncertainty, and the predictions made today may seem very foolish in two or three months time. Insider firmly believes that the result of the election could also differ considerably depending on the date it is held. Is the 'Gilmore Gale' still blowing? Will Brian Cowen even lead FF into battle? Has Enda Kenny put the questions over his capacity for the job of Taoiseach to bed? Will disaffected members of the public support SF in unprecedented numbers? How many more sitting TD's will opt out? Are the Greens already a spent force? So much uncertainty, and so much anger. So much to lose, and so much to win. Insider has decided to sum up the reasons he would vote 'for' or 'against' each party. Today Insider will look at Longford-Westmeath, and look at Roscommon-South Leitrim and Galway East in the coming weeks.

Education about methods of water conservation could be one way of encouraging people to pay their water charges on time, it was suggested at this week’s meeting of Westmeath County Council.

As expected, James Bannon TD and Senator Nicky McFadden were chosen by party members on Sunday evening, November 28, to represent Fine Gael on the ballot sheet for Longford-Westmeath in the forthcoming General Election.

Whether it indicates an increasing acceptance of the executive’s work at council, or a growing tendency towards political apathy on the part of the people of Westmeath, there were just a grand total of two submissions from members of the public on five important plans and reports which had been on a cumulative public display at a number of venues around the county of more than half a year.