INVESTING heavily in the European elections paid off for Fine Gael, but money was no guarantee of success in the campaign.

MEP for Connaught-Ulster, Dana Rosemary Scallon, says the loss of the EuroCeltic airline service is a "major blow" to Donegal and Sligo.

Connaught-Ulster MEP Dana Rosemary Scallon is hitting out at European Commission plans to introduce an EU Government.