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A nice event for Brian Cowen — he gets to meet his fellow leader-in-waiting north of the border, Peter Robinson (no mention of what Ian Paisley said about his lips), and they agree on a scheme which will see the International Financial Services Centre extended to Northern Ireland via a modification of IFSC’s tax exemption [...]

It strikes one as serendipity - for the opposition at least - that the Dail debates a motion on the three reports from last week into Port Laoise, the one that gave rise to the Naughton letter and entered ’systems-failure’ in the political lexicon by failing patients in a grotesque multiplicity of manners while the [...]

“To me, services for cancer patients are worse now than they were seven years ago in the midlands”
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“I am writing out of a deep sense of despair and frustration…I have written to senior management about seven times in the last two years…outlining how we would deal with the problem…all to no avail”

James Reilly of Fine [...]

This post arose out of a discussion with Simon on Michael Taft’s C’mon Ye Know-Nothings, (18 September 2007). Fianna Fáil has produced an abundance of tax incentives to aid the construction industry. One of these schemes, the Rural Renewal Scheme 1999 (PDF FILE, 887KB), is set to run until 31 July 2008. According to the [...]

Woo hoo, she is back. Not sure about the rug. Make her minster for broadband (Mulley) or trams (my favourite).

Penrose expected to top poll, Sexton’s PD vote collapses and it transfers to FG. Bannon polling well but this is based on Longford boxes where he is expected to do well.

Sorry for the delay in bring this but I blame a certain team in red.
Donegal Democrat
Solicitor Makes Sensational Cash Payment Claim
A LETTERKENNY solicitor issued a strongly worded statement last night in which he claims an attempt was made to pass on a substantial cash payment to his client, Donegal T.D. Niall Blaney.

In what will likely be an oft-repeated quote, the newly elected president of the Garda Representative Association, John Egan has said that the government has a year (or implicitly, until the election) to deliver extra resources to the Garda and abandon the proposal for a reserve force, or ‘if they do not, we will be [...]

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Longford Leader
New poll predicts election success for Peter Kelly and James Bannon
Its findings suggested that the four candidates elected to the Dail in this constituency will be: Deputy Kelly (FF), Senator Bannon(FG), Senator Mary O’Rourke (F F) and Deputy [...]

Round up of the News from the Local papers. Not all the the unison Papers are online at the minute so I may have missed some inportant news. As always if there is a piece you have seen in your local paper. Tell us in the comments.
The Kingdom
Queen in terror plot:
In an alarming statement issued [...]