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Mary White Green Party TD for Carlow/Kilkenny has outlined why her party made the decision to leave government at such a critical time last weekend.

At the Detroit Auto Show 2011 Volvo Cars is spotlighting the important issue of electric car safety in an unusual, but distinctive way.

The Council for the West has once again raised concerns about the future of the Western Development Commission (WDC), which it sees as vital to the future well-being of the Western Region.

The Council for the West has once again raised concerns about the future of the Western Development Commission (WDC), which it sees as vital to the future well-being of the Western Region.

Former Minister Mary O’Rourke has offered to lead a cross-party delegation to the county manager’s office in protest at the proposed Gaybrook windfarm, a development her parliamentary colleague Deputy James Bannon referred to as: “A serious blight on a tourism honeypot... in a densely populated area”.

The Abhainn Rí Festival, Callan, was launched last Monday night in the Droichead Family Resource Centre. Billy Gardiner, chairperson of the Callan Community Network, which is the sponsoring group for the overall festival, outlined to a good crowd of public representatives, officials and local citizens all that is going to be on offer during the festival, which will be held from July 30 to August 8.

The Western Development Commission, which was established in 1998 in response to the widening gap in economic and social decline in east and west, “is now more than ever of increasing importance,” according to county manager Peter Hynes.

Electric cars are now a reality for Ireland, according to Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan.

Speaking at the Society of the Irish Motor Industry’s (SIMI) AGM last week, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan said, “Electric cars are now a reality for Ireland”.

The Government, the ESB, and the Renault-Nissan Alliance has announced a comprehensive partnership to position Ireland as a European leader in electric transport.